The Semiconductor Products (Protection of Topography) Regulations 1987

8.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, the owner of topography right is the person who for the time being is actually entitled to it or will become entitled to it upon the creation of the topography (where the topography has not yet been created) or upon the subsistence of topography right in the topography (where the right does not yet subsist in it).

(2) The owner of topography right may assign it (or his prospective entitlement to it) by instrument in writing signed by him or on his behalf; and topography right (and the prospective entitlement to it) is transmissible by testamentary disposition or operation of law as personal or moveable property.

(3) A licence granted by the owner in respect of topography right shall be binding upon all his successors in title in respect of it except for subsequent purchasers in good faith for valuable consideration without actual or constructive notice of the licence and persons deriving title from such purchasers; and where the owner of topography right is not such a purchaser in good faith and does not derive title from such a purchaser, references in these Regulations to the licence of the owner include the licence of a predecessor in title of the owner.