Fox Mandal & Associates represents clients ranging from startups to multinationals and is especially notable for its work in the tech/IT fields where it provides companies with deep expertise where cutting-edge technology (software, IoT, AI) is concerned. It also has a strong roster of clients in the food and beverages industries where it provides strong trade mark, patent and copyright protection, often globally.  Santosh Vikram Singh, who heads the IP, media and sports law practice, can provide an end-to-end service from acquisitions and transactional matters through to the filing, protection and enforcement of patents and trademarks and the resolution of disputes. Rajesh Vellakkat is practised in assisting tech startups and innovators who want to enter the market. In addition to IP, he assists clients with IT laws, data privacy and securities laws. VC Mathews leads the Delhi IP practice and is a popular choice for guidance through the complexities of clearing, protecting and enforcing IP assets together with their exploitation through licensing.

The burgeoning practice at K&S Partners is one of the largest in India. The team members have additional qualifications in areas including engineering, molecular science, organic chemistry, polymer technology and IT/software. It also specialises in geographical indications – it has successfully challenged the use of a number of famous designations including some on behalf of the Government of India and has expertise in plant variety protection. Jyoti Sagar (Gurgaon) is the chair of the firm, while other leading senior partners are Ravi Bhola (managing partner, Bengaluru), Goutam Bhattacharyya  (Hyderabad), Latha R Nair (Gurgaon) and Sanjeev Kumar Tiwari  (Gurgaon). Together with a highly qualified team of partners (including Amrish Tiwari ) and younger lawyers, they collectively oversee the protection and enforcement of all types of IP assets and where necessary litigate – often on behalf of household name clients. Its work covers a good deal of Asia, the USA and Europe.

The long-established firm R. K. Dewan & Co. inspires ‘confidence and trust‘ in its handling of the protection and enforcement of clients’ IP assets. An extensive team of patent and trademark attorneys, some of whom are dual qualified lawyers and litigators are skilled not only in guarding patent, trademark, copyright and design rights – on a national and international basis, but also advise on corporate/transactional matters.  A number also have degrees in areas such as physics and chemistry. The leading practitioners include Nirbhay Bhardwaj(litigation), Amar Prakash Singh, Dinesh Nair (trade marks) and Rakesh Singh (patents). The well-known Dr Mohan Dewan (trade mark and patent attorney and litigator) and Dr Niti Dewan (trade mark and patent attorney with a medical background) are at the head of the firm. The firm has offices in Mumbai, Delhi/Noida, Pune and Chennai and there are few sectors that it does not serve from energy, manufacturing and the tech industry to media, entertainment and food and beverages.

Anand and Anand provides comprehensive PATMA expertise in addition to extensive wide-ranging IP support. Its work encompasses handling high-value patent cases in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries – in some instances regarding blockbuster drugs. It also serves owners of well-known luxury brands and IP assets in the telecoms industry. Managing partner and head of litigation, Pravin Anand is known for his prowess in this field while Safir Anand is the highly experienced head of trade marks, commercial and contractual IP. Vaishali Mittal also handles contentious patent, trade mark and copyright cases. Head of the patents and designs function, Archana Shanker has some decades of experience in the prosecution and enforcement of patents, including complex opposition and revocation actions and K Premchandar manages large portfolios for Indian multinationals in addition to assignments, licensing, co-existence and franchise agreements.

Kochhar & Co. offers a comprehensive range of IP protection and related expertise, much of which is cross-border. Tarvinder Singh is dual qualified – both a lawyer and a registered patent attorney and has some 30 years of experience serving famous name brand owners. His work spans the protection and exploitation of IP assets including copyrights together with expertise in trade secrets, passing off, data protection, employee IP ownership and media law. His clients include global automotive companies; he is acting for Toyota to prevent misuse of its LEXUS trademark. Working closely with Singh in Guragon, Anshuman Sharma specialises in trademark protection together with trade dress, unfair competition, copyrights and domain names. Savitha Kesav Jagadeesan , chair of the IPR practice in Chennai, handles the management of extensive IP portfolios across a wide range of industries such as FMCG, auto parts, IT, education and media. Her extensive experience relates to trademarks, patents, industrial designs and copyrights as well as unfair competition while Daksh Kumar (New Delhi) covers all aspects of trade mark protection from prosecution to litigation in addition to copyrights, designs, geographical indications, domain names and anti-counterfeiting. On the contentious side, he undertakes passing off and trademark infringement actions. Lynn Lazaro  focuses on IP transactional matters for Indian and international companies.

