Section 10: Right to transfer

10. Right to transfer (1) Where the essential content of the application has been taken from the layout-design of another person without his consent, that other person may make a request to the Controller in writing to transfer the application to him. (2) Where the application has already resulted in a registration, that other person may, within 3 years from the publication of the registration, make a request to the Controller in writing to transfer the registration to him and to rectify the entry in the Register accordingly. (3) The Controller shall forthwith send a copy of the request under subsection (2) to the right holder, and the right holder shall, within the prescribed period and in the prescribed manner, send to the Controller and to the person requesting the transfer a counter-statement of the grounds on which he relies. (4) Where the right holder sends a counter-statement, the Controller shall, after hearing the parties, decide whether the application or registration should be transferred and, where applicable, whether the Register should be rectified.