With offices in Bangalore, Mumbai, and Delhi, Ediplis Counsels maintains a national reach across India. In the Mumbai market, the firm is a powerhouse due to a recognised and impressive intellectual property practice. The group offers contractual, regulatory, and IP services to an impressive and expanding client roster consisting of businesses from a wide variety of industry sectors, including technology, media, and consumer goods, among others. Co-leading the team are Aditi Verma Thakur, Nishant Kewalramani, Vishal Jain, and Ashima Chalia, all of whom bring a wealth of experience to the department. Thakur is noted for her expertise in due diligence, acquisitions and licenses, and IP risk analyses, while Kewalramani stands out for his experience advising on IP protection and IP-related transactions. The group also benefits from the prowess of Jain – who concentrates on regulatory, compliance, and litigation matters – and Chalia – who focuses on agreements regarding data protection and general corporate and commercial transactions.

ANM Global Inc.‘s intellectual property practice stands out for its cross-departmental approach, collaborating with the firm’s design practice to offer clients the full gamut of trade mark, copyright, and design services. The group has particular expertise in trade mark search and filings, enforcing trade mark rights, and ownership rights, as well as handling disputes and defending clients against infringement claims. With a breadth of capabilities, the team has amassed an impressive and extensive client roster that continues to expand. The practice’s clients consist of businesses from a range of sectors such as entertainment, hospitality, finance, and agriculture. Nidhish Mehrotra, Anushree Rauta, Rahul Dhote, and Punit Jani co-head the group and specialise in both contentious and non-contentious IP matters including litigation, transactions, advisory, and trade mark prosecution.

With cross-border capabilities, Mansukhlal Hiralal & Company remains a popular choice in the Mumbai market. The firm’s intellectual property practice stands out in particular for its extensive experience advising on IP-related matters such as licensing agreements, enforcement actions, and patent applications, as well as due diligence, prosecution, and litigation. Co-heading the group are IP specialists Bhushan Shah and Meeta Kadhi. Shah concentrates on trade mark, copyright, patent, and design registrations and renewals, as well as litigation, enforcement, licensing, and IP rights. Kadhi assists on both contentious and non-contentious IP matters and has represented clients before the Bombay High Court, the National Company Law Tribunal, and the Controller General of Patents, Trade Mark and Designs.

Naik Naik & Company is a notable name in the Mumbai market due to its extensive intellectual property offering, which covers both contentious and non-contentious matters. The group has particular expertise in the registrations of copyright, designs, and trade secrets, as well as due diligence, litigation, and civil and criminal proceedings, among others. Media and tech practice head Madhu Gadodia and founding partner Ameet Naik co-lead the IP department and bring a wealth of experience to the team. Gadodia stands out for her aptitude in structuring financing-cum-distribution deals, production and co-production deals, as well as handling individual rights matters. Naik concentrates on the media and entertainment sectors and is recognised for his prowess in handling IP-related litigation matters. Other key practitioners in the practice include Shalini Bajpai and Sujoy Mukherjee.

JP Legal Corp stands out for its strong focus on intellectual property matters arising from the content production and distribution industry, including films and web series. The practice has extensive experience drafting, negotiating, and executing agreements such as buybacks, rights of first refusal, and ask-and-take clauses. The group’s niche expertise, alongside its cross-border capabilities, continues to attract new clients from the media and entertainment sector. Co-heading the team are Persis Hodiwalla and Jay Vasani, both of whom specialise in agreements and contracts for clients in the media and entertainment sector.

The intellectual property practice at Solomon & Co. Advocates & Solicitors, noted for its ‘strong skill set,’ has a robust offering which covers patent, trade mark, and copyright filings, patent prosecution, and trade mark acquisitions, as well as representation before the Trademark Registry, and licensing matters. The group’s scope continues to attract new clients from a range of industry sectors including financial services, manufacturing, and automotive. Co-leading the team are transactional specialist Aaron Solomon, TMT expert Komal Solomon, and patent authority Germaine Pereira.