The Legal 500

Anand and Anand is ‘clearly the leading firm in India in patent and trade mark matters’. Its offices in Chennai, New Delhi, Mumbai and Noida act for clients including DuPont, Microsoft, Cartier, Ford, Samsung, Toyota, and Nokia. Managing partner Pravin Anand is highly recommended.

Chadha & Chadha provides ‘good advice and case management’, and ‘appreciates the need for responsive and communicative levels of service’. It acts for clients including Arcelor Mittal Commercial, Tata Asset Management Company, and Olympus Corporation. Chetan Chadha is a ‘safe pair of hands’.

Boutique IP practice D P Ahuja & Co advises on patents, trade marks, and a range of IP disputes.

De Penning & De Penning has a ‘very good reputation’ in patent and trade mark matters. While its head office is in Chennai, it also advises clients from its Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai bases.

K & S Partners advises on patents, copyright and trade marks from its offices in Gurgaon and Bangalore.

Krishna & Saurastri is a ‘dependable and successful outfit’ with a strong forte in the technology sector.

Remfry & Sagar’s ‘well-respected’ team acted for Carlsberg India in a dispute with Radico Khaitan, and for Hawkins Cookers in a trade mark infringement matter with Murugan Enterprises. Ashwin Julka and Vikram Grover are recommended. Pankaj Soni was made up to partner in April 2012.

Saikrishna & Associates is known for its expertise in copyright, trade mark and patent work. Clients include Microsoft, Pfizer, and Star India. Managing partner Saikrishna Rajagopal is recommended.

Subramaniam Nataraj & Associates is highly recommended for its patent expertise.

From its base in Chennai, Altacit Global acted for Sakthi Masala on trade mark portfolio management matters, and for Vortex Engineering on worldwide patent and trade mark protection and litigation. Sudhir Ravindran is recommended.

Amarjit & Associates has offices in New Delhi, Zurich and New York, and commands an excellent reputation in patent and trade mark litigation matters.

Crawford Bayley & Co has expertise in copyright, design, trade mark, patent, franchising and licensing matters.

Khaitan & Co.’s Jose Madan heads the firm’s respected trade mark, patent and IP practice from Mumbai.

Parker & Parker Company is based in Ahmedabad and New Delhi, and advises clients in sectors such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, manufacturing, healthcare and telecommunications on a variety of patent, trade mark, copyright and design matters.

Archer & Angel’s recommended IP practice advises international and domestic clients on trade mark, design and copyright matters.

DSK Legal’s Mumbai office is the main base for IP matters, with a particular focus on litigation. Clients include Blue Dart Express, and Synergy Media and Entertainment.

Gopakumar Nair Associates (GNA) has a niche in the biotechnology, chemical, medical and pharmaceutical fields.

LakshmiKumaran & Sridharan is recommended for its expertise in patents, licensing, trade marks and copyright.

S Majumdar & Co’s IP practice is recommended.

Titus & Co advises on patents and trade marks for clients such as Angiotech Pharmaceuticals and Herbalife International.

Chandrakant M. Joshi is an IP specialist with offices in New Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Chennai.

DH Law Associates advises clients on contentious copyright, design and patent matters.

H. K. Acharya & Company is based in Ahmedabad and advises clients on contentious and non-contentious patent and trade mark matters.

Khurana & Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys clients are ‘impressed with the team’s constructive critical review of claims, and ability to come out with the best result at the most economical price’. It has represented a large number of foreign clients on patent prosecutions in India. Tarun Khurana is recommended.

Kochhar & Co advises on cross-border IP matters, with particular strength in patent filing and trade marks.

Kolloth & Co acted for Tata Elxsi on copyright matters. Anil Kolloth and Nataraj Gudekota are recommended.

Kris Law Chambers advises on patents, trade marks and copyright.

MKC & Associates is based in Kolkata, and is highly recommended for its litigation expertise.

R.K. Dewan & Co.’s expertise covers trade marks, patents, copyright and trade secrets.

S.S. Rana & Co. is recommended for copyright, design issues, patents, trade marks and technology transfer matters.

Singhania & Co’s expertise spans trade marks, IP, copyright and design matters.