(1) After receipt of the application or appeal filed in the prescribed Form 1, 2, or 3 of the Trade Marks (Applications and appeals to the Intellectual Property Appellate Board) Rules, 2003, the respondent may file three complete sets of counter statement in the prescribed Form 1 under these rules containing the reply to the application or appeal along with documents including evidences in the form of affidavits, if any, in paper-book form before the Registry within two months of the service of the notice on him of the filing of the application or appeal. A copy of the counter statement shall be served to the applicant or appellant by the respondent directly under intimation to the Registry.
(2) After receipt of the appeal filed in the prescribed Form 4 of the Trade Marks ( Applications and appeals to the Intellectual Property Appellate Board) Rules, 2003, the respondent may file three complete sets of counter statement in the prescribed Form 2 under these rules containing the reply to the appeal in paperbook form before the Registry within two months of the service of the notice on him of the filing of appeal. A copy of the counter statement shall be served to the appellant by the respondent directly under intimation to the Registry. The case would then proceed for hearing.