The Patents Act, 1970 · XXIII — 1. Subs. by Act 15 of 2005, s. 70, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 1-1-2005).

Section 4. Section 64

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

14. Section 64— (a) in sub-section (1), omit "patents or" and omit the word "either" wherever it occurs; (b) in sub-section (5), omit clause (a). 15. Omit section 66. 4. Section 2— (a) omit clause (1); (b) in clause (2) omit "(as respects designs)"; (c) for clause (3), substitute— '(3) "controller" means the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks appointed under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958 (43 of 1958);'; (d) in clause (5) for "trade mark as defined in section 478", substitute "trade mark as defined in clause (v) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958 (43 of 1958)".; (e) omit clause (6); (f) in clause 7, after sub-clause (ee) insert,— "(f) in relation to the Union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Goa, Daman and Diu, the High Court at Bombay; (g) in relation to the Union territory of Pondicherry, the High Court at Madras."; (g) omit clauses (8), (10) and (11); (h) for clause (12), substitute— '(12) "patent office" means the patent office referred to in section 74 of the Patents Act, 1970.'. 5. Omit Part I.

Source: India Code