Marketing a new product or service involves developing a brand image and strategy. Such that its easily distinguishable among the customers. Trade-marks are an essential component of your brand.

We provide following services in trademark search, registration, infringement & litigation :

• Filing and prosecuting Trade Mark and Service Mark applications at the Indian Trademarks Registry
• Filing and prosecuting Trade Mark and Service Mark applications internationally with the cooperation of our foreign associates or under the Madrid Protocol
• Infringement and validity opinion
• Litigation: opposition, revocation, rectification, appeals, criminal and civil suits for infringement and passing off, anti-counterfeit action
• Appellate Board proceedings
• Trademark searches locally and internationally
• Post-registration services
• Renewals
• Portfolio Management
• Assignment, Licensing and Franchising

Copyrights are a bundle of legal rights that protect the creative expression of an idea.  Only expression are protected via Copyright not the ideas.  This right is exclusive and extends to a variety of areas, including literature, drama, music, art, films, computer programs and sound recordings.

We provide following services in copyright registration, infringement and litigation :

• Filing and prosecuting applications for registration of Copyright in India and internationally
• Infringement and validity advice
• Litigation: cancellation proceedings, appeals, civil suits and criminal actions for infringement
• Anti-piracy measures
• Post Registration Services
• Assignment, Licensing and Transfer
• Specific Agreements

Patents provide an inventor a monopoly to make or sell his invention. The monopoly is provided in the form of rights which allow the inventor to prevent others from using, selling or making his product or using his process without his prior consent. Patents are given for inventions that are new, not obvious and are capable of being used in an industry. Patents help inventors and companies gain returns on the investment made in developing the technology.

We provide following services in patent search, registration and litigation :

• Drafting provisional & complete patent specifications for India and overseas.
• Filing and prosecuting applications at the Indian Patent Office and under the PCT.
• Filing and prosecuting applications internationally in co-operation with our foreign associates
• Comprehensive patent searching with analysis & legal opinion for :
  • Prior Art
  • Novelty
  • Patentability
  • Freedom to operate / practice (FTO)
  • Invalidation
  • Litigation Support
  • Technology Maps
• Patent Litigation
  • Oppositions
    • Pre-grant & post grant
    • Observation submission
    • Ex parte and inter partes proceedings
  • Infringement Actions (Prosecution and Defence)
  • Invalidation/Revocation Proceedings at the Appellate Board
  • Appeals (at the IPAB and in various Courts)
• Journal watch services
• Post registration services such as renewals and filing statement of working
• Licensing and Transfer of Technology
• Portfolio Management

The firm is capable of handling patents from varied fields which includes IT and Software Chemistry, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutics and related subject matter, Polymers, Biochemistry, Mechanical, Electrical & Electronics, Telecommunication, and Medical Equipment & Instrumentation.

Design registration helps to protect the ornamental design of product regarding its shape appearance or surface pattern. The design may include a product, packaging, or a logo. Design registration gives a unique identification to the product thus gives a protection from counterfeit products

We provide following services in design search, registration, infringement and litigation :

• Filing and prosecuting applications for registration of Designs
• Searches locally and internationally
• Infringement and validity opinion
• Litigation: cancellation proceedings, appeals, civil suits for infringement
• Journal watch services
• Post Registration Services
• Renewals
• Assignment and Licensing
• Portfolio Management

Geographical indications are used on goods that hail from a specific geographic region and possess qualities or reputations that are typical attributes that possibly define the region. Geographical Indications have enormous economic value.

We provide following services in Geographical Indication :

• Drafting and filing of application for Geographical Indication in India
• Prosecution of application for Geographical Indication in India

Registration of crop varieties under PPV & FR Act 2001 grants breeder an exclusive commercial right for a limited period of (15-18 years depending type of crop species) time and confers legal ownership on the breeder over his developed variety.

In the PPV & FR Act there is a provision of registering of extant varieties within three years from the date of its release in public. The farmers' variety can be registered within five years and new varieties can be registered within one year of its release or before the first commercialization of its propagating materials in the country of origin.

We provide following services in Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights :

• Drafting and filing of application for Plant Variety Protection in India
• Prosecution of application for Plant Variety Protection in India

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