The owner of a design may apply for registration. The designer is considered the original owner, unless the design is created under a commission for money or money's worth, in which case the person commissioning the design is considered the original owner. If a design is created by an employee in the course of employment, the employer is considered the original owner. An assignee of the design may also apply.
Further information on the above may be obtained via Linklaters & Paines Hong Kong office or via any of the other nine Linklaters & Paines offices world-wide, located in Singapore, Tokyo, London, Brussels, Paris, Frankfurt, New York, Washington D.C. and Moscow. Contact details for the various L&P offices worldwide are available via the Linklaters & Paines corporate listing c/o Business Monitor Online - http://www.businessmonitor.co.uk
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