(1) The right to layout-design protection shall belong to the creator of the layout-design and may be assigned or transferred by succession.
(2) Where several persons have jointly created a layout-design, the right to layout-design protection shall belong to them jointly.
(3) Where the layout-design has been created in execution of a commission or an employment contract, the right to layout-design protection shall belong, in the absence of contractual provisions to the contrary to the person who commissioned the work or to the employer.