Section 117F – Costs of Controller in Proceedings before Appellate Board
All costs shall be under the discretion of the Appellate Board, but the Controller shall not be ordered to pay the Costs of any parties.
All costs shall be under the discretion of the Appellate Board, but the Controller shall not be ordered to pay the Costs of any parties.
All cases pending in the High Court on appeals against Controller’s decision or revocation of patents (unless counter claim is filed) or rectification of register shall be transferred to the Appellate Board from any date of order from the Central Government and the Appellate Board shall proceed with the cases or appeals either from the…
The Appellate Board may make any rules bound to the provisions of this act for the conduct and procedure of all proceedings.
If any person breaks the secrecy of an invention as directed by section 35 (secrecy on inventions related to defence purposes) or makes an application for grant against section 39 (residents not to apply for patent outside India without prior permission), shall be punishable with two years imprisonment or fine or both.
If any person makes changes to the registry without proper directions or makes a false written copy of the entry of the registry for the purposes of tenders etc., knowing that the writing to be false; he shall be punishable with 2 years imprisonment or fine or both.
If any person represents a product or a process sold by him to be patented in India subject without an application for patent in India, he shall be punishable with a fine of 1 lakh rupees. Cases where the product is stamped or engraved or otherwise expressed as a patented article if a patent is…
If any person’s business place or any document issued by him carries the word Patent Office (unless issued duly by the Patent Office) and which would make the public believe that his office is a patent office; he shall be punishable with 6 months imprisonment or fine or both.
If any person refuses to give the information to the Central Government or to the Controller, which he is required to furnish, he shall be punishable with a fine up to 10 lakh rupees. If any person required to give an information to the Central Government or to the Controller, gives an information which is…