The owner of an intellectual property right is the natural or legal person who possesses that right. They may have acquired this right either by law, for example, as the inventor (patent, utility certificate, and supplementary protection certificate) or creator (copyright, trademark, and design), or by contract (employer, sponsor, or assignee), or as the beneficiary of the original owner (inheritance, company merger, etc.).
As the owner of the intellectual property right, the holder generally enjoys all the rights attached to it, including usus (the right to use the right), fructus (the right to enjoy the right), and abusus (the right to dispose of it, i.e., to destroy it).
There may be several owners of the same intellectual property rights. In this case, it is customary to draw up a co-ownership agreement to define and regulate the rights of each party. If no agreement has been drawn up, the general provisions of the Code of Intellectual Property (CPI) apply.
It should be noted that to have the right to act in a judicial court, it is preferable for the owner to have registered with the competent office. Failing this, the owner must provide the court with evidence to establish that they are indeed the owner of the alleged intellectual property right.