Senior Associate, Kapil Kumar explores the Calcutta High Court recently adopted the much-awaited Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2023 (Calcutta IPD Rules), making it the third High Court in India, after Delhi and Madras, to implement specialized regulations for IP matters.
While the Calcutta IPD Rules share structural similarities and common objectives with the Delhi High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2021 (Delhi IPD Rules) and Madras High Court Intellectual Property Division Rules, 2022 (Madras IPD Rules), they contain several unique substantive and procedural differences. The following analysis outlines the key distinctions between these frameworks.