 

At Royzz & Co. Attorneys at Law, founding partner Mahua Roy Chowdhury (Mumbai) is considered ‘brilliant’ by one satisfied client. She is dual qualified (she is also a registered patent attorney) and in addition to broad skills in IP protection she also has a track record on the valuation and monitisation of IP assets, especially in tech sectors. Muthu Pandi (Chennai) is also dual qualified and has notable experience in the engineering space. His expertise is in patents from drafting through to contentious cases in both India and internationally. This highly qualified team including Jitendra Bohra and S. Anupriya, is home to practitioners with a range of technical skills including bio-sciences, pharmaceuticals, software and electronics.

Altacit Global provides a valuable mix of IP, real estate and corporate/commercial expertise. It assists clients with domestic and international IP registrations and enforcement alongside providing guidance on transactions and advising on IP portfolios for startups and established companies. Founding partner Sudhir Ravindran is both a lawyer and an engineer who advises on the protection and defence of patents and trade marks in areas as diverse as AI and auto parts. Soumya Shree is an advocate and trade mark attorney while many of the lawyers and attorneys have technical qualifications. These include Dhruti Choudhury (computer sciences) and Naveen Kumar (biotechnology) who both handle all aspects of patent, copyright and trade mark drafting, prosecution and protection.

The team at AZB & Partners, headed by Akhilesh Kumar Rai and Nandan Pendsey, is roundly praised for its ‘deep expertise and unwavering commitment to delivering exceptional legal solutions‘. It is also valued for its ‘innovative‘ approach to client services. The group provides clients with a full range of trade marks, copyright, patents and design protection and enforcement in addition to the protection of plant varieties. This spans searches and filings through to acting for clients before the courts, anti-counterfeiting actions and the strategic management of IP portfolios. A deep bench of specialist associates includes Sugandha Bhatia, Soumili Das and Parth Agrawal.

From offices in Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi and Jaipur, the ‘well organised team‘ at Ediplis Counsels offers a wealth of talent in trade mark, design and patent law in addition to transactional and contentious cases. It assists clients in many sectors, especially in the fintech, IT and e-commerce fields. In addition to being an IP expert, Nishant Kewalramani‘s skill set extends to data protection, tech and IT and private equity. He is also a registered patent agent. Aditi Verma Thakur focuses on a range of corporate commercial work related to IP, data protection, technology, and media. Her work includes technology transfers and licences, acquisitions and asset purchases in addition to contentious cases. Ashima Chalia also offers clients corporate and commercial and IT expertise related to IP. Vishal Jain has a regulatory, compliance and dispute resolution practice which is focused on IP, data protection compliances and IP litigation management while Achal Shekhar adds litigation and arbitration expertise to the IP offering. The partners are backed up by a strong cohort of IP-focused associates.

Clients report that G&W Legal is home to ‘go to IP experts in India‘ and that ‘all the attorneys and partners are considered outstanding‘. Team heads Srijoy Das and Arjun Khurana have ‘a great commercial mindset‘ and lead a team that provides comprehensive trade mark and design protection to both local and international clients and often co-counsels with well-known international law firms. Team members also specialise in areas such as domain name disputes and cases where IP intersects with privacy and data protection and marketing and advertising. It also has a track record advising on evolving issues that arise from digital businesses, telecoms and tech companies. The core team includes Vidhi Singh and Nikhil Kumar who co-lead the trade marks and designs group.

