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SAIKRISHNA & ASSOCIATES The Firm. Saikrishna & Associates is a Tier-1 full-service Firm having focused Intellectual Property, Telecommunication Media & Technology, Corporate Law & Competition Law verticals backing up the Firm's other practice areas. Founded in 2001, the Firm's 19 Partners & Associate Partners as well as 100+ lawyers deliver top-notch, & dedicated SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL, AMEET DATTA, MONICA DATTA Disha works with the Litigation team. Disha has worked on landmark cases in trademark, intermediary liability and broadcasting laws. She is also involved in the Anti-Piracy Campaign, and was part of the team which successfully obtained a landmark judgment from the Delhi High Court on blocking of “hydra-headed” rogue websites. SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL, AMEET DATTA, MONICA DATTA Associate Partner | amitavo@saikrishnaassociates.com. Amitavo is a Patent Attorney specializing in the space of life sciences, particularly biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and FMCG. His emphasis is on patent drafting and prosecution, along with advisement on patent strategy and portfolio development. He is also involved in providing

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SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL, AMEET DATTA, MONICA DATTA Kunal is a part of the Telecom, Media and Technology law team in the firm. Kunal’s responsibilities include carrying out research on various legal propositions, drafting and arguing miscellaneous applications, making case briefs, drafting of suits, petitions and appeals for various forums like Writ Court, Supreme Court, Tribunals & Forums, evidence affidavits by correlation of documentary SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL, AMEET DATTA, MONICA DATTA Saikrishna Rajagopal. sai@saikrishnaassociates.com. Saikrishna Rajagopal is the founder & Managing Partner of the Firm. Sai graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and was admitted to the Bar in 1995. In the past 24 years, Sai has emerged as a highly reckoned and ranked counsel associated with groundbreaking SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL, AMEET DATTA, MONICA DATTA Monica Datta. Partner | monica@saikrishnaassociates.com. Monica leads the Commercial IP team of the firm and routinely advises clients across sectors. Monica is a contract advisory, negotiation & drafting specialist with experience in advising clients across a gamut of sectors such as IT/ITES/ BPO Sector, Music, M&E, Publishing Industry MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT Media and Entertainment. The Firm acts for some of India’s biggest companies, International corporations and well-known individuals in the media and entertainment space covering diverse areas such as telecom, television broadcasting, film and television production, online and app-based music streaming services, talent, song writers SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL, AMEET DATTA, MONICA DATTA Mohit Kumar Senior Paralegal Srikant Kumar Senior Paralegal Shashikant Panigrahi Senior Paralegal SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL, AMEET DATTA, MONICA DATTA Feona Theofin Executive - Credit Control Inka Menghani Admin Manager Mandeep Executive-IT PROTECTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS OF CONSUMERS AS A Protection and Enforcement of the Rights of Consumers as a "Class" in India. Suvarna Mandal & Namrata Dubey. "Consumerism" as a concept is universal and has been in existence since the origin of trade and commerce in human civilisation. Every individual is or has the potential to be a "consumer" irrespective of age, social order, gender

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SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL, AMEET DATTA, MONICA DATTA Feona Theofin Executive - Credit Control Inka Menghani Admin Manager Mandeep Executive-IT LAW FIRMS FOR PATENT PROSECUTION Patent Drafting: The Firm is known for its drafting expertise as it regularly drafts and assists in proof-reading provisional/complete patent specifications (catering to India, US, EP and PCT standards) in multiple domains. Patent Prosecution& Administration: The Firm has dedicated teams for catering Indian and Foreign filing and prosecution of patent applications in India and abroad through TRADEMARKS - SAIKRISHNA & ASSOCIATES Trademarks. The Firm's experienced trademark team advises clients from small or medium enterprises to international clients, across a diverse array of industries on INVESTIGATION & ENFORCEMENT Investigation & Enforcement. The enforcement practice at the Firm conducted over five hundredcriminal and civil actions for clients spanning diverse industries & sectors over the last 3 years. The team at the Firm encompasses wide-ranging experience in Intellectual Property enforcement and anti-counterfeiting across a broad spectrum

