INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

The team understands how intellectual property (“IP”) assets can best be created; value thereto determined; rights therein protected; and used/ acquired/ supplemented to produce a competitive advantage. The team provides advice and assistance to its clients with respect to registration, due diligence, acquisition of IP and related agreements and partnerships/ joint ventures with an aim to transfer/ share/ development of IP.

The team has rendered services to several Indian companies and small and medium enterprises across a broad range of sectors and industries including Infrastructure Companies, Consumer Goods, Hospitals etc. on issues pertaining to registered and unregistered IP rights including trade mark, copyright, designs, domain name registration, patent, licensing, and technology transfer matters, apart from management of IP portfolios.

The team advises and assists clients on:  

• Trade Marks registration (drafting application, filing and objections and observations handling)
• Copyright Registration (drafting application, filing and objections and observations handling)
• Patent Registration (drafting application, filing and objections and observations handling)
• Protection and prosecution of IP rights (including trademarks, design rights, copyrights, geographical indications, domain names, proprietary know-how and business processes)
• IP due-diligence and audits
• Appearance during the Opposition proceedings in respect of Trademark & Copyright in India at the respective Regional Offices.
• Drafting and handling legal notice in Infringement/Passing Off matters.
• IP acquisition and transfer and related agreements
• Drafting and negotiating license agreements, assignment deeds, IP development agreements, etc. Representing before various authorities, courts and forums on issues relating to registration and protection of IP rights Duty drawback matters