Key terms Patent Act Term # 15: Appellate Board

Key terms Patent Act Term # 15: Appellate Board

1. Term #15
Appellate Board
Chapter 19
Indian Patents Act 1970
Key Terms of Indian Patents Act
MsBindu Sharma, Founder & CEOSpeaker
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2. U/S 2 [Definitions and
interpretation]
‘AppellateBoard’meansthe
AppellateBoardreferredtoin
section116.
Appellateboardhasbeengiven
varietyofpowerstodealwith
appealspendingbeforevarious
HighCourtsaswellasappeals
againstdecisionsofthe
Controller.

3. U/S 116[Appellate Board]
•AspecializedtribunalsetupbytheGovernmentfor
decidingappealstothedecisionoftheController
andotherrelatedmattersonpatentssuchas
revocationofpatents.
•IPABhasitsheadquartersatChennaiandshallhave
sittingsatChennai,Mumbai,Delhi,Kolkataand
Ahmedabad.
•Objectiveisspeedydisposalofappealsand
rectificationsofapplicationswhichwerependingin
variousHighCourts.

4. IPAB
•Chairman;
•Technical Members; and
•Other staff

5. U/S 116[Appellate Board]
TechnicalMemberoftheAppellateBoard
shallhave:
•Atleast5yearsheldthepostof
Controller
•Foratleast10yearsfunctionedasa
RegisteredPatentAgentandpossessa
degreeinengineeringortechnology
oramastersdegreeinscience
•Atleast10years,experienceworking
asanadvocateinpracticinglaw
relatingtopatentsanddesigns.

6. Tribunal
•Quasi-judicialbody(Tribunal):Anindividualor
organizationwhichhaspowersresemblingthoseof
acourtoflaworjudgeandisabletoremedya
situationorimposelegalpenaltiesonapersonor
organization.
•Forexample,IPAB(IntellectualPropertyAppellate
Board)orIncomeTaxAppellateTribunalorRailway
claimTribunalsarequasi-judicialbodies.
•U/S77,theControllerisvestedwithcertainpowers
oftheCivilCourt.Controlleristhequasi-judicial
(Tribunal)Authorityandinanyproceedingsbefore
himheshallhavethepowersofacivilcourt.

7. U/S 117 [Staff of Appellate
Board]
TheCentralgovernmentdecides
uponthestaffofappellateboard
andsalaryofthemembers.

8. U/S 117A [Appeals to Appellate
Board]
•TheordersoftheControllerorCentral
governmentcanbeappealedinIPAB.
•TheorderspassedbyCentral
Governmentinrelationtoinventions
relevanttodefensepurposeandorders
ofControllergivingdirectionofsecrecy
inrespectofsuchinventionsunder
Section-35andrevocationofPatentsby
theControllerunderSection-65arenot
appealable.

9. Examples
Divisional application
Opposition to grant of patent
Amendment
Surrender of patent
Compulsory license
Revocation of patent for non-working
Restoration of lapsed patents
Licensing of related patents
Termination of compulsory license

10. U/S 117A [Appeals to
Appellate Board]
Everyappealshallbemadewithin
3monthsfromthedateofthe
decision,orderordirectionofthe
ControllerortheCentral
Government.

11. Section 117B: Procedure and
powers of Appellate Board
TheprovisionsofSection-84,87,92,
95,96oftheTradeMarksAct,1999
shallapplytotheAppellateBoardin
thedischargeofitsfunctionsunder
thisActastheyapplytoitinthe
dischargeofitsfunctionsunderthe
TradeMarksAct,1999.

12. Section 117C: Bar of
jurisdiction of courts, etc
Nocourtorotherauthorityshallhaveany
jurisdiction,powersorauthorityinrelation
tothemattersreferredto:
•Section-117A(2):AppealstoAppellate
Board
•Section-117D:Procedureforapplication
forrectification,etc.,beforeAppellate
Board.

13. Section 117D: Procedure for application
for rectification, etc., before Appellate
Board
Certifiedcopyofeveryorderor
judgmentrelatedtotherevocation
ofpatentorrectificationof
register,appellateboardshallbe
communicatedtotheControllerso
thattheControllercanimplement
thesame.

14. Section 117E: Appearance of
Controller in legal proceedings
Aftertheappealhasbeenmadeto
theAppellateboardagainstdecision
oftheController,theboardwillcarry
proceedingsandtheControllermay
appearinsuchproceedingsbeforethe
AppellateBoard.

15. Inallproceedingsbeforethe
AppellateBoard,thecostsofthe
Controllershallbeinthediscretion
oftheAppellateBoard,butthe
Controllershallnotbeorderedto
paythecostsofanyoftheparties.
U/S 117F [Costs of Controller in proceedings
before Appellate Board]

16. U/S 117G [Transfer of pending
proceedings to Appellate Board]
FollowingcasesshallbetransferredtotheAppellate
BoardbytheCentralGovernmentandtheAppellate
Boardmayproceedwiththemattereitherdenovoor
fromthestageitwassotransferred:
•AppealsagainstanyorderordecisionoftheController;
and
•Allcasespertainingtorevocationofpatentotherthan
onacounter-claiminasuitforinfringement;and
•RectificationofregisterpendingbeforeanyHighCourt.

17. TheAppellateBoardmaymake
rulesconsistentwiththisActasto
theconductandprocedurein
respectofallproceedingsbefore
itunderthisAct.
U/S 117H [Power of Appellate
Board to make rules]

18. Question
Every appeal to IPAB should be made in
prescribed form by paying prescribed fee
within the period of:
a)1 month
b)2 months
c)3 months
d)15 days

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