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MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT Media and Entertainment. The Firm acts for some of India’s biggest companies, International corporations and well-known individuals in the media and entertainment space covering diverse areas such as telecom, television broadcasting, film and television production, online and app-based music streaming services, talent, song writers, Collective Management Organisations, Music Labels, Music PHARMA & LIFE SCIENCES Pharma & Life Sciences. The Patents procurement team at the Firm adept in handling patent prosecution, litigation issues in India and represents major pharmaceutical firm in India. COPYRIGHT REGISTRATIONS The Firm works very closely with stakeholders in the IT Industry, Indian film Industry, Television and Media Industry including Production Houses, Music Labels, Print-Publishing Groups, Broadcasting Companies, and various Individual Designers and Artists, providing copyright filing, prosecution, registration-postregistration services,

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AUTHORSHIP AT INTERNATIONAL LAW OFFICE Authorship at International Law Office - Saikrishna & Associates. home / Articles Published on International Law Office. Managing Partner’s Interview at Lex Witness. The Firm’s Official Newsletter – IP-SA facto. The Firm’s Competition Law Practice Newsletter – CompBuzz. Authorship at Lex Witness. Authorship at India Business Law DESIGNS - SAIKRISHNA & ASSOCIATES Designs. The Firm's design practice provides end to end solutions for design registrations and enforcement. The teams are well versed with Design Laws and procedural requirements not just for the Indian Jurisdiction but also for other countries like US, China, Japan, Europe, etc. which unlike India classify designs under Patent Law. AUTOMOTIVE - SAIKRISHNA & ASSOCIATES The automotive industry is a dynamic and fast-changing industry with multiple stakeholders in the supply chain posing complicated liability and cost-benefit issues. This area needs extremely mature handling of industry-specific issues that are possible only with a correct blend of technical and legal expertise. Our Firm has mechanical and SAIKRISHNA & ASSOCIATES The Firm. Saikrishna & Associates is a Tier-1 full-service Firm having focused Intellectual Property, Telecommunication Media & Technology, Corporate Law & Competition Law verticals backing up the Firm's other practice areas. Founded in 2001, the Firm's 19 Partners & Associate Partners as well as 100+ lawyers deliver top-notch, & dedicated SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL, AMEET DATTA, MONICA DATTA Disha works with the Litigation team. Disha has worked on landmark cases in trademark, intermediary liability and broadcasting laws. She is also involved in the Anti-Piracy Campaign, and was part of the team which successfully obtained a landmark judgment from the Delhi High Court on blocking of “hydra-headed” rogue websites. SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL, AMEET DATTA, MONICA DATTA Associate Partner | amitavo@saikrishnaassociates.com. Amitavo is a Patent Attorney specializing in the space of life sciences, particularly biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and FMCG. His emphasis is on patent drafting and prosecution, along with advisement on patent strategy and portfolio development. He is also involved in providing

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AUTHORSHIP AT INTERNATIONAL LAW OFFICE Authorship at International Law Office - Saikrishna & Associates. home / Articles Published on International Law Office. Managing Partner’s Interview at Lex Witness. The Firm’s Official Newsletter – IP-SA facto. The Firm’s Competition Law Practice Newsletter – CompBuzz. Authorship at Lex Witness. Authorship at India Business Law DESIGNS - SAIKRISHNA & ASSOCIATES Designs. The Firm's design practice provides end to end solutions for design registrations and enforcement. The teams are well versed with Design Laws and procedural requirements not just for the Indian Jurisdiction but also for other countries like US, China, Japan, Europe, etc. which unlike India classify designs under Patent Law. AUTOMOTIVE - SAIKRISHNA & ASSOCIATES The automotive industry is a dynamic and fast-changing industry with multiple stakeholders in the supply chain posing complicated liability and cost-benefit issues. This area needs extremely mature handling of industry-specific issues that are possible only with a correct blend of technical and legal expertise. Our Firm has mechanical and SAIKRISHNA & ASSOCIATES The Firm. Saikrishna & Associates is a Tier-1 full-service Firm having focused Intellectual Property, Telecommunication Media & Technology, Corporate Law & Competition Law verticals backing up the Firm's other practice areas. Founded in 2001, the Firm's 19 Partners & Associate Partners as well as 100+ lawyers deliver top-notch, & dedicated SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL, AMEET DATTA, MONICA DATTA Disha works with the Litigation team. Disha has worked on landmark cases in trademark, intermediary liability and broadcasting laws. She is also involved in the Anti-Piracy Campaign, and was part of the team which successfully obtained a landmark judgment from the Delhi High Court on blocking of “hydra-headed” rogue websites. SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL, AMEET DATTA, MONICA DATTA Kunal is a part of the Telecom, Media and Technology law team in the firm. Kunal’s responsibilities include carrying out research on various legal propositions, drafting and arguing miscellaneous applications, making case briefs, drafting of suits, petitions and appeals for various forums like Writ Court, Supreme Court, Tribunals & Forums, evidence affidavits by correlation of documentary SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL, AMEET DATTA, MONICA DATTA Associate Partner | amitavo@saikrishnaassociates.com. Amitavo is a Patent Attorney specializing in the space of life sciences, particularly biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and FMCG. His emphasis is on patent drafting and prosecution, along with advisement on patent strategy and portfolio development. He is also involved in providing

