The team is passionate and experienced in all aspects of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks and copyrights including servicing and managing the intellectual property needs and assets of clients. The team understands how intellectual property (“IP”) assets can best be created; value thereto determined and rights therein protected; and used/ acquired/supplemented to produce a competitive advantage. The team provides advice and assistance to its clients with respect to due diligence (routinely uncovering issues in chain of title, encumbrances/obligations, or enforcement/ prosecution/ deficiencies often left undetected) 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 multinational and Indian companies across a broad range of sectors and industries 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 following key issues:
Protection and prosecution of IP rights (including patents, trademarks, design rights, copyrights, geographical indications, domain names, proprietary knowhow and business processes);
IP prosecution;
Opposition of trademarks, settlement of trademark infringement disputes;
Advice on protection, licensing and transfer of trademarks including convention applications;
IP due-diligence, audits and valuation;
IP acquisition, transfer and related agreements;
Drafting and negotiating various IP agreements including license agreements, assignment deeds, IP development agreements, work for hire agreements etc.
Representing before various authorities, courts and forums on issues relating to registration and protection of IP rights;
Domain name registrations and maintenance.
Trademark
The firm has a robust trademark practice and undertakes all assignments including registration of trademark, service marks, trade name searches, drafting and representing clients at hearings. The team possesses experience in representing clients in all types of trademark disputes including domain names, infringement, etc.
Geographical Indication (GIs)
The firm offers services in geographical indications which include due diligence, challenging unregistered GIs, protection of certification marks, assisting in registration of GIs, renewal of GI etc. The team undertakes drafting of agreements, applications and related documents. The team also represents clients in dispute resolution, infringement proceedings across courts and tribunals.
Design
The Firm offers services in design registration and protection to its clients. The team has expertise in handling all aspects in Design law which include filing design applications, renewal of designs, design searches, tracking, protection and opposing infringement of design.
Copyright
The firm offers legal services to all stakeholders in the artistic and creative realm in matters pertaining to copyright. The gamut of services include copyright registration, copyright prosecution, contracts & agreements, licensing, negotiation, due diligence, compliances, dispute resolution and enforcement. The firm’s clients include artists, authors, IT companies, media houses, production units etc.
