(1) A person mentioned in any of the following paragraphs is entitled to be entered on the Register as the registered owner of a design that has not yet been registered:
(a) the person who created the design (the designer );
(b) if the designer created the design in the course of employment, or under a contract, with another person--the other person, unless the designer and the other person have agreed to the contrary;
(c) a person who derives title to the design from a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), or by devolution by will or by operation of law;
(d) a person who would, on registration of the design, be entitled to have the exclusive rights in the design assigned to the person;
(e) the legal personal representative of a deceased person mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d).
(2) Despite subsection (1), a person is not entitled to be entered on the Register as the registered owner of a design that has not yet been registered if:
(a) the person has assigned all of the person's rights in the design to another person; or
(b) the person's rights in the design have devolved on another person by operation of law.
(a) more than one person may be entitled to be entered on the Register as the registered owner of a design; and
(b) unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to the registered owner of a registered design in this Act is a reference to each of the registered owners of the design.
(4) No person other than a person mentioned in paragraph
(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) is entitled to be entered on the Register as the
registered owner of a design that has not yet been registered.