Inttl Advocare provides a comprehensive scope of IP prosecution and enforcement skills which is allied with expertise in the fields of IT, telecoms, media and antitrust laws together with corporate support. It serves well-known conglomerates in pharmaceuticals, food, consumer goods and electronics, protecting portfolios of trade marks, patents and designs. Founder and managing partner, Inttl Advocare is a seasoned litigator and registered patent attorney who has deep knowledge of patent and trademark law and practice. Mamta Rani Jha heads the litigation and opposition practice advising on strategies to protect and enforce clients’ patents, trade marks, designs and copyrights including in the areas of AI and Blockchain. Other leading partners include Manish Kumar Mishra, Mohan Venugopalan and Vishal Tripathi. Managing associate Yashwant Rai Grover is well regarded for his clearance, prosecution and overall management of trademark portfolios, copyright and designs.

The K Singhania & Co team is now led by Krrishan Singhania who has solid IP experience that includes obtaining registration of one of India’s first three-dimensional trademarks and defending the heir of a producer’s copyright in a well-known Bollywood film. Singhania’s clients come from diverse sectors, and is acting for a number of clients in the life sciences arena on a range of domestic and international trademark protection matters including the successful resolution of trademark disputes. Srishti Singhania is skilled in both contentious and non-contentious trademark matters from registrations to infringements and represents clients in the Delhi courts. She also advises on agreements such as licences and data privacy.

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan is known for its integrated IP, life sciences and technology law skills. It provides IP asset protection from freedom to operate, prosecution and registration to valuations, licensing and litigation. Its scope takes in domestic and international applications, including in the EU and USA. In addition to patent protection, it serves its domestic and international clients with the protection of design and trade mark registrations and enforcement, copyright and plant variety protections and antitrust cases.  Malathi Lakshmikumaran has more than 30 years of experience in the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology with expertise in plant genomics. She heads the life sciences group and is a registered patent attorney. L Badri Narayanan co-heads the IP practice and oversees the corporate and M&A practice while Prashant Phillips is a key partner for the protection of all types of IP from registrations to litigation. He is especially adept in the protection of inventions related to software, telecoms and electronics. Also a core team member with a science background, Vindhya S. Mani has a track record in oppositions and litigation before the Trademarks and Patents Office, the High Courts and the Supreme Court. V. Lakshmikumaran is the founder and managing partner who advises on tax and trade remedies in addition to intellectual properties.

Rahul Chaudhry & Partners is a well-established patent, design and trade mark firm that is home to a sizeable number of highly skilled attorneys. Alongside managing partner, Rahul Chaudhry,  Anuradha Salhotra is a founding partner and has some decades of experience across both contentious and non-contentious IP with an emphasis on dispute resolution and litigation. Salhotra also assists clients in negotiating transactions such as licences and tech transfers. Ravi Chadha manages Indian trade mark prosecution and post-registration issues such as oppositions and cancellation actions together with advising on transactional matters while Anshul Rai is a patent specialist in areas including IT, software, mechanical engineering and medical devices. Siddharth Sharma is a patent specialist with a background in electronics and communication engineering and handles domestic and international patent protection while Sunaina Koul is noted ‘due to her strong technical background and being well versed with global patent laws‘.

Ahlawat & Associates' IP group is led by Gaurav Bhalla who offers a comprehensive range of assistance, particularly regarding the protection of brands. This includes managing trade mark portfolios and undertaking a range of contentious work including infringements, oppositions and rectification actions. The team also advises on wider matters including domain name protection, licensing issues and copyright disputes.

Prabhu Tandon is the managing partner and founder of a substantial team at Ashwathh Legal that provides the gamut of trade mark, designs and copyright protections. Additionally, it advises on anti-counterfeiting, data protection and media law. It acts for an impressive range of domestic and foreign international companies, often in cases of infringements that go to the High Court and involve injunctions. Kripa Pandit is a key partner who is especially adept in such contentious cases that go to court.

Jupiter Law Partners is led by its co-founder, Meera Chature Sankhari who is considered ‘a wonderful and true partner‘ when assisting her clients. Her decades of experience in trade mark prosecution, protection and contentious work is coupled with transactional and data protection and privacy matters. Sankhari is ably assisted by Neha Bhist.

L S Davar & Co is one of the oldest established IP boutiques in India. Jointly led by Sonal Mishra and Manoj Gupta, it covers all aspects of patent, trade mark, design and copyright matters. Antriksh Mishra is also a key attorney for patents.