Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) has been constituted  by a Gazette notification of the Central Government in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on 15^th 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. IPAB has  its headquarters at Chennai and shall have sittings at Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Ahmedabad. In terms of the Notifications No.12/15/2006-IPR-III) dated 2/4/2007 issued by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, the provisions of the Patent Amendment Act, 2002 and the Patents Amendment Act, 2005, relating to the Intellectual Property Appellate Board have been brought into force. Thus, all the Appeals pending before the various High Courts, will stand transferred to the IPAB. Likewise, fresh Rectification Applications under the Patents Act, 1970, will have to be filed before the IPAB.

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