Madras HC strikes down key provisions of IPAB as unconstitutional [Read the Judgment]

A Madras High Court bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishen Kaul has declared the critical provisions of the Trademarks Act providing for the establishment of the IPAB (Intellectual Property Appellate Board) as unconstitutional.According to SpicyIP report, the Court held the section providing for Indian government officers (ILS officers) to be elected as judicial members to the tribunal was...