Delhi High Court seeks suggestions from Bar on IPR division rules

The Delhi High Court has called upon the members of the Bar to send their suggestions for the “Delhi High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2021”. The Court has provided a draft of the proposed rules and has requested advocates to send in their comments, suggestions, if any, within two weeks by e-mail to [email protected].

“In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 7 of the Delhi High Court Act, 1966, Section 129 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, powers conferred under the various Intellectual Property statutes as amended by the TRA 2021, the Delhi High Court hereby makes the following Rules, for the matters listed before it’s IPD with respect to practice and procedure for the exercise of its original and appellate jurisdiction, and for other miscellaneous petitions arising out of specific statutes,” the preamble of the draft rules has said.

A Committee of Justice Prathiba  Singh and Justice Sanjeev Narula has been constituted by Chief Justice D.N. Patel to streamline and review the process of dealing with a large quantum of IPR cases. The committee had recommended the formation of the said Intellectual Property Division (IPD).

“Whereas the Delhi High Court office order No . 667 /Original Side/DHC dated 7th July, 2021 records the decision of the Hon’ble Chief Justice to create the IPD,” the preamble said.

The High Court has established the Intellectual Property Division (IPD) to deal with all matter involving Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), hence encompassing  all original proceedings, Writ Petitions (Civil), CMM, RFA, FAO on Intellectual Property Rights, barring the matters that require the attention of a Division Bench.