EXTENSION OF TIME FOR FILING DOCUMENTS UNDER ALL IPR ACTS AND RULES

The Controller General of Patent, Design and Trademarks has on the 25th March 2020 issued a Public Notice that all the IP Offices in India shall remain closed from the 25th March 2020. It has further extended all deadlines and due dates in respect of filing of documents in any matter that falls due during this period of closure until the date of next day on which the offices re-open.

While this notice issued by the Controller General of Patent, Design and Trademarks definitely benefits the concerned stakeholders and grants a time extension during this period of crisis but there may be several practical issues that may arise as and when the offices re-open given the voluminous filings that can potentially be made by various stakeholders to comply with the deadlines for multiple matters falling on the same day viz., the date on which the offices re-open.

In this regard it is to be noted that as mentioned earlier the Hon

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