law: Trade Marks Act, 1999  
  85. Qualifications for appointments as
  
  Chairman, Vice-Chairman, or other Member.- 
  (1) A person shall not be qualified for
  
  appointment as the Chairman unless he - 
  (a) is, or has been, a
  
  Judge of a High Court, or
  (b) has, for at least
  
  two years, held the office of a Vice-Chairman.
  (2) A person shall not be qualified for
  
  appointment as the Vice-Chairman, unless he- 
  (a) has, for at least
  
  two years, held the office of a Judicial Member or a Technical Member, or
  (b) has been a member
  
  of the Indian Legal Services and has held a post in Grade 1 of that Service or
  
  any higher post for at least five years.
  (3) A person shall be qualified for
  
  appointment as a Judicial Member, unless he - 
  (a) has been a member
  
  of the Indian Legal Service and has held the post in Grade 1 of that Service
  
  for at least three years, of
  (b) has, for at least
  
  ten years, held a civil judicial office.
  (4) A person shall not be qualified for
  
  appointment as a Technical Member, unless he or
  (b) has, for at least
  
  ten years, been an advocate of a proven specialized experience in trade mark
  
  law.
  (5) Subject to the provisions of sub-section
  
  (6), the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and every other Member shall be appointed by
  
  the President of India.
  (6) If the Members of a Bench differ in
  
  opinion on any right, they shall state the point or points on which they
  
  differ, and make a reference to the Chairman who shall either hear the points
  
  himself or refer the case for hearing on such point or points by one or more of
  
  the other Members and such point or points shall be decided according to the
  
  opinion of the majority of the Members who have heard the case, including those
  
  who first heard it.