we request the Government of India not to shift the Principal Bench of IPAB from Chennai and further, request to fill up the post of Chairman in Intellectual Property Appellate Board immediately. CHAIRMAN, BAR COUNCIL
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Sekar Reporter
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January 28, 2020
The Intellectual Property appellate board is functioning at Chennai from the year 2003 and vested with the jurisdiction as an Appellate Forum as well as Original Forum for adjudicating rectification petitions. For the last few years, the post of Chairman was not filled up by the Government of India. Now, it appears that there is a move to shift the Principal Bench of IPAB from Chennai to outside the state of Tamilnadu. Since, we have received several representations from various associations about the shifting of Principal Bench of IPAB from Chennai to other state and it would affect the interest of the General Public as well as the lawyers practicing in Tamilnadu, the Bar Council has passed a resolution by circulation vide R.O.C.No. 180 of 2020, requesting the Government of India not to shift the Principal Bench of IPAB from Chennai and further, requested to fill up the post of Chairman in Intellectual Property Appellate Board immediately. Therefore, we request the Government of India not to shift the Principal Bench of IPAB from Chennai and further, request to fill up the post of Chairman in Intellectual Property Appellate Board immediately. CHAIRMAN, BAR COUNCIL.