India

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

Key practice areas: IP, Patent, Trademarks, Copyright, Litigation, data protection; healthcare & pharmaceuticals; licensing & franchising; technology, media and telecommunications; customs, white-collar crime

Our services: A full service intellectual property law firm, Anand and Anand provides all-round IP solutions, its forte being - developing new law and precision-navigation of grey areas. The firm provides a comprehensive IP service encompassing protection, enforcement, advisory, licensing and litigation for patents, designs, trademark, copyrights, trade secrets, domain names, geographical indications and more. Credited with lawsuits that have transformed the IP landscape in India, the firm’s litigation arm has decades of unmatched experience in dispute resolution. It has maintained a patent grant rate of over 93%. Its trademark team recorded 1800-plus successful trademark oppositions recently.

The firm has touched several highpoints in both prosecution and enforcement of IP. Some recent landmarks include - Vifor International v MSN Labs & Ors – India’s first judgement on Product-by-Process Patent; Nokia v Oppo – India’s first protem security order; InterDigital v Xiaomi – India’s first Anti-Anti suit injunction; Successfully enforced personality and publicity rights of Bollywood actors Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff against any misuse including by misuse of generative AI and dark pattern; Engendered a landmark judgement on product-by-process patent (Vifor v MSN Labs) .

In a first of its kind collaboration between two US tech giants, Anand and Ananda advised and assisted Amazon Inc. and Microsoft Inc. on global tech fraud issues faced by them leading to Operation Chakra. We also have to our credit over 3,000 successful trademark Oppositions and have filed 6000 Patents in last two years with as many being granted/ registered.
To stay on top of disruptions, Anand and Anand has launched a Digital Group that focusses on AI, Data Protection, Gaming, Drones, Blockchain/NFT and related issues emanating out of exponential technological changes across industries. Our digital group recently highlighted the use of ‘dark patterns and AI’ in a matter concerning violation of personality and privacy rights of Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor.

Committed to spreading the message of IP, the firm continues to take unique initiatives such as the ‘N K Anand Indian Science Competition’ to promote understanding and love for STEM and related fields in the youth.

The firm also brought to life the hologram of India’s first Nobel laureate Sir C V Raman.

Given the firm’s commitment to IP, Anand and Anand continues to top leading benchmarking tables.

Firm overview

We provide the full range of IP legal and consultancy services, both contentious and non-contentious. We advise on, and act in relation to, IP management and commercial IP issues, including acquisition and disposal, licensing and drafting of all form of IP documentation; and IP enforcement issues, including infringement and unfair competition actions. Our patent, design, copyright and trademark prosecution teams handle the protection, maintenance and renewal of IP rights. Our research and information team provides IP investigation services, supporting both our commercial and enforcement work. Our niche is provision of practical and cost-effective solutions to protect our clients' IP rights. Our unwavering commitment to excellence have been instrumental in advancing RNA's mission to deliver innovative services with a growth mindset, where client is at the heart of everything we do.

Firm overview

Established in 1989, SS Rana & Co is a full-service law firm, with its expertise spanning across diverse areas of law. The firm has been globally recognised for its outstanding legal and advisory services by reputed journals and publications such as IAM Patent 1000, Asia IP, WTR, Managing IP, IBLJ, Chambers and Partners, Legal 500. The firm is also registered as an advocate-on-record with the Supreme Court of India and is equipped to represent from the lower courts to the Apex Court of the country.

The Founding Partners of the Firm have specialization and expertise in IP litigation for almost 55 years each and have represented some of the well-known brands in cases of infringement and passing off suits all over India.

Our 2800 plus global client plus global client include several Fortune 500 corporations, Multinationals, Indian companies, Individuals, as well as grass root innovators. We work with clients across various industries such as Aviation, Automobile, Bio Medical, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Goods, Real Estate, IT & Technology, Ecommerce, Heavy Machinery, Media and Entertainment, Sports and Gaming, Electronic & Communication, Mobile Computing & IoT, Hospitality, FMCG, Luxury Goods Industry, Education etc.

The firm has been assisting in drafting, filing and prosecuting IP applications and assisting them in successfully securing their IP rights in India and globally. Apart from India, we have a strong network of qualified IP professionals and associates in countries such a Pakistan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Maldives, Mauritius, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore etc.

The Firm has assisted more than 250 start-ups in creation, protection and enforcement of their IP rights in India.

The Firm is also empanelled law firm with several Technical Universities, Design Institutes, Government & Private Institutions as well as Innovation Foundations for advising, filing & enforcing their IP rights including Patents, Trademarks, Copyright & Designs in India.
The firm’s corporate team has expertise and in-depth knowledge in all areas of corporate practise, which is combined with an astute understanding of the business and commercial agreements. The firm’s legal practices are highly acclaimed in the areas of technology laws, gaming law, commercial contracts and agreements, real estate and infrastructure, packaging and legal metrology, company law practices, dispute and conflict resolution, insolvency and bankruptcy, advertisement laws, data protection, criminal laws as well as labour and employment laws including a robust practice of POSH (Prevention against Sexual Harassment at workplace) practices.

Diversity, equality and inclusion

Since its founding, the firm is committed to diversity and inclusion (D&I) along with equity and accessibility. It is noteworthy to mention that one of our Founding Partners, Mrs. Bindra Rana has been in the legal practices since 1967. DE&I has been achieved in the firm by formulating and reworking policies to achieve trust and commitment and to promote representation from all sections, by acknowledging all contributions, appreciating our presence and taking into consideration different perspectives. This has created an environment where all are valued with equal opportunities to contribute to and influence aspects of the workplace.
Certifications

Having embraced technological advancements and changes in legal practices, the firm is one of the select few in the country to be awarded certifications, namely ISO 9001:2015 (the global standard for quality management principles) and ISO 27001:2013 (the global standard for information security management system).

The firm has also been recognised as a “Great Place to Work” in 2017 ,2023 as well as 2024, certifying a high-performance culture in an organisation. The Firm has also been recognized as India's Best Workplaces for Women (Mid-size) 2023 by the Great Place to Work® Institute (India).

The Firm has recently been bestowed with the Award of “Best Employer for Women” (Small Category) by ASSOCHAM.