Industrial Property

Patents

	The Patents Act No. 39, September 1970.
	The Patent Rules, 1972.
	The Repealing and Amending Act No. 56 of 1974.
	The Delegated Legislation Provisions (Amendment) Act No. 4 of 1985.
	The Patents (Amendment) Act, March 1999.
	The Patents (Amendment) Act June 2002.
	The Patent (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004.
	The Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2005.

Bare Act, Rules and other details are available at - 

http://ipindia.nic.in/ipr/patent/patents.htm 


Trade Marks

	The Trade and Merchandise Marks Act No. 43, October 1958, as amended.
	The Trade and Merchandise Marks Rules 1959.
	The Trade Marks Act No. 47 of 1999, in force from September 2003.

The Act Rules and other details are available at

http://ipindia.nic.in/tmr_new/default.htm

Industrial Designs The Designs Act, 2000, in force since 2001 The Act, Rules and other information is available at http://ipindia.nic.in/ipr/design/designs.htm. Geographical Indications The Geographical Indication of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act No. 48 of 1999, in force from September 2003. Details are available at http://ipindia.nic.in/ipr/gi/geo_ind.htm. Copyright The Copyright Act No. 14, June 1957, as amended by Amendment Acts of 1983, 1984, 1992, 1994 and 1999. The Copyright Rules, 1958 Details including the Bare Act & Rules are available at http://copyright.gov.in/. Unfair Competition The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act No. 54, December 1969, as amended Competition Act 2002 Details are available at www.competition-commission-india.nic.in

Biological Diversity Act 2002


Details about the Biological Diversity legislation are available at 
http://envfor.nic.in/divisions/biodiv/act/bio_div_act.htm


Plant Variety Protection

The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act of 2001, entered into force in June 2002

The Bare Act & Rules are available at-
http://agricoop.nic.in/PPV&FR%20Act,%202001.pdf


Details about the PPV&FR Authority can be seen at
http://www.plantauthority.in


Semiconductors & Integrated Circuits Layouts Protection

Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Layout-Design Act 2000

The Bare Act & Rules alongwith FAQ’s on the Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Layout-Design Act 2000 are available at
http://www.mit.gov.in/default.aspx?id=322


For more information on Indian and International IP Laws please refer to the WIPO Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA) which is a unique electronic database providing easy access to intellectual property legislation from a wide range of countries and regions as well as to treaties on intellectual property at 

www.wipo.int/clea/en/index.jsp