Section 23 of the Designs Act, 2000 – Application of certain provisions of the Act as to patents to designs

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Section 23: Application of certain provisions of the Act as to patents to designs

The provisions of the Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970) with regard to certificates of the validity of a patent, and to the remedy in case of groundless threats of legal proceedings by a patentee shall apply in the case of registered designs in like manner as they apply in the case of patents, with the substitution of references to the copyright in a design for reference to a patent, and of references to the proprietor of a design for references to patentee, and of references to the design for references to the invention.

Source: official text of The Designs Act, 2000 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Designs Act, 2000.

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