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(1) Where the essential content of an application has been taken from the layoutdesign of a person without the person's consent, that person may, in writing, request the Registrar to transfer the application to the person.

(2) Where the application has already resulted in a registration, that person may, in writing within three years from the publication of the registration, request the Registrar to transfer the registration to the person and to rectify the entry in the register

(3) The Registrar shall send a copy of the request to the right holder, and, within the prescribed period and in the prescribed manner, the right holder may send to the Registrar a counterstatement of the grounds on which the person whose name for the time being appears in the register as the right holder relies.

(4) Where the right holder sends a counterstatement, the Registrar shall furnish a copy of it to the person requesting the transfer and, after hearing the parties if either or both wish to be heard, and considering the merits of the case, decide whether the application or registration should be transferred and, where applicable, whether the register should be rectified.