22. (1) Where any person becomes entitled by assignment,
Registration of
transmission or operation of law to a registered design or to a share in a assignments,
registered design, or becomes entitled as mortgagee, licensee or
etc.
otherwise to any other interest in a registered design, he may apply to
the Registrar in the prescribed manner for the registration of his title as
proprietor or co-proprietor or, as the case may be, of notice of his
interest, in the register.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (1), an application
for the registration of the title of any person becoming entitled by
assignment to a registered design or a share in a registered design, or
becoming entitled by virtue of a mortgage, licence or other instrument to
any other interest in a registered design, may be made in the prescribed
manner by the assignor, mortgagor, licensor or other party to that
instrument, as the case may be.
(3) Where application is made under this section for the registration of
title of any person, the Registrar shall, upon proof of title to his
satisfaction
(a)
where that person is entitled to a registered design or a share in a
registered design, register him in the register as proprietor or
co-proprietor of the design, and enter in that register particulars of the
instrument or event by which he derives title; or
(b)
where that person is entitled to any other interest in the
registered design, enter in that register notice of his interest, with
particulars of the instrument, if any, creating it.
(4) Subject to any rights vested in any other person of which notice is
entered in the register of designs, the person or persons registered as
proprietor of a registered design shall have power to assign, grant
licences under, or otherwise deal with the design, and to give effectual
receipts for any consideration for any such assignment, licence or
dealing.
(5) Except for the purposes of an application to rectify the register under
the provisions of this Act, a document in respect of which no entry has
been made in the register under subsection (3) shall not be admitted in