Import of IPR infringing goods prohibited
Having armed itself with the Intellectual Property Rights (Imported Goods) Enforcement Rules, the Revenue has now prohibited the import of the following types of goods.
1. goods having a false trade mark.
2. goods having a false trade description.
3. goods having a design in which copyright exists in respect of the class to which the goods belong or any fraudulent or obvious imitation of such design except when the application of such design has been made with the licence or written consent of the registered proprietor of the design.
4. products for which a patent is in force under the Patents Act,1970 except in cases where the consent from the patentee in India has been obtained.
5. product obtained directly by the process made or produced where patent for such process is in force under the Patents Act 1970 except in cases where the consent from the patentee in India has been obtained.
6. Goods having a false Geographical Indication.
7. goods which are prohibited to be imported by issuance of an order issued by Registrar of Copyrights under section 53 of the Copyright Act,1957
NOTIFICATION NO. , Dated: May 8, 2007