Patents Act, 1970
62. Rights of patentees of lapsed patents which have been
restored
(1) Where a patent is restored, the rights of the patentee shall
be subject to such provisions as may be prescribed and to such other provisions
as the Controller thinks fit to impose for the protection or compensation of
persons who may have begun to avail themselves of, or have taken definite steps
by contract or otherwise to avail themselves of, the patented invention between
the date when the patent ceased to have effect and the date of the
advertisement of the application for restoration of the patent under this
chapter.
(2) No suit or other proceeding shall be commenced or prosecuted
in respect of an infringement of a patent committed between the date on which
the patent ceased to have effect and the date of the advertisement of the
application for restoration of the patent.