Supreme Court of India

The International Association for Protection of Intellectual Property (india Group) v. Union of India

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Reported as [2021] 1 S.C.R. 799
Bench L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and S. Ravindra Bhat JJ.
Decided 12 February 2021

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In view of the above conclusions, this court holds that t he applicant cannot be granted any relief.

Judgment, page 20

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Trademarks Act, 1999 – s.89A – Finance Act, 2017 – s.184 – Continuation of the incumbent Chairperson – Applica tion for – Applicant sought directions for continuation of the incumbent Chairperson of the Intellectual Property Appellate oard (IPAB), till a new Chairperson is appointed – It was urged that s.89A inser ted in the TM Act stipulates that after the commencement of t he Finance Act, 2017, the term of office of appointments to the boar d would be governed by the provisions of s.184 – In terms of s.184 of th e 2017 Act, the outer limit prescribed the age limit of the hairperson of the

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