67. 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 and transmissions of patents, of licences under patents, and of amendments, extensions 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 direction of the Central Government, the register shall be kept under the control and management of the Controller.
(4) The Controller may lawfully keep the register (or any part) in electronic form, subject to prescribed safeguards.
(5) Notwithstanding the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, a certified copy of, or extract from, the register shall be admissible in evidence in all legal proceedings without further proof.
(6) Where the register is kept wholly or partly in electronic form, references in this Act to entries, registration, or rectification of the register shall be construed to include the corresponding electronic record.
