Our team is knowledgeable and passionate about various aspects of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, and copyrights. We work with our clients to manage and service their intellectual property needs and assets, helping them to create, value, protect, and leverage their IP assets for competitive advantage. We also provide advice and assistance with due diligence for IP acquisition, related agreements, and partnerships or joint ventures.

Our team has experience serving multinational and Indian companies in various sectors and industries, helping them with registered and unregistered IP rights such as trade mark, copyright, designs, domain name registration, patent, licensing, and technology transfer matters, in addition to managing IP portfolios.

We offer guidance and assistance to our clients on a variety of IP issues, including:

• Protection and prosecution of IP rights (patents, trademarks, design rights, copyrights, geographical indications, domain names, proprietary knowhow, and business processes)
• Opposition of trademarks and 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, such as license agreements, assignment deeds, IP development agreements, and work-for-hire agreements

• Representation before various authorities, courts, and forums on issues related to registration and protection of IP rights
• Domain name registrations and maintenance

We also have a robust trademark practice, representing clients in trademark disputes, including domain names, infringement, and other issues. In addition, we offer services in geographical indications, such as due diligence, protection of certification marks, registration, and renewal. Our team has expertise in design law, including filing design applications, renewal, design searches, tracking, protection, and opposing infringement of designs. Finally, we offer legal services related to copyright for various stakeholders in the artistic and creative realm, including registration, prosecution, contracts and agreements, licensing, negotiation, due diligence, compliances, dispute resolution, and enforcement.