Intellectual Property Appellate Board

advtanmoy 06/03/2020 2 minutes read

Under Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Intellectual Property Appellate Board has been constituted by a Gazette notification of the Central Government in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on 15th September 2003 to hear appeals against the decisions of the Registrar under the Trade Marks Act, 1999 and the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999.

The Intellectual Property Appellate Board has its headquarters at Chennai and shall have sittings at Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi , Kolkata and Ahmedabad.

In pursuance of Section 160(a) & 160 (c) of Finance Act, 2017 (7of 2017), the Intellectual property Appellate Board established under section 83 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999(47 of 1999) shall, on and from the commencement of Part XIV of Chapter VI of the Finance Act, 2017 be the Appellate Board for the purposes of this Act and the said Appellate Board shall exercise the jurisdiction, powers and authority conferred on it by or under this Copy Right Act, 1957. In view of the same, all the cases pending before the Copy Right Board were transferred to Intellectual Property Appellate Board.

The transitional Provision was invoked as per Section 59 of Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Act (Section 53 of 2011), and Intellectual Property Appellate Board established under Trade Mark Act shall exercise the jurisdiction, powers and authority conferred with Plant Varieties Protection Appellate Tribunal (PVPAT) to hear the appeal as per Section 56 of the Act.[Intellectual Property Appellate Board Site]

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