Designs Act, 1993 (Act No. 195 of 1993)

29. Assignment and devolution by operation of law

Purchase

(1)	The rights vested in an applicant for the registration of a design or a registered proprietor shall be capable of assignment and of devolution by operation of law.

(2)	Any condition in a contract of employment which—

(a)	requires an employee to assign to his employer a design made by him otherwise than within the course of his employment; or

(b)	restricts the right of an employee in a design made by him more than one year after the termination of the contract of employment,

shall be null and void.