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SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL, AMEET DATTA, MONICA DATTA Saikrishna Rajagopal. sai@saikrishnaassociates.com. Saikrishna Rajagopal is the founder & Managing Partner of the Firm. Sai graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and was admitted to the Bar in 1995. In the past 24 years, Sai has emerged as a highly reckoned and ranked counsel associated with groundbreaking SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL, AMEET DATTA, MONICA DATTA Monica Datta. Partner | monica@saikrishnaassociates.com. Monica leads the Commercial IP team of the firm and routinely advises clients across sectors. Monica is a contract advisory, negotiation & drafting specialist with experience in advising clients across a gamut of sectors such as IT/ITES/ BPO Sector, Music, M&E, Publishing Industry INVESTIGATION & ENFORCEMENT Investigation & Enforcement. The enforcement practice at the Firm conducted over five hundredcriminal and civil actions for clients spanning diverse industries & sectors over the last 3 years. The team at the Firm encompasses wide-ranging experience in Intellectual Property enforcement and anti-counterfeiting across a broad spectrum

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PHARMA & LIFE SCIENCES Pharma & Life Sciences. The Patents procurement team at the Firm adept in handling patent prosecution, litigation issues in India and represents major pharmaceutical firm in India. A REFINED COLLECTION FOR CONTENT AUTHORED BY FIRM ATTORNEYS Suvarna Mandal & Namrata Dubey "Consumerism" as a concept is universal and has been in existence since the origin of trade and commerce in human civilisation.Every individual is or has the potential to be a "consumer" irrespective of age, social order, gender or region.Read

TELECOM MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY Telecom, Media & Technology. The Firm's TMT practice retains industry experts allowing the it to draw on substantial domain expertise. This ability is coupled with the Firm's cutting-edge litigation, transactional, prosecution, and policy development expertise offering clients practical and innovative solutions. SAIKRISHNA & ASSOCIATES The Firm. Saikrishna & Associates is a Tier-1 full-service Firm having focused Intellectual Property, Telecommunication Media & Technology, Corporate Law & Competition Law verticals backing up the Firm's other practice areas. Founded in 2001, the Firm's 19 Partners & Associate Partners as well as 100+ lawyers deliver top-notch, & dedicated SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL, AMEET DATTA, MONICA DATTA Disha works with the Litigation team. Disha has worked on landmark cases in trademark, intermediary liability and broadcasting laws. She is also involved in the Anti-Piracy Campaign, and was part of the team which successfully obtained a landmark judgment from the Delhi High Court on blocking of “hydra-headed” rogue websites. SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL, AMEET DATTA, MONICA DATTA Kunal is a part of the Telecom, Media and Technology law team in the firm. Kunal’s responsibilities include carrying out research on various legal propositions, drafting and arguing miscellaneous applications, making case briefs, drafting of suits, petitions and appeals for various forums like Writ Court, Supreme Court, Tribunals & Forums, evidence affidavits by correlation of documentary SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL, AMEET DATTA, MONICA DATTA Associate Partner | amitavo@saikrishnaassociates.com. Amitavo is a Patent Attorney specializing in the space of life sciences, particularly biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and FMCG. His emphasis is on patent drafting and prosecution, along with advisement on patent strategy and portfolio development. He is also involved in providing

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MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT Media and Entertainment. The Firm acts for some of India’s biggest companies, International corporations and well-known individuals in the media and entertainment space covering diverse areas such as telecom, television broadcasting, film and television production, online and app-based music streaming services, talent, song writers, Collective Management Organisations, Music Labels, Music PHARMA & LIFE SCIENCES Pharma & Life Sciences. The Patents procurement team at the Firm adept in handling patent prosecution, litigation issues in India and represents major pharmaceutical firm in India. TRADEMARKS - SAIKRISHNA & ASSOCIATES Trademarks. The Firm's experienced trademark team advises clients from small or medium enterprises to international clients, across a diverse array of industries on SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL, AMEET DATTA, MONICA DATTA Mohit Kumar Senior Paralegal Srikant Kumar Senior Paralegal Shashikant Panigrahi Senior Paralegal

