India

Firm overview

Saikrishna & Associates is a Tier-1 full-service Firm having focused Intellectual Property, Telecommunication Media & Technology, Corporate Law & Competition Law verticals backing up the Firm’s other practice areas. Founded in 2001, the Firm’s 48 Partners & Associate Partners as well as 132+ lawyers deliver top-notch, & dedicated services to a diverse array of Indian and International clients.

The Firm’s Litigation/Dispute Resolution, Prosecution, and Enforcement teams join with the Commercial, IP, TMT, Corporate & Competition law teams to provide innovative solutions catering to client’s business and IP objectives.

The Firm is highly ranked for its industry and domain-specific expertise basis its industry teams/practice groups which span the Media & Entertainment, Telecommunications & Electronics, Pharma & Life Sciences, Software & Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, FMCG & Retail, Print-Publishing, Real Estate, and Energy Sectors.

Firm overview

The Intellectual Property Law Practice at Fox Mandal & Associates is renowned for its wide range of clients, spanning from startups like Ultraviolette Automotive, an Indian electric vehicle startup based in Bangalore, to unique business models such as UrbanClap Technologies (Urban Company) and Kieraya Furnishings (Furlenco). We also extend our services to multinational corporations like Dover USA and Samsung Electronics and prestigious educational institutions such as IIT, IIIT, BITS, IISc, and more.

Our team has extensive experience in all aspects of intellectual property, including IP acquisition, due diligence, advisory and portfolio management, transactional IP, enforcement, and dispute resolution. We particularly specialize in the IP aspects of technology-driven transactions, such as acquisitions involving cutting-edge technology in the technology sector.

In terms of industry engagement, our team actively participates with esteemed organizations like INTA, APAA, MARQUES, TiE, CII, SLP, CIPAM, and more, where we contribute our knowledge through conferences and various events. Additionally, we are proud to be empaneled with several government-led organizations that are dedicated to empowering technology-driven companies.

We have been ranked as a top-tier firm by Legal500, Asian Legal Business, Chambers & Partners, Asialaw, Benchmark Litigation, Global Law Expert, Managing IP and other leading publications.

Firm overview

Fuelled with experience, expertise and energy, Beruar & Beruar focuses on offering right solutions to clients and delivers desired results with optimum speed and efficiency. Founded by Mr. Rahul Beruar and Ms. Nidhi Jain, the Firm offers a spectrum of legal services and assists domestic and international clients on contentious and non-contentious issues pertaining to commercial laws, intellectual property and technology laws inter alia. Established in January 2018, the Firm caters to a wide client base including Fortune 200 companies to start-ups. With its in-depth industry knowledge, growing team of experts and working relationships with reputed global firms, the Firm has been consistently emerging as a trusted partner of clients across varied industry sectors.
The firm advises leading companies, institutional organisations as well as government entities on a wide array of general corporate as well as intellectual property and technology related issues, ranging from commercial transactions and due diligence, projects, infrastructure and energy, regulatory as well as intellectual property and technology disputes, litigation and policy.
The firm offers following IP services:
A. IP Registration & Prosecution: Trademarks, Copyright, Design and Patents: prosecution and litigation; Trademark & Design portfolio management; Brand Management and Enforcement,
B. Litigation and Dispute Resolution: Initiating and defending civil & criminal cases before judicial and quasi-judicial fora across the country, including Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court, State High Courts, District Courts, tribunals and commissions inter alia;
C. IP Enforcement Border enforcement of intellectual property rights and coordinating anti- counterfeiting and anti-piracy actions; co-ordinating investigations, market watch and market surveys in identifying infringing content/work and taking appropriate legal measures to curb the infringement;
D. Domain Name disputes: Initiating actions for cancellation of domain name before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as well as before the .IN Registry in India.
E. IP advisory and Consultancy: Comprehensive transaction support, including due diligence, negotiations, structuring, drafting and reviewing contractual documents;
(i) Negotiating, drafting and vetting contracts pertaining to IPR and technology transfer, licensing, assignment and brand management;
(ii) Advising clients on general corporate & commercial laws;
(iii) Assisting clients and providing regulatory and compliance support across industry sectors;
(iv) Advising clients on data transactions and data security concerns, including assistance in data localisation for cross jurisdiction compliance and regulatory compliance requests for data disclosure.

Firm overview

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan Attorneys (L&S) is a full-service Indian law firm specializing in IP and technology law, tax, corporate, commercial, competition, environmental and international trade law. Over its 35-year history, the firm has grown to serve clients globally through its 46 partners and more than 400 professionals across 14 offices in India and two international offices in Geneva and London. The firm is well known for its high ethical standards, the quality of its work and its transparency in all business dealings.

L&S has more than 100 specialist IP professionals who can offer clients end-to-end assistance in seeking, securing and enforcing IP rights in India. The core focus of the firm lies in handling all types of IP litigation, as well as in the preparation and prosecution of patent, trademark, design and plant variety protection applications. The dedicated IP team also collaborates with the firm’s other practice areas in M&A transactions, competition law matters and issues relating to taxation of intangibles.