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Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) regime Boards Circular No. 41/2007 Customs, dated 29.10.2007 National IPR database & web-enabled applications - operational guidelines and instructions - reg.
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....om House Agents (CHAs) and members of the Trade is invited to Notification No. 47/2007 Customs (NT), dated 8th May 2007, vide which the Intellectual Property Rights (Imported Goods) Enforcement Rules, 2007 were notified and subsequent Circular No. 41/2007 Customs dated 29th October 2007 vide which brief operational guidelines were issued by the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC). 2. The Board announced that the right holders will be able to file intellectual property right (IPR) notices electronically and a user friendly web-enabled application form is being devised as a trade facilitation measure. In order to cater to trade expectations and departmental requirements, some measures have been initiated and the required infrastructur....
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.... fee payments though Credit Cards is not made available and the Trade will be duly informed once such a facility is put in place. Further, it is desirable that the soft copies of all the documents like the Registration Certificate, Title Deed, Authorization, Power of Attorney, Copies or images of the genuine copies/goods, copies or images of the suspect infringing goods etc are kept ready for uploading into System as and when the details are sought to be uploaded into the various portions of the online application form. It may be noted that all document files such as registration certificates, title deeds etc should be uploaded in .pdf format and all relevant images should be uploaded in .jpg, .gif, .png, .gif formats only. 4. The applican....
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.... once the declaration to the effect that the details furnished are true, is accepted. 5. As compliance to the provisions of Rules 5(a) and 5(b) of the said Rules, the right holder seeking protection from Customs shall have to execute a general bond and an indemnity bond, at the time of making an application or submitting a notice. It may be noted that though on-line notices/applications can be filed by right owners or right holders or any other authorized persons, the general bond and indemnity bonds have to be executed only by the right holder seeking protection. However, for smooth process flow of the electronic document, the applicant, not being the owner or holder of the right, can also merely agree to furnish them along with the hard ....
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....er (UTRN) will be generated and the same will appear on the screen. This number should be noted and all further correspondence with Customs should be made invariably with reference to this UTRN, till the Unique Permanent Registration Number (UPRN) is communicated. Both the UTRN and UPRN will also be communicated through e-mail of the applicant. 8. Once the UTRN is generated, System will prompt the applicant to take a printout of the application and submit the same to the Commissioner of Customs, chosen by the applicant, along with all accompanying documents, including Demand Draft, General Bond and Indemnity Bond. In case the applicant does not take the print out, facility has been provided to take a re print from the system by using the U....