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Consumer Protection. The Firm's consumer law practice is an extension of its well-respected values that it has acquired over the years. While the Firm advises international clients with their consumer law exposure in India (including handling high value appellate cases), the firm has also emerged as a strong first instance & appellate consumer litigation practice with the judgment of the COPYRIGHT REGISTRATIONS The Firm works very closely with stakeholders in the IT Industry, Indian film Industry, Television and Media Industry including Production Houses, Music Labels, Print-Publishing Groups, Broadcasting Companies, and various Individual Designers and Artists, providing copyright filing, prosecution, registration-postregistration services,

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SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL, AMEET DATTA, MONICA DATTA Feona Theofin Executive - Credit Control Inka Menghani Admin Manager Mandeep Executive-IT PROTECTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS OF CONSUMERS AS A Protection and Enforcement of the Rights of Consumers as a "Class" in India. Suvarna Mandal & Namrata Dubey. "Consumerism" as a concept is universal and has been in existence since the origin of trade and commerce in human civilisation. Every individual is or has the potential to be a "consumer" irrespective of age, social order, gender

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MANAGING PARTNER’S INTERVIEW AT LEX WITNESS Managing Partner’s Interview at Lex Witness. The Firm’s Official Newsletter – IP-SA facto. The Firm’s Competition Law Practice Newsletter – CompBuzz. Authorship at Lex Witness. Authorship at India Business Law Journal. Authorship at International Law Office. __info@saikrishnaassociates.com NOIDA: 8th Floor, VJ Business Tower, Plot No. A-6, Sector 125, Noida - 201301 __+91.120.4633900 DELHI: #10, 1st Floor, Jor Bagh, New Delhi - 110 003 __+91.11.40244360 MUMBAI: 134/A, Mittal Towers, 210 Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400021__+91.22.68605151

THE FIRM

Saikrishna & Associates is a Tier-1 full-service Firm having focused Intellectual Property, Telecommunication Media & Technology, Corporate Law & Competition Law verticals backing up the Firm's other practice areas. Founded in 2001, the Firm's 19 Partners & Associate Partners as well as 100+ lawyers deliver top-notch, & dedicated services to a diverse array of Indian and International clients. The Firm's Litigation/Dispute Resolution, Prosecution, and Enforcement teams join with the Commercial, IP, TMT, Corporate & Competition law teams to provide innovative solutions catering to client’s business

and IP objectives.

The Firm is highly ranked for its industry and domain-specific expertise basis its industry teams/practice groups which span the Media & Entertainment, Telecommunications & Electronics, Pharma & Life Sciences, Software & Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, FMCG & Retail, Print-Publishing, Real Estate, and Energy Sectors.

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COMMERCIAL IP

The Firm's active transactions team is probably one of the few in the country in the context of IP law Firms. The practice assists clients with IP and related transactional issues such as to due diligence & audits, asset management, securitization, franchising, merchandising, content acquisition, technology transfers, assignments and licensing

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COMPETITION LAW

The Firm's Competition law vertical provides cutting-edge assistance to its clients in a diverse array of fields that encompass practice areas dealing with anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominance, mergers,and acquisitions, dawn raids, leniency, competition compliance

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The Firm has been a pioneer in competition law litigation in relation to Standard-Essential Patents applicable to the exploding mobile handset industry in India, an area that has engaged several competition law jurisdictions across the globe.

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CONSUMER PROTECTION

The Firm's consumer law practice is an extension of its well-respected values that it has acquired over the years. While the Firm advises international clients with their consumer law exposure in India (including handling high value appellate cases), the firm has also emerged as a strong first instance & appellate consumer litigation practice with the judgment of the National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission ("NCDRC") in the "Kalypso Court" case.

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CORPORATE LAW

The Firm's Corporate/M&A practice adds to the Firm's ability to leverage its Industry expertise by assisting clients on the Corporate/M&A/ Commercial side. The Corporate Practice contained within the Tier 1 ranked full-service Intellectual Property law expertise offered by the Firm allows the team to effectively deploy its well-reckoned expertise areas in favour of its clients.

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COPYRIGHTS

The Firm works very closely with stakeholders in the Indian film, television and media industry including production houses, music labels, print-publishing groups, broadcasting companies as also IT companies, and various individual designers and artists, providing copyright filing, prosecution, registration and post-registration services, both in India and Internationally.

