Registered Designs Act 2000 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Rights in Registered Designs
33. Co-ownership of registered design
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Subject to any agreement to the contrary, where there is more than one registered owner of a registered design, each of them is entitled to an equal undivided share in the rights in the design.
registered owner
“registered owner”, in relation to a registered design, means the person whose name is for the time being entered in the Register as the owner of the design or, if there are 2 or more such persons, each of those persons;
Subject to this section and to any agreement to the contrary, where there is more than one registered owner of a registered design, each of them is entitled, by himself, herself or itself or the registered owner’s agent, to do in relation to the design and for the registered owner’s own benefit and without the consent of, or the need to account to, the other or others, an act which would otherwise amount to an infringement of the design.
Subject to any agreement to the contrary, where there is more than one registered owner of a registered design, a registered owner must not, without the consent of each of the others —
grant a licence for the use of the design;
assign any interest in the design; or
charge his, her or its share in the rights in the design.
Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) affects the mutual rights or obligations of trustees or personal representatives of a deceased person, or their rights or obligations as such.