Members

Ms. Aamna Hasan

Partner | Vutts & Associates LLP Advocates

Mr. Abhai Pandey

Partner | Lexorbis

Mr. Amrish Tiwari

Partner | K & S Partners

Amrish is a Partner, Patent Attorney, and practice lead for the life science practice at K&S Partners, a top tier IP firm in India. He has over 17 years of experience in handling contentious matters, prosecution, and dispute resolution in the areas of Patent and Biological diversity laws. He has also studied data protection and privacy laws and has applied for the certification.

He regularly appears before the Indian Patent Office, and various Courts including the High Court of Delhi, Madras, Shimla as well as the Supreme Court of India in connection with prosecution and enforcement of patent rights.

Amrish is a member of the IPR Committee of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), and National Committee on Pharmaceuticals of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the leading industry bodies in India. In addition, he is a council member of the executive committee and Chairperson for IPR Forum of Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA), Delhi Branch. Amrish is also a Chair at Life science sub committee of International Bar Association (IBA).

Prior to joining the K&S Partners in 2005, Amrish had worked with a renowned clinical research organization.

Mr. Anoop Narayanan

Principal | ANA Law Group

Mr. Anshul Saurastri

Partner | KRISHNA & SAURASTRI ASSOCIATES LLP

Ms. Archana Shanker

Senior Partner & Head of Patents & Design | Anand and Anand

With over 31 years of practice, Archana Shanker has broken the stereotypes with landmarks addressing some of the most complex patent issues and in the process, resolving long-pending administrative bottlenecks

Described by IAM as “One of the most successful female practitioners in the market” and ranked highly by leading IP benchmarking tables, Archana manages an extensive portfolio of patents – from technical to mechanical, medical devices etc for a wide array of clients from across the globe.

A firm believer in effective prosecution being the backbone of a robust IP enforcement strategy, Archana is the go-to person for patent protection, prosecution, pre-grant and post- grant oppositions, appeals, revocations, patent licensing, plant variety protection while also providing straightforward advice in contentious matters. She has written extensively about patent licensing and compulsory licensing in leading IP publications. Archana provides cutting-edge advice on some of the most crucial litigations revolving around patent licensing for big-ticket clients such as AstraZeneca, Microsoft, to name a few.

Archana’s work has earned laurels from across the globe with names such as Chambers and Partners, IAM, Euromoney ranking her as the go-to person in Patents. She continues to be ranked one of top 250 Women IP Professionals by MIP for seventh consecutive year.

Mr. Ashutosh Kumar

Senior Partner | Singh & Singh Law Firm LLP

Mr. Atulya Nath

Director | COREIP LEGAL SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

Mr. Bikramjit Singh

Director | Scintillation Research and Analytics Services Pvt Ltd

Ms. Chitra Iyer

Head IPRS (India) | Philips India Ltd

Chitra has been in leadership positions for over 17 years in various MNCs in Europe, and India in the fields of IP and Law.

Have combined expertise in the areas of IP & Commercial law that encompass both law firms and in-house practice in leading MNCs. Handled several challenging IP matters for Europe, India, ASEAN, and ANZ

Worked in various domains including medicinal chemistry (NCE & generics), herbal medicine, Biotech, material & polymer chemistry, and some software and related aspects.

Expertise areas include Business development. IP Litigation, IP licensing, Due diligence, Transactional matters including contracts (Commercial & R&D), IP Strategy, IP enforcement, and IP Portfolio management. Have been a part of Country level leadership teams in Europe and India.

“Trade Secret Risk Manager” for “DuPont South Asia”.

Actively contribute to policy-level discussions & decisions (IP Advocacy) matters in India. Regular invited speaker at national and international conferences.

Notable contributions;

– India’s first High Court verdict on Standard Essential Patents (SEP) /2018. Unconventional and out-of-the-box approaches in SEP litigations with the highest interim orders granted so far by the Delhi High Court.

– Highest damages in Indian courts in TM and copyright matters /2019.

