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 also holds expertise in IP licensing and brand protection, IP advisory and due-diligence and automobile industry. 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 and 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.