32 Intellectual Property Act, No. 36 of 2003 Provided that anything in an industrial design which serves solely to obtain a technical result shall not be protected under this Part. Definition of novelty. 31. (1) For the purpose of this Part a new industrial design means an industrial design which had not been made available to the public anywhere in the world and at any time whatsoever through description, use or in any other manner before the date of an application for registration of such industrial design or before the priority date validly claimed in respect thereof. (2) An industrial design shall not be deemed to have been made available to the public solely by reason of the fact that, within the period of six months preceding the filing of an application for registration, it had been a displaly at an official or officially recognized, international exhibition. (3) An industrial design shall not be considered a new industrial design solely by reason of the fact that it differs from an earlier industrial design in minor respects or that it concerns a type of product different from a product embodying an earlier industrial design. CHAPTER IV RIGHT TO PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN Ownership and right to protection of industrial design. 32. (1) The right to obtain protection of an industrial design belongs to its owner. (2) Subject to provisions of section 34, the owner of an industrial design or his successor in title is its creator . (3) Where two or more persons have jointly created an industrial design, the right to obtain protection shall belong to them jointly : Provided that a person who has merely assisted in the creation of an industrial design but has made no contribution of a creative nature shall not be deemed to be the creator or a co-creator of such industrial design.