Intellectual Property

Scope of Services

We provide comprehensive intellectual property legal services across the lifecycle of creation, protection, enforcement, and monetization. Whether you're an emerging startup, an established multinational, or an individual creator, our IP practice helps safeguard your intangible assets and derive maximum commercial value from them.

A. Trademark & Brand Protection

Your brand is one of your most valuable business assets. We help protect it through strategic registration, management, and enforcement.

Key Services Include:

(i) Trademark Search, Filing, and Prosecution: Conduct clearance searches to ensure registrability and file trademark applications in India and globally, followed by regular updates on examination, office actions, and renewals.

(ii) Opposition and Rectification Proceedings: Represent clients in defending or initiating oppositions, cancellations, and rectifications before the Trade Marks Registry and IPAB (now merged with High Courts).

(iii) Brand Portfolio Management (Domestic & International): Oversee large trademark portfolios, track renewal deadlines, and coordinate filings across jurisdictions via the Madrid Protocol and local counsel networks.

(iv) Trademark Licensing, Franchising & Assignment Agreements: Draft and negotiate IP-rich commercial contracts involving logo, brand, and co-branding rights to optimize value and prevent misuse.

(v) Brand Enforcement – Online & Offline: Develop strategies to combat counterfeit goods, cybersquatting, unauthorized parallel imports, and domain or social media impersonation, including takedown requests and raids with enforcement agencies.

B. Copyright & Content Protection

We assist creators, agencies, and companies in securing and exploiting rights over original content and creative works.

Key Services Include:

(i) Copyright Registration: File registrations for artistic, literary, musical, cinematographic, software, and architectural works under Indian Copyright Law.

(ii) Content Licensing and Royalty Structuring: Draft agreements to license content to third parties (such as OTTs, publishers, brands), and create revenue models including royalties and minimum guarantees.

(iii) Ownership and Clearance Strategy: Help marketing agencies, production houses, and digital platforms secure proper IP rights from creators (scriptwriters, composers, designers, freelancers).

(iv) Advisory on Moral Rights, Public Performance, and Fair Use: Provide guidance on author attribution, unauthorized content use, copyright exceptions, and performance licensing requirements (e.g., music in public venues).

C. Patents & Designs

We partner with registered patent agents and technical experts to help businesses protect innovations, especially in the tech, pharma, and engineering sectors.

Key Services Include:

(i) Patent Filing (Provisional & Complete): Draft, file, and prosecute patent applications in India, and coordinate global filings through the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

Design Registration: Register industrial designs and advise on protecting product aesthetics and unique configurations across sectors like fashion, furniture, and electronics.

Patent & Design Infringement Analysis: Conduct prior art searches, freedom-to-operate (FTO) analyses, and infringement risk assessments.

IP Strategy for Tech Startups and R&D-driven Businesses: Structure invention ownership within founder teams, set up patent incentive policies, and create IP roadmaps aligned with investor diligence expectations.

Technology Licensing and Collaboration Agreements: Draft licensing deals for proprietary technologies, including software, hardware innovations, and manufacturing know-how.

D. Commercialisation & IP Transactions

We help convert IP into economic value through strategic deal-making, licensing, and transfer structures.

Key Services Include:

IP Licensing and Revenue-Sharing Agreements: Create frameworks for content, software, or brand licensing with transparent revenue splits, sublicensing controls, and territory-specific rights.

IP Assignment, Transfer, and Co-Ownership: Draft and vet agreements to assign or co-own IP assets, often in the context of M&A, joint ventures, or intra-group reorganizations.

IP Audits and Valuation Support: Conduct legal audits to identify IP holdings, assess documentation gaps, and coordinate IP valuation exercises for financing, due diligence, or internal governance.

IP Clauses in Contracts: Vet and negotiate IP-related provisions in employment, vendor, joint venture, franchise, and investor agreements, including background IP, license-back, and termination clauses.

E. Enforcement & Dispute Resolution

We enforce our clients’ IP rights aggressively yet strategically to deter infringement and protect market share.

Key Services Include:

Cease & Desist Notices and Settlement Strategy: Issue or respond to infringement notices, and negotiate pre-litigation settlements or coexistence arrangements to reduce legal exposure.

Civil Litigation for Infringement and Passing Off: Represent clients before commercial courts and High Courts in trademark, copyright, design, and trade secret litigation.

Criminal Complaints for Piracy and Counterfeiting: Coordinate with enforcement agencies for raids and complaints involving piracy, unauthorized reproduction, and counterfeits under Indian Penal Code and Copyright Act.

Domain Name and Cybersquatting Actions: File complaints before INDRP or WIPO for domain name hijacking, and advise on reclaiming social media handles or fake pages impersonating brands.

Our IP practice is rooted in a deep understanding of business strategy, technology, and regulatory evolution. Whether protecting a brand, commercializing a product, or navigating a dispute, we ensure your IP assets are not just safeguarded, but leveraged for growth and differentiation.