Cap. 417 Art. 33Joint ownership of patent application or patent.

(1) Where there are joint applicants of a patent application, each of them may with or without the agreement of the others separately assign or transfer by succession his share of the application, but the joint applicants may only act jointly to withdraw the application or conclude licence contracts with third parties under the application.

(2) Where there are joint proprietors of a patent, each of them may with or without the agreement of the others separately assign or transfer by succession his share of the patent or institute court proceedings for an infringement of the patent, but the joint owners may only act jointly to surrender the patent or conclude licence contracts with third parties under the patent.

(3) The provisions of this article shall be applicable only in the absence of an agreement to the contrary between the joint applicants or owners.