law: Trade Marks Act, 1999  
  100. Transfer of pending proceedings to
  
  Appellate Board. – 
  All cases of appeals against any order or
  
  decision of the Registrar and all cases pertaining to rectification of
  
  register, pending before any High Court, shall be transferred to the Appellate
  
  Board from the date as notified by the Central Government in the Official
  
  Gazette and the Appellate Board may proceed with the matter either de novo or
  
  from the stage it was so transferred.