We provide the following Intellectual property services :
Trade mark / Service mark
- Trademark search & advising on the register ability of Trademark / Service Mark.
- Naming consultation
- Filing and prosecuting trademark applications in India
- Filing International trademark application as per Madrid protocol by claiming priority
- Registration of a Trademarks or Service marks in a specific country / export market.
- Filing EU community trademarks or countries who are member to regional agreements.
- Filing replies to office objections
- Attending Show cause hearings
- Prosecution (oppositions, rectifications and hearings)
- Trademark portfolio management
- Take over and registration of trademark applications not prosecuted by us
- 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
- Advising on various legal strategy and action to be taken
- Cease & desist Trademark legal notice
- Providing facility for Alternative dispute resolution/Arbitration and conciliation.
- Litigation in case of infringement, passing off or any kind of unfair competition.
- Assignment and Licensing.
- Post Grant Opposition and defence.
- Trademark watch services
- Due diligence
Industrial Design
- Conducting official and online searches.
- Preliminary advice on the register ability of Industrial design.
- Filing and prosecution of Industrial design in India and various countries
- Filing responses to office actions
- Legal advice on infringement of design
- Cease & desist legal notice
- Providing a facility for Alternative dispute resolution/Arbitration and conciliation.
- 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 patents by paying annuities.
- Legal opinion on infringement issues/Patent infringement analysis
- Cease & desist legal notice
- Filing oppositions and revocations
- Providing a facility for 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 and commercialization support for potential patents.
- Post Grant Opposition and defense
- Due diligence
Copyright
- Consultancy in matters of Copyright.
- 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 an anti-piracy enforcement campaign
- Organizing 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.
Managing IP Transactional Issues and Agreements/Trade Secrets
- Preparing Commercial contracts and agreements related to Intellectual property licensing and assignment.
- Technology transfer agreements
- Franchisee agreements
- Vetting of agreements and contracts
- Litigation arising from breach of agreements
- Arbitration arising from breach of agreements
- Partner searches
- Competition watch services
- Due diligence in relation to potential partners.
- Surveillance & investigations;
- Recording of Assignments at both the pre-registration stage and post-registration stage;
- Recording of Licenses.