Creating, protecting and monetising intellectual property.

ANM Global’s Intellectual Property practice comprises lawyers, patent agents and investigators providing end-to-end IP support across filings, prosecution, enforcement and advisory. The team handles searches, national and international filings, prosecution, litigation and enforcement (civil and criminal), anti-counterfeiting actions, portfolio management, IP transactions and due diligence across trademarks, patents, designs and copyright.

The Firm is a member of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA), the International Trademark Association (INTA) and the Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG), among other professional bodies, and supports client requirements in more than 60 jurisdictions through established international relationships.

The practice and its partners have been recognised by publications including WTR, Legal 500, Managing IP, Benchmark Litigation, Asia Law, IBLJ and ALB.

COPYRIGHTS

• Registrations in India and internationally

• Ownership structuring and chain of title advisory

• Licensing, assignment and commercialisation of copyright

• Content advisory, enforcement and cancellation proceedings

DESIGNS

• Searches (India and internationally) and filing of design applications

• Registration of designs

• Journal watch and portfolio monitoring services

• Infringement, validity and freedom-to-operate opinions

• Enforcement, cancellation proceedings and renewals

TRADEMARKS & SERVICE MARKS

• Searches (India and internationally) and clearance

• Title and brand selection advice

• Filing and prosecution of trademark applications in India and internationally, in coordination with foreign associates

• Opposition, revocation and appeal proceedings

• Journal watch, portfolio monitoring and renewals

PATENTS

• Comprehensive patent searches with analysis and legal opinions

• Drafting of patent specifications

• Filing and prosecution before the Indian Patent Office and under the PCT, coordinated with foreign associates

• Pre-grant and post-grant oppositions, including observation submissions and ex parte and inter partes proceedings

• Invalidation and revocation proceedings

• Post-grant services, including renewals and statements of working

LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION

• Civil litigation for infringement of IP, including passing off actions

• Writ petitions and appeals from orders of patent and trademark authorities

• Criminal enforcement for trademarks and copyrights, including anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting actions

• Alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation

MADRID PROTOCOL

• Filing and management of international registrations 

• Coordination with foreign counsel and national offices across designated jurisdictions

• Responding to office actions and managing objections across jurisdictions

• Portfolio management and post-registration compliance

IP COMMERCIALISATION

IP Policy

• Establishment and implementation of institution-wide IP policies

• Setting up and structuring corporate IP cells

IP Valuation

• Technical valuation

• Legal valuation

• Commercial valuation

IP Audit

• Inspection and review of IP portfolios

• Preparation of audit and assessment reports

IP Transfers & Cross-Border Structuring

• Due diligence, structuring and negotiation 

• Assignment, Licensing & Franchising

• Mortgaging and transmission

• Cross-border structuring and licensing arrangements

• Structuring of royalty frameworks and revenue-sharing arrangements

Strategic Partnerships

• Identification of partners for assignments, licensing and joint ventures

COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS

• Business transfers and strategic restructuring

• Technology transfer and commercialisation arrangements

• Software development and technology services agreements

• Joint ventures and collaboration arrangements

• Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements

• Vendor, distributor and manufacturing arrangements

IP TRAINING & EDUCATION

• Workshops and seminars for corporations, trade associations and government entities

• Lectures and academic engagements with law schools, engineering colleges and universities

DIGITAL ENFORCEMENT

• Social media enforcement and platform takedowns

• Monitoring and enforcement across digital platforms

INTERNET DOMAIN ISSUES

• Domain name strategy, registration and portfolio management

• Domain disputes, including UDRP and related proceedingS

Who We Advise

Multinational corporations and global brand owners
Indian conglomerates and promoter-led businesses
Technology, digital and platform companies
Pharmaceutical, healthcare and life sciences companies
Media, entertainment and content businesses
Consumer, retail and luxury brands
Manufacturing and industrial companies
Start-ups and high-growth businesses
Investors, private equity and venture capital funds
High-net-worth individuals and creators