https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=759718 Under the Designs Act, 2000, a petition for cancellation of a registered design must be presented to the Controller, because Section 19 expressly shifts original cancellation jurisdiction away from the High Court. The High Court may intervene only by way of appeal against the Controller's order, or where the Controller refers the matter to it, so it has no concurrent original jurisdiction to entertain a direct cancellation petition. The court distinguished other intellectual property statutes that expressly allow applications to be made to the High Court. The original petition was therefore not maintainable before the High Court and had to be pursued before the jurisdictional Controller. en-us Fri, 02 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 07:36:41 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=759718 Under the Designs Act, 2000, a petition for cancellation of a registered design must be presented to the Controller, because Section 19 expressly shifts original cancellation jurisdiction away from the High Court. The High Court may intervene only by way of appeal against the Controller's order, or where the Controller refers the matter to it, so it has no concurrent original jurisdiction to entertain a direct cancellation petition. The court distinguished other intellectual property statutes that expressly allow applications to be made to the High Court. The original petition was therefore not maintainable before the High Court and had to be pursued before the jurisdictional Controller. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 02 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=759718