As pointed out in the petition filed by the Association, Singh’s tenure as IPAB Chairman was initially set at three years when the appointment order was issued in July 2017.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended the term of Justice (Retd.) Manmohan Singh as the Chairman of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) for another year.

An order to this effect was passed by a Bench of CJI SA Bobde and Justices BR Gavai and Suryakant, on a plea by the International Association for Protection of Intellectual Property field in view of the fact that the post of IPAB Chairman has been lying vacant since September 21, this year. read more…