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Arjun, a Chennai software firm owner, wants to file a patent application and a trade mark application. He asks which office handles which. Which statement correctly reflects the Indian institutional set-up?

Both applications go to offices under the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks. This authority supervises the Patent Office, the Designs office and the Trade Marks Registry, so Arjun files each application with the relevant office of that single administration.

  1. ABoth are handled by the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, who heads the offices administering the Patents Act, Designs Act and Trade Marks ActCorrect
  2. BPatents are handled by the Copyright Office and trade marks by the Patent Office
  3. CPatents are handled by the Registrar of Companies and trade marks by SEBI
  4. DBoth are handled by the Copyright Board exclusively

Explanation

In India, the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks supervises the Patent Office, Designs Wing and Trade Marks Registry. The other options assign functions to bodies that do not administer these laws.

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