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Treatment of author of design.
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19.—(1) The author of a design shall be treated as the first proprietor of the design unless the design is created by an employee in the course of employment, in which case the employer is the first proprietor of the design, subject to any agreement to the contrary.
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(2) Where a design becomes vested, whether by assignment, transmission or operation of law, in any person other than the first proprietor either alone or jointly with the first proprietor, that other person, or as the case may be, the first proprietor and that other person shall be treated as the proprietor of the design.
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