Trade Marks:

We provide trade mark prosecution services including:

• Conducting searches for proposed trade marks
• Advising clients as to the registrability of a mark
• Filing applications for registration with the Trade Mark Registry
• Filing Applications in foreign countries including filing of applications under the Madrid Protocol
• Complying with directions and objections raised by the Trade Mark Registry in India
• Complying with objections raised by Foreign Trade Mark Offices by coordinating with various foreign attorneys
• Trade Mark Watch services
• Attending hearings for removal of objections and for prosecution of opposition proceedings
• Filing Oppositions and Rectification proceedings against similar/ identical marks
• Filing Appeals with the Intellectual Property Appellate Board
• Drafting agreements for licensing/assignment of trade marks
• Recording assignments of trade marks
• Renewal of trade marks.
• Taking inspection of documents at the Trade mark Registry

We also provide Trade Mark Litigation services including

• Strategizing
• Conducting Investigations
• Drafting and sending Cease and Desist Notices
• Replying to the Notices
• Filing of Suits for infringement, passing off, dilution of trade marks and for unfair competition
• Filing Criminal Complaints against offenders
• Defending actions
• Conducting raids with the help of Court Receiver/Police

Copyrights:

We provide various services for copyright prosecution including:

• Filing of the Application for registration of copyright with the Registrar of Copyrights
• Dealing with the objections of the Registrar
• Attending hearings
• Getting the work registered in the appropriate category
• Filing of rectification
• Drafting agreements for licensing/assignment of Copyrights

We also provide litigation services for Copyright Protection including:

• Suits for infringement of Copyright
• Suits for Breach of Confidential Information and Trade Secrets
• Drafting and sending Cease and Desist Notices
• Replying to the Cease and Desist Notices
• Filing actions including Criminal Complaints
• Defending actions.

We also assist in getting the literary works registered with the ISBN

Patents:

The firm offers wide range of services including:

• Drafting and filing patent applications in India
• Drafting responses to examination reports/office actions/hearing notices of the Indian patent office and carrying out various compliances required in keeping with Indian patent law and practice
• Attending hearings during the prosecution of the patent application
• Carrying out patent renewals and statement of working filings
• Advising clients on various aspects of patenting
• Furnishing opinion on patentability/infringement/invalidity/freedom to operate based on prior art/patent search and analysis
• Drafting and filing patent oppositions and attending to oppositionproceedings/hearingsbefore the patent office
• Drafting and filing patent applications in foreign patent offices
• Drafting responses to examination reports/office actions of foreign patent offices and coordinating with foreign associates for carrying out various compliances required in keeping with the country's patent law and practice
• Drafting and filing PCT applications
• Liaising between inventor/applicant and potential licensee or infringers for patent licensing
• Filing applications under the Right to Information Act to gather information from the patent office
• Taking inspection of documents at the patent office
• Filing appeals to withand arguing matters before the Intellectual Property Appellate Board against Orders of the patent office
• Drafting patent licensing/assignment agreements

We also provide Patent litigation services including:

• Issuing and responding to Cease & Desist notices in infringement matters
• Conducting Investigation to determine patent infringement
• Suits for infringement of patent

Designs:

We provide various services in Designs including:

• Filing of application for registration of design
• Dealing with the objections raised by the Registrar
• Having the design registered
• Filing Applications for renewal of registered designs
• Filing cancellation proceedings against designs

We also provide litigation services including:

• Filing suits for infringement of registered designs
• Drafting and sending Cease and Desist Notices
• Defending actions

IP related Services:

IP Enforcement Related Services:

We assist, advise and represent our clients in matters pertaining to

• Domain Name Abuse Complaints with Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
• Filing complaints against various App developers for infringement of trademarks and copyrights
• Conducting investigations to ascertain infringement of IP rights
• Co-ordinating with independent experts for obtaining expert opinions in respect of infringement of IPR and cyber crimes
• Trade secrets misappropriation litigation

IP Ancillary Services:

We assist, advise and represent our clients in matters pertaining to

• Obtaining necessary approvals from the National Biodiversity Authority in case of patents using biological material from India
• Matters dealing with Food Adulteration under the Foods Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
• Matters relating to Legal Metrology Act
• Conducting Due Diligence of Trade Marks, Copyrights, Patents and Designs
• Drafting of confidentiality/non-disclosure agreements

General Practice:

The firm also handles matters relating to General Practice and Litigation including:

• Drafting and Conveyancing
• Testamentarymatters including filing Petitions for Probate, Letters of Administration (with or without Will), Succession Certificates, filing Caveats and Testamentary Suits
• Arbitration and Conciliation
• The Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development & Regulation) Act, 1963
• Consumer Protection and Restrictive Trade Practices
• Specific Performance of Contracts
• Matters under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 (COTPA)
• Defamation suits
• Filing applications with the Registrar of Companies (ROC) for change of corporate name
• Petitions to the Pollution Control Board
• Summary Suits

Geographical Indications (GI) :

We provide geographical indication prosecution services including :

• Conducting search for availability of GI for registration.
• Advising clients regarding the registrabilityof a geographical indicationin view of the requirements under the GI Act, 1999
• Drafting statement of case and affidavit on behalf of the applicant regarding representation of interest of producers of goods
• Drafting and filing applications for registration including details of the special characteristics and standards of the GI
• Replying to examination reports
• Filing and defending oppositions
• Filing renewals of registration
• Filing rectifications
• Filing appeals in case of refusal of application
• Taking inspection at the Geographical Indications Registry.

Trade Secrets/Confidential Information :

The firm offers wide range of services including :

• Advising and assisting clients in forming policies for protection against loss of trade secrets/proprietary confidential information/technical know-how
• Drafting Confidentiality/Non-Disclosure Agreements, Employee Agreements, Knowledge-Sharing Agreements
• Providing opinions for action to be taken on misappropriation of confidential information.
• Issuing Cease and Desist notices

Enforcing rights

• Taking prompt action to institute legal proceedings in relation to breach of confidence, misappropriation of confidential information/trade secrets, including obtaining injunctions to prevent further disclosure of the proprietary information.