The details of Intellectual property services are as follows:

Trade mark / Service mark -

• Trademark search.
• Advising on the register ability of Trademark / Service Mark
• Filing and prosecuting trademark applications in India
• Filing International trademark application as per Madrid protocol by claiming priority
• Filing trademark applications in individual countries
• Filing EU community trademarks
• Prosecution (oppositions and hearings)
• Registration of a Trademarks or Service marks in India or worldwide.
• Preparations of Trademark caution Notices / other warning notices to be published from time to time.
• Maintenance of a Trademark, ie., periodical payment of renewal fees, recording the changes of ownership of Trademark / Service mark etc.
• Legal advice on infringement of a trademark, passing off or any kind of unfair competition
• Cease & desist legal notice
• Alternative dispute resolution/Arbitration and conciliation.
• Litigation in case of infringement, passing off or any kind of unfair competition.
• Assignment/ Licensing.
• Post Grant Opposition and defence.
• Due diligence.

Industrial Design

• Conducting official and online searches.
• Preliminary advice on the register ability of an industrial design.
• Filing and prosecution of an Industrial design in India and various countries
• Filing responses to office actions
• Legal advice on infringement of design
• Cease & desist legal notice
• Alternative dispute resolution.
• Litigation in case of infringement.
• Drafting of assignments
• Recordation of assignments
• Due diligence
• Renewals
• Civil and criminal enforcement against infringement/piracy.

Patents

• Patent prior art search
• Freedom to operate (FTO) searches
• Preliminary advice on the patentability of an invention.
• Drafting provisional and complete specifications (Ordinary/PCT/USPTO/Convention) applications
• Filing and prosecuting PCT national phase entry in all designated countries
• Patent illustrations
• Patent watching/monitoring
• Patent landscapes
• Preparing responses to office actions
• Maintenance of patent by paying annuities.
• Legal opinion on infringement issues/Patent infringement analysis
• Cease & desist legal notice
• Filing oppositions and revocations
• Alternative dispute resolution/Negotiating and settling patent disputes.
• Litigation in matters relating to patent rights/defending against allegations of infringement.
• Drafting assignment and License agreements.
• Monetization of potential patents.
• Post Grant Opposition and defence
• Due diligence

Copyright

• Consultancy in matters of Copyrights.
• Registration of Copyrights.
• Advice/opinion on non- infringement and infringement issues
• Cease & desist legal notice
• Alternative dispute resolution.
• Litigation in matters touching Copyright and related rights
• Assignment and licensing agreements
• Cancellation proceedings
• Civil and criminal enforcement against piracy
• Conceptualizing and designing anti-piracy enforcement campaign
• Organising and conducting anti- piracy enforcement campaign

Domain Names

• Legal advice on infringement of Domain names, passing off or any kind of unfair competition.
• Alternative dispute resolution. providing solutions for and resolving domain name disputes on behalf of clients facing cyber-squatting, online infringement and other related issues.
• Litigation in case of infringement, passing off or any kind of unfair competition .Prosecuting domain name complaints under the UDRP, before the WIPO Arbitration centre and under the .IN Registry / National Internet Exchange of India (NiXi) as well as domestic courts.
• Managing domain name portfolios on behalf of clients which would include registration and sale of domains, tracking of renewals, transfers etc.

Managing IP Transactional Issues and Agreements/Trade Secrets

• Preparing agreements and Licenses such as non-disclosure agreement, employer-employee agreement, confidentiality agreements, assignments, license agreement etc.
• Technology transfer agreements;
• Franchisee agreements;
• Vetting of agreements;
• Litigation arising from breach of agreements;
• Arbitration arising from breach of agreements;
• Partner searches;
• Due diligence in relation to potential partners.
• Surveillance & investigations;
• Recording of assignments at both pre-registration stage and post registration stage;
• Recording of Licenses.