Bill to abolish 9 appellate tribunals, including the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB), The Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2021, has been passed by the Rajya Sabha on 9th August 2021. The bill was approved by Lok Sabha on August 3.

All patent appeals, revocations etc which were filed before the IPAB, would now have to be filed before the Delhi, Bombay, Madras or Calcutta High Court depending on the jurisdiction.

The Delhi High Court has already established an Intellectual property division (IPD), to deal with IP cases, including the new appeals/revocations. In fact, the first appeal filed by Anand and Anand Advocates, before the Intellectual property division of the Delhi High Court (DHC) has been admitted by the Court.