Custom's recordal is an effective measure to stop
infiltration of illegal and counterfeit products in the territory
of India.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, Department of Revenue,
Ministry of Finance vide its Notification No. 47/2007 dated
8.5.2007 passed the Intellectual property Rights (Imported Goods
Enforcement rules, 2007, whereby the right holder of an
Intellectual property Right has an option to register his rights
with the Customs department and after grant of said registration
the import of allegedly infringing goods in to India Shall be
deemed as prohibited. The said registration with customs department
is often referred to as Custom's Recordal.
The infringing goods as per the notification are defined as
goods which are made, reproduced, put into circulation or otherwise
used in breach of the intellectual property laws in India or
outside India and without the consent of the right holder or a
person duly authorized to do so by the right holder.
