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With a rich legacy of 40 years, Rahul Chaudhry & Partners is a leading intellectual property rights law firm with a distinguished reputation of providing trusted legal solutions and comprehensive advisory services to its clients. Having an experienced and proficient team of approximately 73 lawyers, including 15 partners and a support staff of more than 110 employees in three locations, Rahul Chaudhry & Partners is swiftly expanding to become one of the foremost legal advisory practices in India.

The firm has a dynamic business solution practice aimed at providing clients with comprehensive legal advisory services and solutions in multiple practice areas, across all industrial sectors. The firm was established in the year 1983 as Lall Lahiri Salhotra│ LLS by it’s founders – Amar Raj Lall, Monisha Lahiri and Anuradha Salhotra.

In July 2007, the management was taken over by Mr Rahul Chaudhry, who is among one of the most “pre-eminent names” in intellectual property law in India.

Mr Chaudhry acquired 100% ownership rights in LLS | Lall Lahiri & Salhotra on 31st March 2013 and as part of the said transition, the name of the firm was changed from LLS | Lall Lahiri & Salhotra to Rahul Chaudhry & Partners.

Rahul Chaudhry & Partners With a dedicated team of experienced and proficient attorneys, patent agents, scientific and engineering experts, life sciences experts and, with the offices at three locations, advises a diverse and large set of domestic and global clients towards contentious and non-contentious matters relating to various IP assets such as trademarks, copyrights, patents, geographical indications and design, plant varieties and biodiversity. Our services include IP analytics, strategy, innovation management and protection, IP and Non-IP litigation, operational strategies and data protection, domain name disputes, third party negotiations/investigations, due diligence for acquisitions/divestitures, anti-counterfeiting and anti-infringement actions, global filing strategies and corporate IP transactional agreements. Apart from Indian IP laws, the firm also advises and assists its clients regarding the protection of their IP rights in neighboring jurisdictions such as Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Maldives etc.

The firm has a reputation for providing exceptional legal services and is renowned for its commitment to excellence. The firm offers detailed and individual advice for protecting its client’s ideas, innovations, complex development, and know-how. The firm supports its clients in obtaining such protection by handling all facets of IP-related work, including creation, management and protection of large-scale IP portfolios, enforcement, transactions including licensing, assignments and acquisitions, monetisation, strategy and planning for long-term IP optimisation.

The firm’s comprehensive range of legal services is custom designed to meet clients’ needs and exceeds their expectations. The firm has a young team of fervent and erudite lawyers skilled and experienced in all fields of law. In addition to being proficient in tackling all kinds of complex legal problems, its team has extensive experience in navigating trademark, patent, copyright, and design law in India and internationally, as well as a widespread network of associates which enables them to protect the IP rights of their Indian clients across the world.

Over the years the firm has developed a unique skill set, specialising in the prosecution, enforcement and litigation of IP rights in India as well as several other jurisdictions, offering reliable legal counsel to both national and international clients. The firm has been responsible for IP portfolios of some of the largest names among Fortune 500 companies and has assisted a large number of clients before the courts, as well as in quasi and non-judicial forums. The firm’s commitment to provide legally and strategically sound advice to clients is what sets it apart.

Rahul Chaudhry, the managing partner of the firm, has carved a niche for himself by becoming a leader in the practice of IP in India. His comprehensive repertoire in management and enforcement of IP rights, extensive experience in assessing strategic innovation and legal implications enables him to advise his clients (Indian and overseas) on a range of issues and transactions relating to IP prosecution, enforcement, litigation strategies, portfolio audits, due diligence for acquisitions / divestitures, developing strategies for acquiring, enforcing, maintaining and assigning IP,  copyright, unfair competition, investigations , negotiations vis-a-vis prior third party rights, implementing global filing strategies, corporate IP transactions agreements. Mr Chaudhry considers business sensitivities and goals while crafting comprehensive intellectual property protection and enforcement strategies, both short and long term, so that clients can secure and maximize the value of their critical intellectual property assets. This has earned him and the firm immense trust of global industry giants in assisting them in protecting and furthering their business goals. Under his leadership, the expansion of the firm has been all-encompassing, covering a tremendous increase in the client base, revenue, prestige, as well as the size of the firm. Recently, on May 15, 2023, our firm’s newest office was inaugurated in Mumbai. The expansion of the firm’s services to such a prominent location within India had always  been a part of Mr. Chaudhry’s vision and Rahul Chaudhry  & Partner’s  third office has now been successfully set up to extend its  services to new clients and industries across India as well as internationally, making it one of the foremost legal advisory practices in India.

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