INDIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Safir Anand and Twinky Rampal, Anand and Anand Advocates
Anand and Anand Advocates has offices in New Delhi, Noida, Mumbai and Chennai, its team of 100 professionals including 29 partners and four associate partners/directors. The firm’s key practice areas are IP, patent, trade marks, copyright, litigation, digital, data protection; healthcare and pharmaceuticals; licensing and franchising; technology, media and telecom - munications; customs and white-collar crime. A full-service intellectual property law firm, Anand and Anand provides all-round IP solu - tions, its forte being developing new law and precision navigation of grey areas. The firm pro -
vides a comprehensive IP service encompass - ing protection, enforcement, advisory, licensing and litigation for patents, designs, trade mark, copyrights, trade secrets, domain names, ge - ographical indications and more. It also has a digital group. Credited with lawsuits that have transformed the IP landscape in India, the firm’s litigation arm has decades of unmatched expe - rience in dispute resolution. It has maintained a patent grant rate of over 93%. Its trade mark team recently recorded more than 1,800 suc - cessful trade mark oppositions.
Authors
Safir Anand is senior partner and head of department (TM, contractual & commercial IP) at Anand and Anand Advocates.
Twinky Rampal has experience in handling clients spanning diverse sectors. She is a part of the strategic initiatives team at Anand and Anand Advocates and specialises in providing
Recognised extensively as a pre-eminent IP lawyer and investor, Safir has been widely recognised for business model building, marketing and commercial insights blended with an astute understanding of IP law. With landmark registrations for the first colour mark, first sound mark, first shape mark, etc, protecting IP and raising awareness in close association with bodies like INTA, ECTA and FICCI, Safir has now launched the IPFeast festival celebrating homegrown brands. He is a published author and works with various stakeholders – government of India, Indian Parliament, members of erstwhile princely states and industry bodies – to trace lost legacies.
tactical advice on handling global trade mark portfolios, advising on brand guides, providing advice on brand adoption, monetisation, protection and enforcement, drafting and negotiating various contracts, advising on various commercial transactions, advertising law and related disputes.
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