– Highest and interim deposits for SEP litigations in Indian courts /2020

Mr. Dhruv Anand

Partner | Anand and Anand

Mr. Dileep Kumar Paturu

Manager (Patent Agent) | Law Firm of Naren Thappeta

Mr. Dinesh Parmar

Partner | Parker & Parker Co

Mr. Divyendu Verma

Associate Partner | DuxLegis Attorneys

Ms. Gitanjali Bhatnagar

Partner | Kria Law LLP

Mr. Gopal Trivedi

Partner | CHADHA & CHADHA  Intellectual Property Law Firm

Dr. Hemang Shah

IP Lead and Strategist, Qualcomm | Qualcomm India Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Joginder Singh

Associates Partner | Lexorbis

Joginder is a registered Indian patent agent and associated with LexOrbis as a Partner.  He heads Engineering Patent Practice at the firm with help of a team of more than 60 engineers. He holds a graduate degree in computer science and diplomas in electronics & telecommunication, Computer applications, and Microsoft Dot Net technology.  He has over 15 years of rich experience in a variety of patent services, such as searches, drafting, prosecution, litigation support, etc. Besides, he does a lot of knowledge sharing by writing articles and speaking at public forums. He regularly attends several national and international IP conferences throughout the year. He is an active member in various IP associations, e.g., APAA, AIPLA, AIPPI, IPO, LES & YMC, etc., and participates actively in various study groups there.  He is also elected as an executed member of the APAA India national committee.

Ms. Konpal Rae

IPR Consultant | 1st Avenue

Ms. Lakshika Joshi

Global IP Head and Legal Leadership | Capgemini

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Mr. Lalit Ambastha

Founding Member | RIPA India

Mr. Lyric Dubey

Manager - Intellectual Property | Jio

Ms. Mamta Rani Jha

Co-Managing Partner | Inttl Advocare

Mr. Manish Saurastri

Partner | KRISHNA & SAURASTRI ASSOCIATES LLP

Ms. Manisha Singh Nair

Partner | Lexorbis

Dr. Neeti Wilson

Partner | Anand and Anand

Ms. Neha Goel

IP Manager | ABB India Limited

Ms. Nidhi Anand

Partner | Chadha & Chadha Intellectual Property Law Firm

Mr. Nishant Sharma

Lead Counsel (India) | Patent Licensing & Litigation at Dolby Laboratories

Mr. Nitin Sharma

Principal, Engineer | Qualcomm India

Mr. Omkar Acharya

Proprietor | H K Acharya & Company

Mr. Parag Thakre

Managing Director | Dennemeyer India Private Limited

Ms. Prachi Agarwal

Partner | Anand and Anand

Mr. Pratap Shanker

Advocate & Partner | Legal Consultus

Ms. Priggya Arora

Founder and Patent Attorney | PA Legal

Mr. Rahul Dutta

Patent Attorney | Intellectual Property Lab

Mr. Rajan Ailavadi

Founder & Managing Partner | CIP Legit

Dr. Rajkumar Ram Hirwani

Technical Adviser | ACSIR_URDIP

Mr. Raju Elangovan

CEO & Managing Director | E Merge Tech Global Services Pvt LTD.

Ms. Richa Pandey

Partner & Patent Attorney | KRISHNA & SAURASTRI ASSOCIATES LLP

Ms. Richa Pandey is a Patent Attorney and a Partner with Krishna and Saurastri Associates, Delhi (Gurgaon) office. She is an advocate and a registered patent agent. Her core work areas include patent filing, patent prosecution, patent opposition, patent litigation, patentability opinions, searches, invalidity opinions and portfolio management. She also serves as an IP mentor for start-ups the guiding them in their IP strategy. He has experience in IP portfolio projects working on a wide range of matters for key technical areas.

Ms. Pandey holds a Degree in Law and a Bachelor’s Degree in Science from the University of Lucknow.

Ms. Pandey has also been a guest speaker at various national & International conferences on Intellectual Property. Ms. Pandey has also written several pieces for renowned IP publications. She was recognized as ‘Woman to Watch’ by AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association). Ms. Pandey is also an elected member of the executive council of FICPI, India. Currently, she also holds the position of President LES (Licensing Executive Society) India. As a President at LES India, she has been a core member of the team that has worked on conferences, workshops, webinars and engagements to increase the membership of LES India. She was an organizing committee member for LES APAC 2019. She also serves as the chair of LES Life Sciences committee. She has recently been appointed as Assistant Reporter General, CET, FICPI.