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CRIMINAL LAW PRACTICE The Firm has a dedicated team advising and assisting clients in matters involving exposure under criminal law provisions, including under provisions of the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, Information Technology Act, Copyright Act, Trade Marks Act, Indecent Representation of Women Act, Public Gambling statutes, Drugs & Cosmetics Act, Legal Metrology Act, Prevention of Money Laundering Act, Prevention of Corruption Act, to name a few.

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DESIGNS

The Firm’s design practice provides end to end solutions for design registrations and enforcement. The teams are well versed with Design Laws and procedural requirements not just for the Indian Jurisdiction but also for other countries like US, China, Japan, Europe, etc. which classify designs under Patent Law, Unlike India. With clear insights and vast knowledge in the domain, the Firm’s professionals are well equipped to conduct design searches on various databases.

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DISPUTE RESOLUTION

The Firm's Dispute Resolution Group has consistently been rated as one of the best in India in relation to Intellectual Property. The practice comprises of the IP Litigation, General & Commercial Litigation, Alternate Dispute Resolution and the Competition Law teams. In 2014, the Firm was voted “Firm of the Year - India" by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine for Contentious Practice and has consistently maintained to be a Tier-1/Gold Band Firm since then.

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EMPLOYMENT LAW

The Firm’s specialised environmental law practice focuses advise for its domestic and international clients in the technology & consumer durable space on a variety of regulatory matters pertaining to India’s environmental laws, specifically relating to electronic waste management, hazardous waste management, plastic waste management

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INVESTIGATION & ENFORCEMENT The enforcement practice at the Firm conducted over 500 criminal and civil actions for clients spanning diverse industries & sectors over the last 3 years. The team at the Firm encompasses wide-ranging experience in Intellectual Property enforcement and anti-counterfeiting across a broad spectrum of products and services including apparel/garments, luxury goods, pharmaceuticals, consumer durables, books, films, music with members of the enforcement team has a thorough understanding of dealing with counterfeiting in a number of

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PATENTS

The Firm´s patent practice is well placed to assist Indian and overseas clients to protect, manage and maximize their patent portfolios in multiple technical domains. The Firm´s highly trained patent team consists of accredited patent agents and attorneys who are specialists in the fields of Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences, Electronic, Wireless & Telecommunication, Biotechnology, Software, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.

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PERSONAL DATA PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION The Firm provides highly sophisticated and practical advice on data management and data privacy laws to domestic as well as multinational clients. Our dedicated teams of lawyers and IT professionals work closely with in-house corporate teams for designing and implementing data security processes and modules. As part of this service line, our professionals conduct regular audits/data mapping to ascertain risk

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POLICY REFORM

A hallmark of the Firm representation of clients has been its longstanding support to clients and industry associations across sectors such as Software, Broadcasting, Print Publishing, Motion Pictures etc. The Firm advises a cross-sector mix of the country's apex associations on Policy reform and development initiatives. The Firm advises the Music Sector, Film Sector, Print Publishing sector and the Technology Sector on policy and regulatory concerns surrounding IP, International Treaties, Data Protection, Cyber

Security etc.

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PRO BONO

The Firm strongly believes in imbibing a culture of 'giving back' and operationalizes its vision by actively providing pro-bono assistance in addition to regular matters. Associates and Partners in the firm focus on pro-bono assistance with some spending in excess of 70% of their time with pro-bono cases. In doing so, the Firm seeks to lend support to the building of a 'pro-bono ethic' across Indian law Firms.

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REAL ESTATE

The real estate practice group at the Firm actively advises clients with real estate transaction support and advisory matters. The Firm advises landowners, developers and entities with respect to

purchase/lease.

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SPORTS LAW

The Firm regularly advise its clients on a variety of issues relating to sports law. The Firm was instrumental in devising the strategy to establish the tort of commercial misappropriation of "hot news" in the context of sports in India. The Firm also successfully represented interests of private sports broadcasters in a multi-level litigation involving the balancing the public’s right to access sporting events of national importance viz a viz the rights of private broadcasters.

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TELECOM, MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY The Firm's TMT practice retains industry experts allowing the Firm to draw on substantial domain expertise. This ability is coupled with the Firm's cutting-edge litigation, transactional, prosecution, and policy development expertise offering clients practical and innovative solutions. The Firm’s expertise spans a wide array of sectors such as films, music, broadcast radio, television, print and e-publishing, gaming (including AR/VR), digital media, online intermediaries etc.

