Section 67 – THE PATENTS ACT, 1970

Register of patents and particulars to be entered therein

—(1) There shall be kept at the
patent office a register of patents, wherein shall be entered—
(a) the names and addresses of grantees of patents;
(b) notifications of assignments, extension, and revocations of patents; and
(c) particulars of such other matters affecting the validity or proprietorship of patents
as may be prescribed.
(2) No notice of any trust, whether express, implied or constructive, shall be entered in the
register, and the Controller shall not be affected by any such notice.
(3) Subject to the superintendence and directions of the Central Government, the register
shall be kept under the control and management of the Controller.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), it shall be lawful for the Controller
to keep the register of patents or any part thereof in computer floppies, diskettes or any
other electronic form subject to such safeguards as may be prescribed.
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), a copy of,
or extracts from, the register of patents, certified to be a true copy under the hand of the
Controller or any officer duly authorised by the Controller in this behalf shall, in all legal
proceedings, be admissible in evidence.
(6) In the event the register is kept wholly or partly in computer floppies, diskettes or any other
electronic form,—
(a) reference in this Act to an entry in the register shall be deemed to include reference
to a record of particulars kept in computer floppies, diskettes or any other
electronic form and comprising the register or part of the register;
(b) references in this Act to particulars being registered or entered in the register shall
be deemed to include references to the keeping of record of those particulars
comprising the register or part of the register in computer floppies, diskettes or any
other electronic form; and
(c) references in this Act to the rectification of the register are to be read as including
references to the rectification of the record of particulars kept in computer floppies,
diskettes or any other electronic form and comprising the register or part of the
register.

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