Megha has over 17 years of dedicated experience in Intellectual Property (IP) that includes stints at leading law firms. Her professional journey spans spectrum of IP matters across both international and domestic clients.
Megha’s proficiency encompasses a wide array of IP domains, including patents, designs, strategic counselling, and commercial transactions. She excels in providing comprehensive guidance and formulating strategies across the entire patent lifecycle. Her skills extend to conducting prior art searches, facilitating freedom to operate analysis and patentability assessments; drafting, filing, and prosecuting patent applications largely in India but also in other jurisdictions such as the U.S. and EP; and handling oppositions before the Indian Patent Office and appeals before various High Courts; post-grant compliances and commercialization.
Megha’s expertise and adversarial practice traverse diverse technology domains, including biotechnology, genetics, medical devices, chemical sciences, pharmaceuticals and petrochemicals, atomic energy, mechanical sciences, wireless communication technologies, semiconductors, automotive, industrial, electrical and telecom, software, and wind energy. Megha has successfully handled extensive IP portfolios representing a diverse spectrum of clients with over 4000+ concluded applications. She has assisted clients in developing their in-house IP capabilities and formulating internal IP strategies.
In Megha’s professional journey, she has successfully collaborated with clients across diverse sectors including but not limited to: paints, coatings, and specialty materials; household and personal hygiene appliances; wind turbines and sustainable energy; crude oil and natural gas; medical devices, instrument systems, and reagents; laboratory equipment, clinical and diagnostic instruments and spectrometry; agriculture and agro-processing technologies; drugs and bio-pharmaceuticals; molecular genetics and integrated solutions; immunodiagnostic systems; food, metallurgy and building materials; information technology, signal sources and signal processing electronics; and photochromic solutions.
Professional Qualifications: Registered Indian Patent Agent (2008)