Intellectual property appellate board

1. Intellectual Property Appellate
Board
Dr UrmilaAswar
Sinhgad Institute of Pharmacy, Pune

2. •Section 83 of The Trade Marks Act, 1999 (Act),
provides for the establishment of an Appellate
Board to be known as the Intellectual Property
Appellate Board (IPAB).
•Intellectual Property Appellate Board has
been constitutedby a Gazette notification of
the Central Government in the Ministry of
Commerce and Industry on15
th
September
2003 (Gazette Notification No. S.O.1049(E)).

3. Location
•The Intellectual Property Appellate Board
hasits headquarters at Chennai and shall
have sittings at Chennai,
Mumbai,Delhi,Kolkata and Ahmedabad.

4. Purpose
•Tohearappealsagainstthedecisionsofthe
RegistrarundertheTradeMarksAct,1999and
theGeographicalIndicationsofGoods
(RegistrationandProtection)Act,1999.
•AlltheAppealspendingbeforethevariousHigh
Courts,aretransferredtotheIPAB.
•FreshRectificationApplicationsunderthe
PatentsAct,1970,willhavetobefiledbeforethe
IPAB.

5. •Appealsfromanorderordecisionofthe
Registrarunderrule162ofTheTradeMarks
Rules,2002shallalsobeheardbytheIPAB.
•Itisprovidedthatsimilarmattersarising
undertheGeographicalIndicationsofGoods(
RegistrationandProtection)Act,1999shall
alsobeheardanddecidedbyIPAB.

6. •Composition(as on 14th March, 2012)
•Chairman: Smt. Justice PrabhaSridevan
•
•Vice Chairman : Ms. S. Usha
•Technical Member (Patent): ShriD.P.S.
Parmar
•Technical Member (Trade Marks): V. Ravi
•Deputy Registrar: N. Anbazhagan

7. ectionof the Trade Marks
Act, 1999/ Rule of the
Trade Marks Rules, 2002
On What Payable Fees(Rs.) Corresponding Form
Number
Section 47/57/125 On application
undersection 47, 57 or
125 for removal of a
trademark from the register
or rectification of the
register.
5,000 Form 1
Section 91 On appeal from an order or
decision of the Registrar of
Trade Marks in respect of
goodsor servicesfalling in
one class.
5,000 Form 2
Section 91 On appeal from an order or
decision of the Registrar of
Trade Marks in respect of
goods or services falling in
two or more classes.
10,000 Form 3
Section 91 read with rule
162 of the Trade Marks
Rules, 2002
On appeal from an order or
decision of the Registrar of
Trade Marks in regard to
the registration or removal
of a trade marks agent from
the register of trade marks
agents.
3,000 Form 4
Section 91 On application for
condoning delay for filing
appeal.
2,500 for delay ofper
month or part thereof
Form 5

8. Example
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9. Patent Infringment
•Patent infringementis the execution of a prohibited
act with respect to a patented inventionwithout
permission from thepatent holder.
•The definition of patent infringement may vary by
jurisdiction, but it typically includes using or selling the
patented invention.
•Permission must be taken from Patent holder before
commercially using any invention.
•In many countries, a use is required to
becommercial(or to have acommercialpurpose) to
constitute patent infringement.

10. Infringement and Claims
•Claims: The claims inform the public of what is
not allowed without the permission of the patent
holder.
•Patents are territorial, and infringement is only
possible in a country where a patent is in force.
•For example, if a patent is filed in the United
States, then anyone in the United States is
prohibited from making, using, selling or
importing the patented item, while people in
other countries may be free to make the
patented item in their country.

11. •Typically, a party (other than the patentee or
licensee of the patentee) that manufactures,
imports, uses, sells, or offers for sale patented
technology without permission/license from
the patentee, during the term of the patent
and within the country that issued the patent,
is considered to infringe the paten

12. •Inresponsetoallegationsofinfringement,anaccusedinfringing
party
1.itwasnotpracticingthepatentedinvention;
2.itwasnotperforminganyinfringingactintheterritorycoveredby
thepatent;
3.thepatenthasexpired;
4.thepatent(ortheparticularclaim(s)allegedtobeinfringed)is
invalid,becausetheinventioninquestiondoesnotmeet
patentabilityorincludesaformaldefect,renderingthepatent
invalidorunenforceable;
5.ithasobtainedalicenseunderthepatent;
6.thepatentholderisinfringingpatentrightsbelongingtothe
accusedinfringingparty,andthepartymayresolvethedisputein
settlementorcross-licensing.

13. When to file the suit
1.Afterpublicationofpatent.
2.Whenthetermofthepatenthasexpiredandinfringement
occurredduringthetermofthepatent,asuitcanbeinstituted
duringthetermofevenaftertheexpiryoftheterm.
3.Incaseapatenthadlapsedandwassubsequentlyrestored.
4.Whenapatentwasobtainedwrongfullybyapersonandlater
grantedtothetrueandfirstInventor,nosuitforinfringementcan
beinstitutedforanyinfringementoccurringbeforetheperiodof
suchgranttothetrueandfirstinventor.
•Theplaintiff(personwhomakesaplaint,i.e.,institutesasuit)isnot
obligedtogiveanoticetothedefendant(infringer)before
institutingasuit.

14. Period of limitation
•Theperiodalimitationforinstitutingasuit
forpatentinfringementisthreeyears
fromthedateofinfringement.

15. Who can file
•Only the person who has a right in the patent can
institute a suit for infringement.
•The following persons are entitled to sue:-
•(1) The patentee.
•(2) The exclusive licensee if the licenceis registered.
•(3) A compulsory licensee when the patentee refuses or
neglects to institute proceedings.
•(4) A licensee other than the above two licensees can bring
an action for infringementupon the terms of the contract
between the licensor and licensee.
•(5) Assignee, he can sue only after the application for
registration of the assignment in his favourhas been filed.

16. Code of civil procedure
•Section104oftheActprovidesthatasuitfor
infringementshallnotbeinstitutedinany
courtinferiortoaDistrictCourthaving
jurisdictiontotrythesuit.
•Whenanactionforinfringementhasbeen
institutedinaDistrictCourtcanbetranferred
totheHighCourtfordecision