Singapore legislation
Section 23
Section 23
Determination of rights after registration
(1)
After a design is registered, any person having or claiming an interest in the design may apply to the Court to determine —
who is the true owner of the design;
whether the design should have been registered in the name of the person in whose name it was registered; or
whether any right in the design should be transferred or granted to any other person,and the Court is to determine the question and may make such order as it considers appropriate to give effect to the determination.
(2)
Without limiting subsection (1), an order referred to in that subsection may contain one or more of the following directions:
that the name of the applicant be entered in the Register as the owner or one of the owners of the design (whether or not to the exclusion of any other person);
that the transaction by virtue of which that person has acquired any right in the design be registered;
that a licence for the use of the design be granted;
that the registered owner of the design or any person having any right in the design carry out such act as the Court considers appropriate to give effect to any directions in the order.
(3)
If any person to whom a direction referred to in subsection (2)(d) was given fails to comply with the direction within 14 days after the date of the order, the Court may, on application made to it by any person in whose favour or on whose application the order was made, authorise the second-mentioned person to do that thing on behalf of the person to whom the direction was given.
(4)
If an application under this section is made after the end of the period of 2 years from the date of issue of the certificate of registration referred to in section 18(c) in respect of the design in question, no order is to be made under subsection (1) transferring any right in the design from the registered owner to any other person on the ground that the registered owner was not entitled to be registered as the owner, unless it is shown that the registered owner knew at the time of the registration or of the transfer of the design to the registered owner (as the case may be) that the registered owner was not entitled to be registered as the owner.
(5)
The Court is not to make any order under subsection (1) unless notice of the application has first been given to —
the registered owner of the design; and
each person registered as having a right in the registered design who is not a party to the application.