Intellectual Property
The Intellectual Property Law Practice is a highly-ranked practice, among general practice law firms in India. The IP practice employs a global approach, wholly integrated into the multidisciplinary full-service practice of the firm.
The IP team at Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India comprises professionals with years of experience and an expert grounding in Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Design prosecution, Business transactions (advisory, structuring, licensing, franchising, joint-ventures, mergers & acquisitions, IP audits / due diligence, etc.) and Litigation (including advisory, infringement disputes, enforcement / anti- piracy). In addition, members of the team also consistently advise clients on Pharmaceutical regulatory laws in India.
The Firm’s clients range from small business concerns (including start-ups and individual based corporations) to large domestic and international corporations. The firm expertise’s in providing pragmatic, cost-effective and workable solutions regarding issues involving client products and IP portfolios, independently or related to IP based business-transactional advisory in other practice areas of Law.
Over the years, the firm’s attorney are well-experienced in managing and auditing large IP portfolios of global companies in the Pharmaceutical, FMCG, Banking, Apparel, Hospitality, Media and Entertainment sector (TV, Film, Music & OTT distribution).
Our Partners:
New Delhi
Abhishek Ghai
New Delhi
Overview
Abhishek has represented the Central Government in high value matters including sensitive white-collar crime, policy, treaty investment and enforcement matters over the last few years. He is well versed with the Civil, Commercial, Corporate as well as Criminal Laws of India. His main areas of practice are Arbitration (Domestic & International), Criminal Law, Commercial laws, Indirect Taxation, Foreign Trade Policy Matters, Constitutional law, Company Laws, Intellectual Property Laws, Corporate Law, Banking and Finance, Land & Property laws, Labor laws, Cyber laws & E-commerce, Consumer Laws & Anti-Competitive law to name a few. He has also successfully represented major international and national clients.
Experience Statement
- Advising and assisting India’s state-owned gas enterprise in a USD 4 billion international energy arbitration arising on account of Russian Sanctions.
- Advising and representing a global technology public company in its disputes enumerating out of its investment in a tech start-up.
- Representing India’s largest hydropower development organization in its arbitral disputes arising out of its hydropower projects.
- Representing a market leading innovative gas solutions and technologies company in its dispute with an Indian central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India
- Represented and advised the Client before the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) tribunals as well as various allied litigations spread across the globe, including England, Mauritius, Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, Dubai, and India. He also handled two multi-million-dollar international arbitrations, seated in Geneva, administered by the LCIA, arising out of a dispute between a Private Equity (PE) Investor and majority shareholder/promoter (in the FMCG space).
New Delhi
Amit Panigrahi
New Delhi
Overview
With over 13 years of experience in the field of intellectual property (IP) law and general litigation, Amit is well-versed with litigation in the civil and white-collar crimes, expanding to disputes arising out of intellectual property and patent infringement. He has previously briefed and argued alongside eminent Senior Counsel like Kapil Sibal, Amit Sibal, C.S. Vaidyanathan, Rajiv Nayyar, Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, to name a few.
Amit has assisted several global and Indian companies in the pharmaceutical sector under the Drugs & Cosmetics Act- 1940 and Drugs Price Control Order 2013, media & entertainment, hospitality, agro-industry sector, information technology, license exploitation, brand protection, start-up management and enforcement of their intellectual property in India and sports law.
His work experience includes protection and maintenance of IP portfolios in litigation, transactions & advisory and prosecution. He has successfully advised start-up on brand protection and expansion including advisory on License/ Software Agreement.
Today, Amit concentrates and supervises on trademark and technology, drug regulatory & drug price control related matters and copyright litigation and advises in IP prosecution matters related to artwork and new age technology with advisory on patent protection. He also expands into copyright and design prosecution, business transactions including one of his core strengths in litigation (IP & general) strategizing.
Experience Statement
- Supervised Mylan Inc. (now Viatris/Biocon) in exhaustive IP litigation involving life-saving drugs and bio-similar drugs, patent protection and advisory.
- Supervised Mylan Laboratories Limited in exhaustive IP litigation involving regulation of price control of life-saving drugs, suits for recovery.
- Strategizing & representing Minor Group Plc in disputes against an Indian hospitality company over misuse of its trademark “ANANTARA”. Successfully procured ex-parte orders of injunction which was later confirmed by the trial court in a hearing and accepted by the High Court, alongside managing the portfolio for ANANTARA chain of hotels, globally and in India.
- Strategizing and representing one of the biggest 2-wheeler manufacturers Hero MotoCorp Limited in prosecution in India and globally, with over 1800+ applications.