A Petition to Shutdown the IPAB and Shift Its Functions to High Courts and Commercial Courts

A few weeks ago we had an interesting series of posts on SpicyIP, debating the role of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) and whether it should continue to exist. Along with our former blogger Rahul Bajaj, who is currently a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, I have drafted the petition below requesting the government to consider a proposal to scrap the IPAB and transfer its functions back to commercial courts and High Courts. We intend to send it to the … Continue reading A Petition to Shutdown the IPAB and Shift Its Functions to High Courts and Commercial Courts