{"id":75879,"date":"2021-05-31T15:29:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T09:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/one\/?p=73803"},"modified":"2025-07-02T10:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T05:20:19","slug":"updated-patent-trade-mark-copyright-acts-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/updated-patent-trade-mark-copyright-acts-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated Patent, Trade Mark, Copyright and other Acts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the ordinance abolishing the IPAB, we updated all relevant intellectual property statutes to reflect the amended provisions. We are hereby sharing\u00a0 the links to the amended statutes along with word and pdf versions of the Acts in accessible formats. You may read about the changes in different statutes in\u00a0 the series of posts we had carried earlier at the following links: Patents Act, Trade Marks Act, Copyrights Act, Plant Varieties Act, and Geographical Indications Act.<br \/>\nThe list below provides links to different versions of the amended statutes in html, word and pdf formats:<\/p>\n<h5>1. THE PATENTS ACT<\/h5>\n<p>Web Version : <a href=\"https:\/acts-rules\/the-patents-act\/\">Open the web version here<\/a><br \/>\nWord Version : <a href=\"http:\/\/bananaip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/THE-PATENTS-ACT-1970.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the Word File here<\/a><br \/>\nPDF Version : <a href=\"http:\/\/bananaip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/THE-PATENTS-ACT-1970.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the PDF File here <\/a><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5>2. THE TRADE MARKS ACT<\/h5>\n<p>Web Version : <a href=\"https:\/acts-rules\/the-trade-marks-act\/\">Open the web version here<\/a><br \/>\nWord Version : <a href=\"http:\/\/bananaip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/THE-TRADE-MARKS-ACT-1999-1.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the Word File here<\/a><br \/>\nPDF Version : <a href=\"http:\/\/bananaip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/THE-TRADE-MARKS-ACT-1999-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the PDF File here<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>3. THE COPYRIGHT ACT<\/h5>\n<p>Web Version : <a href=\"https:\/acts-rules\/the-copyright-act\/\">Open the web version here<\/a><br \/>\nWord Version : <a href=\"http:\/\/bananaip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/THE-COPYRIGHT-ACT-1957.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the Word File here<\/a><br \/>\nPDF Version : <a href=\"http:\/\/bananaip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/THE-COPYRIGHT-ACT-1957.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the PDF File here<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>4. THE DESIGN ACT<\/h5>\n<p>Web Version : <a href=\"https:\/acts-rules\/design-act\/\">Open the web version here<\/a><br \/>\nWord Version : <a href=\"http:\/\/bananaip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/INDUSTRIAL-DESIGNS-ACT-2000.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the Word File here<\/a><br \/>\nPDF Version : <a href=\"http:\/\/bananaip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/INDUSTRIAL-DESIGNS-ACT-2000.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the PDF File here<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>5. THE GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION OF GOODS (REGISTRATION &amp; PROTECTION) ACT<\/h5>\n<p>Web Version : <a href=\"https:\/acts-rules\/geographical-indication-act\/\">Open the web version here<\/a><br \/>\nWord Version : <a href=\"http:\/\/bananaip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/THE-GEOGRAPHICAL-INDICATIONS-OF-GOODS-REGISTRATION-AND-PROTECTION-ACT-1999.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the Word File here<\/a><br \/>\nPDF Version : <a href=\"http:\/\/bananaip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/THE-GEOGRAPHICAL-INDICATIONS-OF-GOODS-REGISTRATION-AND-PROTECTION-ACT-1999.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the PDF File here<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>6. THE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT<\/h5>\n<p>Web Version : <a href=\"https:\/acts-rules\/biological-diversity-act\/\">Open the web version here<\/a><br \/>\nWord Version : <a href=\"http:\/\/bananaip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/THE-BIOLOGICAL-DIVERSITY-ACT-2002.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the Word File here<\/a><br \/>\nPDF Version : <a href=\"http:\/\/bananaip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/THE-BIOLOGICAL-DIVERSITY-ACT-2002.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the PDF File here<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>7. THE PROTECTION OF PLANT VARIETIES AND FARMERS&#8217; RIGHTS ACT<\/h5>\n<p>Web Version : <a href=\"https:\/acts-rules\/the-protection-of-plant-varieties-and-farmers-rights\/\">Open the web version here<\/a><br \/>\nWord Version : <a href=\"http:\/\/bananaip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/THE-PROTECTION-OF-PLANT-VARIETIES-AND-FARMERS-RIGHTS-ACT-2001.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the Word File here<\/a><br \/>\nPDF Version : <a href=\"http:\/\/bananaip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/THE-PROTECTION-OF-PLANT-VARIETIES-AND-FARMERS-RIGHTS-ACT-2001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the PDF File here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The list below provides links to posts which talks about the section-wise changes brought to various acts by the Tribunals Reforms Ordinance 2021<\/p>\n<h5>1. THE PATENTS ACT<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/ip-news-center\/tribunals-reforms-ordinance-2021-and-amendments-to-the-patents-act-1970\/\">Access the amendments made to The Patents Act here<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>2. THE TRADE MARKS ACT<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/ip-news-center\/tribunals-reforms-ordinance-2021-and-amendments-to-the-trade-marks-act-1999\/\">Access the amendments made to The Trade Marks Act here<\/a><br \/>\nWe will provide amended and updated versions of different rules shortly.<br \/>\nNote: Updates provided by Mr. Sayyid Qutub from BananaIP Counsels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The post offers updated and amended versions of major Indian intellectual property statutes following the abolition of the IPAB. Downloadable resources and detailed amendment summaries are provided for reference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":11,"footnotes":""},"categories":[219,3,185,36,6,14,247,11],"tags":[920,5,6353,5510,489,11318,1720,4350],"class_list":["post-75879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biological-diversity","category-copyrights","category-geographical-indications-gi","category-industrial-designs","category-intellectual-property","category-patents","category-plant-varieties","category-trademarks","tag-copyright-act","tag-intellectual-property","tag-ip-law-india","tag-legal-updates","tag-patent-act","tag-statutes-amendment","tag-trade-marks-act","tag-tribunals-reforms-ordinance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75879"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141838,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75879\/revisions\/141838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}