Intellectual property in Sri Lanka

‘Sudath Perera Associates has been our professional & trusted partner for IP enforcement/protection services. The firm is able to provide timely & professional advice while offering a flexible fee structure which is critical to our programme’s success during the challenging time’.

‘Sudath and Nathaya have always been able to provide advices and proposals which fit our budget constraints. Moreover, they are able to offer the most effective strategies to tackle against infringers’.

‘The team provides innovative solutions and is always available to the clients. Manoj is very knowledgeable in this area of law and very efficient with the services‘.

‘Compared to other firms they have a good and competitive team. They are well experienced in the specific areas. When it comes to fees they always ensure fair charges for the service’.

‘We normally contact Chamindi Ekanayaka for all our trademark matters. Compared to others we have worked with over the past years she is professional, very cooperative, organised, dedicated and puts her full potential into the work assigned to her’.

‘The team is very reliable and capable of handling various IP matters. During Covid times, they put extra effort to provide us with services. Chamindi Ekanayaka is our key contact person. She has vast experience and always provided us with advice and services in a timely manner‘.

‘Nithya Partners has a highly skilled team for both trademark prosecution and litigation. They are very professional in their approach and very easy to work with. Chamindi Ekanayaka is our contact and she had been handling our trademark portfolio for years. Chamindi attends to our searches, fillings and hearings promptly. She can be contacted easily and also provides us necessary instructions whenever necessary‘.

‘Our dealings with D.L. & F. De Saram have been very rewarding. They have an excellent team of partners who are always available to help and assist clients. All financials are very transparent and any additional charges were always informed to us beforehand so we never had any surprises by way of hidden costs‘.

‘The team is equally efficient, cooperative and willing to go the extra mile to help speed up transactions as well as being flexible and accommodating. Working with them is always a pleasure because they understand our requirements and are willing to accommodate our time schedules as well‘.

‘Great industry knowledge. Very professional. Timely completion. Issues are resolved immediately‘.

‘D. L. & F. De Saram handled my trademark registration swiftly and was prompt in handling the paper work. Information was shared via email and I only visited the office once to place my signature on the forms. Furthermore they were very transparent and precise with answering my queries. I was updated right throughout till the trademark registration was executed’.

‘Dunya Peiris was the person who singlehandedly handled my company’s trademark registration. She was extremely efficient and meticulous in doing so‘.

‘Very friendly and catered to our requirements promptly‘.

‘The D L & F De Saram team is a group of absolute professionals who carry out the work with comprehensive dedication. The team that advised me was well versed with all the technical legal regulations and guided me astutely in my decision making‘.

‘The team I worked with was available to me 24/7. They would answer my calls immediately and where relevant would revert with the necessary information and guidance promptly. In particular, the services I received from Hasanthie Manukulasooriya was outstanding and very professional in execution‘.

‘John Wilson is an excellent law firm for intellectual property matters in Sri Lanka. The opinion provided by the attorneys is comprehensive and complete in all aspects. Furthermore, the turnaround time for the opinions is commendable while keeping the quality of the advice at a very high level‘.

‘We have worked closely with Sameendra Perera. She is able to come up and suggest viable and innovative solutions to the queries. She is one of the most approachable associates we have had the pleasure of working with‘.

‘Great firm; great team. Very responsive and professional’.

‘They are responsive and are our ‘go-to’ team for intellectual property matters in Sri Lanka’.

‘Michael Paiva is a responsible person overseeing the matters that we entrust them with’.

‘The firm surely has a deep knowledge and expertise about intellectual property practice in the country, including recent updates. Mr. Michael Paiva always proactively updates us on the work in progress, also on the recent situations in the country that may impact on our interests‘.

‘The team is prompt and provides tailored solutions to complex trademark issues. Surani Wickramaratna is extremely dependable and provides practical and clear advice in the most complicated trademark matters‘.

‘The Intellectual Property Division of Varners is a dedicated team who gives timely and well thought out advice. They are a service oriented and friendly team and attends to our work in a prompt manner. I would recommend this team‘.

‘Excellent IP knowledge not only of Sri Lanka, but also of the region. Extremely proactive, clear explanations. Mahinda Haradasa, Surani Wickramaratma, among others are excellent. Personal attention to IP matters they are handling, very thorough in their approach, clear responses‘.

‘The support by their junior law as well as senior lawyers was tremendous. They stood by me step by step especially at the start when I couldn’t believe what I had to face and they never let up. They were very encouraging. To me this would be their greatest strength. I think attention to detail and caring about their clients is their USP. Trehani and Sahan were my team and they had my back every single time. They were very supportive- I couldn’t have asked for a better team‘.

‘We have been working with Varners on a regular basis in relation to various aspects of trademarks practice viz. search, filing, prosecution, oppositions, renewal, assignments, etc. Varners has been professional and efficient in handling our matters‘.

‘We have been highly impressed with our association with the team at Varners so far. The team ticks all the right boxes, highly professional, they are customer service orientated, diligent, responsive and dedicated to our clients. The legal advice is technically superior to their competitors in Sri Lanka, and their understanding of the commercial objectives of our clients and how to achieve them is exemplary. The team’s legal knowledge, attentiveness to our client’s matters especially stood out for us. We are confident that the legal services provided by Varners are leaps and bounds ahead of the other local firms‘.

‘We have been working very closely with Mahinda Haradasa and Sahan Perera on our client’s matters. Mr. Haradasa’s leadership ability is evident in all meetings, as is his keen legal acumen and commercial insight into the matter at hand, this is also reflected in the quality of his team. Mr. Perera has handled much of the correspondence between our firms on the matter, and has been highly professional and incredibly responsive throughout. He is clearly committed to the best interests of our client, and his legal abilities are also impressive‘.