Section 151 of The Patents Act, 1970 View Chapter 23

Transmission of orders of courts to Controller.

(1) Every order of 1[the High Court or the Appellate Board] on a petition for revocation, including orders granting certificates of validity of any claim, shall be transmitted by 1[the High Court or the Appellate Board] to the Controller who shall cause an entry thereof and reference thereto to be made in the register.

(2) Where in any suit for infringement of a patent or in any suit under section 106 the validity of any claim or a specification is contested and that claim is found by the court to be valid or not valid, as the case may be, the court shall transmit a copy of its judgment and decree to the Controller who shall on receipt thereof cause an entry in relation to such proceeding to be made in the prescribed manner in a supplemental record.

(3) The provisions of sub-sections (1) and (2) shall also apply to the court to which appeals are preferred against decisions of the 2[Appellate Board or the courts, as the case may be,] referred to in those sub-sections.

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Footnote -

1. Subs. by Act 15 of 2005, s. 74, for "the High Court" (w.e.f. 2-4-2007).

2. Subs. by s. 74, ibid., for "courts" (w.e.f. 2-4-2007).