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CS Executive · Economic, Commercial and Intellectual Property Laws · Law relating to Patents

Sunrise Patent Services Pvt. Ltd., a company, advertises itself as 'patent agents' and offers to prepare specifications for inventors. Its directors are all individually registered patent agents. Under the Patents Act, 1970, the advertisement is:

A company or other body corporate cannot practise, describe itself or hold itself out as patent agents, even if its directors are registered individually. Only registered individuals, or partnerships where every partner is registered, may do so.

  1. Apermitted, because all its directors are registered patent agents
  2. Bpermitted, if the Controller approves the company's name in the register
  3. Cnot permitted, because a company or other body corporate cannot practise or hold itself out as patent agentsCorrect
  4. Dnot permitted only if the company has foreign shareholders

Explanation

The Act provides that no company or other body corporate shall practise, describe itself or hold itself out as patent agents. The registration of directors does not change this. The partnership allowance applies only to individuals who are all registered, not to companies.

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