Delhi High Court Notifies New Nomenclature Relating To IPR Disputes Coming Into Force With Immediate Effect

The Delhi High Court has notified new nomenclature in respect of the matters relating to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) coming into force with immediate effect.

The High Court had recently established the Intellectual Property Division (IPD) to deal with all matters related to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). The IP deals with original proceedings, Writ Petitions (Civil), CMM, RFA, FAO on Intellectual Property Rights disputes, except those required to be dealt with by the Division Bench.

The office order issued on Wednesday by the Registrar General states that the existing nomenclature of WP-C will be replaced by WP (C)-IPD.

Similarly, Civil Misc. (Main) will now be replaced with Civil Misc. (Main)-IPD for dealing with IPR related matters.

Others nomenclature include RFA-IPD, FAO-IPD, CRP-IPD, FAO(OS)-IPD, RFA(OS)-IPD and EFA(OS)-IPD.

The IPDs have been constituted based on the committee's recommendations constituted by Chief Justice D.N.Patel and composed of Hon'ble Ms. Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjeev Narula. 

The committee was constituted to streamline and comprehensively review how a large quantum of IPR cases should be dealt with; they have submitted their report on IPR and non-IPR subjects.

The position earlier was that under the various Intellectual Property related statutes, the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) dealt with appeals from the IP offices and matters such as revocation of Trade Marks, Patents, etc.

The IPAB was abolished by The Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021, while having a 'substantial pendency.'

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