The Intellectual Property Rights (“IPR”) framework in India is stable and well established from a legal, judicial and administrative point of view. The laws of IPRs touch every person in the life in one way or the other and specifically apply to organizations involved in commercial and economic activities. We have a specialized IP team comprising experienced litigation and IP transactional attorneys, who handle transactional, advisory and disputes related issues.
IP attorneys at our Firm have in-depth knowledge and expertise in registration of intellectual property and possess adequate exposure in handling all kinds of observations/objections raised by Registrar and other claimants during the process of registration of intellectual property such as trademarks and copyright etc. We assist through a comprehensive range of services including patents, trademarks, copyrights, designs and other allied laws. The spectrum of our services ranges from conceptualization to enforcement and from negotiations to creation of complex corporate structures based on intellectual property. We specialize in identifying intellectual properties and advising on the spectrum of protection available under Indian laws.
We work extensively in transfer of technology transactions, both on behalf of the licensor and licensee, and therefore are in a position to offer advice from both perspectives. We routinely advise clients in structuring of franchises, on transactions involving assignment of IP rights along with other assets, licensing of content, software development agreements, technology transfers and patent and know-how licenses. Complex issues of ownership and documentation arise where parties undertake collaborative efforts. Other aspects such as those relating to trade secrets are carefully attended to in view of the developing case laws in India.
We advise on various legal, commercial and compliance issues relating to Intellectual Property, covering mainly: