G.T.E. Directories Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. v. Mukthar Marikkar and Another – sllr 1998 volume 3 page 180

In the case between G.T.E. Directories Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. (Plaintiff) and Mukthar Marikkar and another (Defendants), the court addressed the issue of whether an appeal under Section 182 of the Intellectual Property Act (No. 52 of 1979) is time-barred in the absence of an express statutory period for filing such an appeal. It was held that the appeal remains valid if filed within three years from the date of the Registrar’s decision, as interpreted in light of the Civil Procedure Code and the Prescription Ordinance No. 22 of 1871. The principal rule reaffirmed that in the absence of a prescribed limitation period within the statute, recourse is to be had to general limitation provisions, and the Prescription Ordinance applies. The decision set aside the orders of the District Court and the Co