# The Designs Act, 2000, Section 23: Application of certain provisions of the Act as to patents to designs

- Act: The Designs Act, 2000 (Act 16 of 2000)
- In force from: 2001-05-11
- Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/designs-act-2000/section/23/

## Text

The provisions of the Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970) with regard to certificates of the validity of a patent, and to the remedy in case of groundless threats of legal proceedings by a patentee shall apply in the case of registered designs in like manner as they apply in the case of patents, with the substitution of references to the copyright in a design for reference to a patent, and of references to the proprietor of a design for references to patentee, and of references to the design for references to the invention.

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