Intellectual Property Rights

The firm understands how intellectual property (“IP”) assets can be created in the best way. This helps to determine the value and rights therein protected and used/ acquired/ supplemented to produce a competitive advantage. The team provides advice and assistance to its clients concerning due diligence (routinely uncovering issues in the chain of title, encumbrances/obligations, or enforcement/prosecution/ deficiencies often left undetected), acquisition of IP and related agreements and partnerships/ joint ventures to transfer/ share/ development of IP.

The team has rendered services to several multinational and Indian companies across various sectors and industries on issues about registered and unregistered IP rights, including trademark, copyright, designs, domain name registration, patent, licensing, and technology transfer matters, apart from the management of IP portfolios.

The team advises and assists clients on:

• Protection and prosecution of IP rights (including patents, trademarks, design rights, copyrights, geographical indications, domain names, proprietary know-how and business processes);
• IP due diligence and audits;
• IP acquisition and transfer and related agreements;
• Drafting and negotiating license agreements, assignment deeds, IP development agreements, etc;
• She represents various authorities, courts, and forums on IP rights, IP rights registration, and protection issues.