Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978)

Chapter IX : Assignment, attachment and hypothecation of patents and applications for patents

Purchase

(1)	Subject to the provisions of section 39(7), the rights vested in a patentee or an applicant for a patent 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 an invention made by him otherwise than within the course and scope of his employment; or

(b)	restricts the right of an employee in an invention made by him more than one year after the termination of the contract of employment, shall be null and void.