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TRADEMARKS

The Firm's experienced trademark 20+ lawyer team advises clients from small or medium enterprises to international clients, across a diverse array of industries on strategic brand/trademark protection and enforcement. The team prides itself on offering clients, practical yet innovative solutions to suit their requirements. The trademark service-line includes Filing & Prosecution, Contentious and Advisory

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TRADE AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE The Firm regularly advises and assists its domestic and international clients in understanding, implementing and complying with a wide range of national and state legislation as well as sector-specific regulations and guidelines. The firm provides customized advice on complex legal and regulatory issues, at all stages of the regulatory

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AUTOMOTIVE

The automotive industry is a dynamic and fast-changing industry with multiple stakeholders in the supply chain posing complicated liability and cost-benefit issues. This area needs extremely mature handling of industry-specific issues that are possible only with a correct blend of technical and legal expertise. Our Firm has mechanical and automotive engineers who are patent agents/attorneys and therefore are best placed to understand and advise on patenting and design issues, autonomous driving, product safety, connectivity, and supply chain protocols.

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FMCG & RETAIL

The firm’s advisory and litigation teams advise retail and FMCG clients of the Firm on a variety of matters relating to advertising including comparative advertising claims and issues, Legal Metrology and product labeling laws, product liability and consumer claims as well as brand protection and enforcement issues. The firm has advised industry players in relation to the formulation of e-labelling regulations as well as the impact of GST on retail price labelling challenges. The Firm also advises various clients on transactional aspects of their business including distributor agreements, disputes with distributors and retailers etc.

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MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT The Firm acts for some of India’s biggest companies, International corporations and well-known individuals in the media and entertainment space covering diverse areas such as telecom, television broadcasting, film and television production, online and app-based music streaming services, talent, song writers, Collective Management Organisations, Music Labels, Music publishers as well as in areas such as Advertising, Content Regulation, Gaming, Sports Rights etc. Each practice area of the firm is deployed to advise and support the Firm’s TMT clients in additional areas such as technology clearance/patents, branding strategies or enforcement strategies. The combination of a cutting-edge litigation team and advisory, commercial transactions practices also allows clients the ability to leverage each practice depending on their needs.

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PHARMA & LIFE SCIENCES The Patents procurement team at the Firm adept in handling patent prosecution, litigation issues in India and represents major pharmaceutical firm in India. The Firm´s highly trained patent team consists of accredited patent agents and attorneys who are specialist in the fields of Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences. The patent services offered by the firm are tailored to assist clients along the length of the invention/IP ladder- from the stage of conception of the invention till enforcement and commercialization. The patents team specializes in conducting global prior art searches aimed at patentability assessment, invalidation opinion, infringement (FTO) analysis, identification of grey area (state-of-the-art/landscape), etc. This is coupled with a cutting-edge litigation ability allowing clients of the firm to secure rights or defend claims effectively.

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PRINT PUBLISHING

The Firm represents major International and Indian print publishing houses in the trade and Education/STM space advising on litigations relating to IP claims, contract disputes, manuscript clearance, anti-piracy as well as policy issues etc. The firm’s relationship with the print publishing industry spans a decade of being involved with major litigation dealing with ‘fair dealing’/fair use issues, content violation claims. In 2012 and beyond the firm was involved with supporting the industry on controversial ‘parallel rights’ provisions proposed to be incorporated into Indian copyright law. The firm is engaged with think tanks appointed by the Government in breaking down laws in other countries, Indian law as well as assisting on analysing Industry data. The Firm also advised Industry groups on stakeholder inputs to the Government in relation to the National IPR Policy framed and published by the Government of India.

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SOFTWARE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE The Firm's origins are based around software enforcement when in 2001 the Firm acted for major software publishers. The Firm's Software & Technology practice, apart from software enforcement campaigns being conducted for major software owners/ publishers, today also advise Software & App Development Companies, Gaming Companies, Business Process Outsourcing companies on a wide variety of issues such as transactions, technology product related patent landscaping and clearance (FTOs), data protection issues and policy relating to customer personal, financial and health data, privacy, data breach

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TELECOMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONICS The Firm, in past few years, has grown immensely in the domain of telecommunications and electronics that revolutionized the world adding connectivity at the ground scale. Our experienced team of telecom engineers who are also patent experts and lawyers work with multinational handset manufacturers and network providers assisting them on the issues of patentability of inventions, drafting a d procuring patents, enforcing patent rights, conducting essentiality assessment, keeping track of the developments at the Standard Setting Organizations (SSOs), etc.

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