The revocation petition cannot be filed before the Controller of Patents. Action against infringement may be instituted in a District Court or High Court having jurisdiction. Criminal action does not lie unlike in Trade marks and Copyright. In case of any infringement of pending patent, no action can be taken unless the patent has been sealed. Service marks are not registrable.
Separete application has to be filed for same mark for goods falling in different classes of goods.
Under PCT priority is allowed in the date of filing the application as the date of filing the application in India and vice versa. Transborder reputation is being recognized. Passing off action applies to trade marks as well tradenames. Both civil and criminal actions lie. Registration is for initially 7 years from the date of the original application, whenever the registration is actually done.