What is Intellectual Property Rights Law?

IPR laws provide exclusive rights to the inventors or creators of that Intellectual property which provides commercial benefits from their creative work.

We provide a wide range of Intellectual property services to its clients based in India and abroad. The firm has advised a number of clients on copyright and trademark laws including drafting and advising on intellectual property licensing/technology transfer matters.

The firm's expertise in the Intellectual property and technology practice area include,

TRADEMARK :

A Trademark is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression that identifies products or services from a particular source and distinguishes them from others. We undertake the following areas of Trademark practice.

• Availability searches;
• Filing and prosecution of trade mark applications (including prosecution of applications filed through Madrid Protocol);
• Filing and prosecution of Trademarks globally through a strong network of associates;
• Trade Mark Portfolio Management;
• Watch Services-Monitoring Trademark Journals;
• Opposition Proceedings, Rectification and Cancellation proceedings;
• Post registration services;
• Renewals of Trademark registrations;
• Licensing, Assignment, registered user;
• Transmission and Franchisee Agreements, Due Diligence and Investigations;
• Licensing and Litigation.

COPYRIGHT :

A Copyright is a type of Intellectual Property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work. This means that the original creators of products and anyone they give authorization to are the only ones with the exclusive right to reproduce the work.

• Filing and prosecution of Copyright applications;
• Opposition Proceedings, Rectification and Cancellation proceedings;
• Post registration services;
• Licensing and Assignment services;
• Transmission and Franchisee Agreements, Due Diligence and Investigations.

DESIGN :

Design right is a territorial statutory right (enforceable only upon registration of said design), which allows the proprietor to prevent others from producing, importing, selling or distributing products having an identical appearance or a fraudulent or obvious imitation.

• Searches;
• Filing and prosecution;
• Registration and post registration services;
• Cancellation proceedings;
• Infringement and validity opinions.

DOMAIN DISPUTES :

A Domain Name Dispute may arise when there is infringing, conflicting and/or unauthorised use of a domain name on part of an individual. In order to successfully establish a Domain Name Dispute, the complainant is required to satisfy the criteria laid down in the various dispute resolution policies.

• Opinions on possible Domain disputes.
• Filing and prosecution of Domain Name complaints before the .IN Registry.
• Filing and prosecution of Domain Name complaints before the WIPO.
• Recovery of domain names through negotiations and court actions.

GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS :

A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem. To get a patent, technical information about the invention must be disclosed to the public in a patent application. Our Patent Law expertise and Practice areas include:

• Due Diligence prior to the filing of the Geographical Indication Application;
• Drafting and Filing of Geographical Indication applications;
• Prosecution of Geographical Indication applications including attending to the Consultative Group discussions;
• Opposition Proceedings before the Geographical Indications Registry;
• Authorized User Agreements, Filing of authorized user requests with Geographical Indication Registry
• Renewal and Maintenance of Geographical Indication Registrations;
• Regular monitoring of Geographical Indication Journal;
• Investigation/Market survey.

PATENT :

A Copyright is a type of Intellectual Property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work. This means that the original creators of products and anyone they give authorization to are the only ones with the exclusive right to reproduce the work.

Patent Application and prosecution :

• Drafting and prosecuting patent applications in India and internationally including Global Patent Search and strategic advise.
• Advising clients on patent prosecution strategy to obtain the most value out of their IP portfolios.

Patent Litigation :

• Advising clients on pre-litigation strategies and handling patent litigation in India and other jurisdictions.
• Defending against assertions of patent infringement.
• Successful representation of patent owners to avoid cancellation of claims.