49. Assignment and transmission of applications and registrations

An application for registration or the registration of an industrial design may be assigned or transmitted and such assignment or transmission shall be in writing signed by or on behalf of the contracting parties.

Any person becoming entitled by assignment or by transmission to an application for registration or the registration of an industrial design may apply to the Director-General in the prescribed manner along within the prescribed fee to have such assignment or transmission recorded in the register.

No such assignment or transmission shall be recorded in the register unless the prescribed fee has been paid to the Director-General.

No such assignment or transmission shall have effect against third parties unless so recorded in the register.