The provisions of the
Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970) with regard to certificates of the validity of a patent, and to the remedy in
case of groundless threats of legal proceedings by a patentee shall apply in the case of registered designs
in like manner as they apply in the case of patents, with the substitution of references to the copyright in a
design for reference to a patent, and of references to the proprietor of a design for references to patentee,
and of references to the design for references to the invention.
Section 23
Application of Certain Provisions of the Act As to Patents to Designs.
The Designs Act, 2000