Dr. Ruchi Singla

Director & CEO | RAS Intellect Solutions Pvt. Ltd

Mr. Sanjay Sharma

Patent Consultant | IIPRD

Mr. Sanjaykumar Patel

Founder & IP Attorney | EXCELON IP

Mr. Santosh Vikram Singh

Senior Partner | Fox Mandal & Associates

Mr. Satish Kumar Rana

Patent Attorney/IPR Attorney | Prism IPR

Mr. Satyajit Sahoo

Associate Partner | Bar & Brief Attorneys

Mr. Sharabh Shrivastava

Partner | CHADHA & CHADHA  Intellectual Property Law Firm

Ms. Sheetal Chopra

Director IPR Policy | Ericsson

Ms. Shivaarti Bajaj

Managing Partner | RSD BAJAJ GLOBAL

Ms. Shraddha Singh Chauhan

Partner - Patents (ICT & Electronics) | ANAND AND ANAND

Mr. Subodh Kumar

IP Program Head | Tata Consultancy Service Limited

Mr. Subramaniam Vutha

Proprietor | Subramaniam Vutha Law Firm

Dr. Sudhir Raja Ravindran

CEO | Altacit Global

Firm. He is an author and editor of published law books and Has contributed to many research articles in field of law.

An engineer & lawyer, he has master’s degrees in both Streams from the university of warwick, united kingdom. He Had been awarded a doctorate in law (phd) from nalsar University, india. He is currently pursuing his post doctoral Research (lld). A regular speaker in several universities, National and international conferences. He has been Recognized as one of the 100 legal luminaries of india and top 100 ip leaders of india.

Mr. Sunil B. Krishna

Partner | KRISHNA & SAURASTRI ASSOCIATES LLP

Mr. Swarup Kumar

Founder & Managing Partner | Kumar & Sardana Associates (KSA)

Mr. Tarun Khurana

Partner | Khurana And Khurana Advocates And IP Attorneys

Tarun has over 18 years of experience in a broad range of Intellectual Property (IP) subject matters, and is the Co-Founding Partner and Patent Attorney of Khurana & Khurana (K&K) and of its Patent Research and IP Asset Management Firm, IIPRD, both of which are among the Leading IP and Commercial/Corporate Law Practices with 10 Offices in India, and over 180 Professionals. The firms also have regional offices in US, Vietnam, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.

Tarun is among the top 12 Patent Prosecution Practitioners in India as ranked by IAM 1000 (and also by IAM 300 Strategists), and focuses on Patent Preparation/Drafting, Portfolio Management, IP/Commercial Litigation, Valuation and IP Commercialization mandates for numerous Indian and International Corporates ranging from Small Start-ups to Fortune 5 companies including Google, Huawei, UPL, Indian Oil Corporation, Xiaomi, ABB, ZTE, Fujitsu, Kyocera, SABIC, Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi/Guwahati/Roorkee/Hyderabad), Emerson, Daimler, Cadence, Airbus, L&T, Glenmark, Simon, IISc, Marico, Electra, among many others.

Tarun focuses on Electronics, Telecom, Computer Implemented, and Mechanical subject matters, and has also worked with Corporates/Institutes across other technical and business domains as well, He has, apart from handling Indian and International Clients for filing and prosecution matters in India, also actively assisted numerous US and European Law and Licensing Firms and Corporates in providing Patent Support Services such as Conducting Patent Searches, Preparing Claim Charts, Preparing Specifications/responses to offices actions, undertaking Landscape/Analytics, E-Discovery Support among other like mandates that IIPRD focuses on.

Tarun is well versed with US, EP, and Indian Patent Laws. Tarun has a Bachelors in Computer Science Engineering from Pune University, a Masters in Software Systems from BITS Pilani, Bachelors in Law, an MBA from IIM Lucknow, and is in pursuit of his PhD. He also has certifications from IIT Delhi, WIPO, Asian School of Cyber Laws, Indian Law Institute, and International Software Testing Board among many others. Tarun is also a regular speaker at numerous Institutes and Corporates including International Conferences such as GIPC, WIPF, CII, FICCI, along with at entities such as NTPC, Indian Oil Corporation, Unilever, IITs, TIFAC, DIT, CSIR, Moserbaer, IIM Lucknow, Mahindra, Daimler, ASSOCHAM, Managing Intellectual Property (MIP), Indian Oil Corporation, NALSAR, ONGC, Delhi Technical University, and Tata Group Companies among many others.

Mr. Vaibhav Vutts

Partner | Vutts & Associates LLP Advocates

Mr. Vikrant Rana

Managing Partner | S.S Rana & Co.

Mr. Vinay Sharma

Strategic Consultant | IDS Infotech

Mr. Vinayak K Katkalmbekar

Lead - Intellectual Property Attorney & Head IPR | Bajaj Electricals Ltd

Mr. Yashwant Prasad

Senior Associate | Legal Excel Attorneys