Cap. 415 Art. 37Topographies createdincourseof employment.

Where a topography is created in the course of the creator’s employment, in the execution of his duties or following the instructions given by his employer the exclusive right conferred by article 32 shall be deemed to be transferred to the creator’s employer or his successor in title, subject to any agreement between the parties excluding or limiting such transfer: Provided that the creator’s employer or his successor in title must also satisfy the criteria of article 36 or be a body of persons or a commercial partnership constituted, established, registered and vested with legal personality under the laws of Malta or of a State in which such a right as is conferred by sui generis article 32 on semiconductor product topographies is protected under an international agreement to which Malta is also a party.