(1) The right to a layout‐design protection belongs to the creator of the layout‐design and may be assigned, transferred or devolve by succession.

(2) Where several persons have jointly created a layout‐design, the right to the layout‐design protection belongs to them jointly.

(3) Where the layout‐designs created in execution of a commission or an employment contract, the right to the layout‐design protection belongs, in the absence of any contractual provisions to the contrary, to the person who commissioned the work or to the employer.