Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DESIGNS ACT 2003 - SECT 14

  (1)   The registered owner of a registered design at a particular time is:

  (a)   the person who, at that time, is entered in the Register as the registered owner of the design; or

  (b)   if, at that time, there are 2 or more such persons--each of them.

  (2)   If there are 2 or more registered owners of a registered design:

  (a)   each of them is entitled to an equal, undivided share in the exclusive rights in that design; and

  (b)   subject to paragraph   (c), each registered owner is entitled to exercise the exclusive rights in the design to the registered owner's own benefit without accounting to the others; and

  (c)   none of them can grant a licence to exercise the exclusive rights in the design, or assign an interest in the design, without the consent of the others.

  (3)   If a product that embodies a registered design is sold by any of 2 or more registered owners of the design, the buyer, and a person claiming through the buyer, may deal with the product as if it had been sold by all the registered owners.

  (4)   Subsection   (2) is subject to any contrary agreement between the registered owners of a registered design.