The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and
Trademark (CGPDTM) has vide its public notice dated April 15,
2020 notified that all the Offices under the administrative control
of CGPDTM will not be physically accessible by public till May 03,
2020.
The aforesaid notification has been issued by the CGPDTM in the
wake of extension of national lockdown till May 03, 2020 by the
Government of India. It has also been notified that all hearings
scheduled with the Offices under the administrative control of
CGPDTM upto May 03, 2020 have been adjourned and fresh hearing
dates in such matters will be notified later.
It would be pertinent to mention here that the e-filing services
of the Offices of CGPDTM are operational 24x7 and remain unaffected
amidst the lockdown.
