Section 106 – THE PATENTS ACT, 1970

Power of court to grant relief in cases of groundless threats of infringement proceedings

—(1) Where any person (whether entitled to or interested in a patent or an
application for patent or not) threatens any other person by circulars or advertisements
or by communications, oral or in writing addressed to that or any other person, with
proceedings for infringement of a patent, any person aggrieved thereby may bring a suit
against him praying for the following reliefs, that is to say—
(a) a declaration to the effect that the threats are unjustifiable;
(b) an injunction against the continuance of the threats; and
(c) such damages, if any, as he has sustained thereby.
(2) Unless in such suit the defendant proves that the acts in respect of which the proceedings
were threatened constitute or, if done, would constitute, an infringement of a patent or
of rights arising from the publication of a complete specification in respect of a claim of
the specification not shown by the plaintiff to be invalid the court may grant to the
plaintiff all or any of the reliefs prayed for.
Explanation.—A mere notification of the existence of a patent does not constitute a
threat of proceeding within the meaning of this section

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