Gnanlex Associates LLP

THE FIRM

GNANlex Associates LLP is a premier intellectual property consultancy and legal advisory firm established in 2002 as ‘Gopakumar Nair Associates’, and providing high-quality legal and technical solutions for companies in the biotechnology, biomedical, chemical, engineering, health care, pharmaceutical, software and other knowledge-based industries. Our services currently also cover sunrise sectors such as AI/ML, medical devices, IOT and others. Founded by Dr. Gopakumar G. Nair, the firm provides support to wide range of companies for filing patents, domestic and internationally, as well as help start-up companies using technology licenses from universities and other research centres. The firm also helps its clients to identify and seize opportunities as well as diffuse threats to their intellectual prosperity.

In the year 2015, ‘Gopakumar Nair Associates’ established its sister concern ’GNANlex Associates LLP’ as an action of rebranding the firm’s identity and to meet the increasing demands of its clients in a more efficient manner. Though the firm is a twenty years old intellectual property firm, it has an unequalled ability and experience over established firms especially since we are at the right place at the right time and have grown amidst the fast-changing IP/Patent scenario in India.

GNANlex Associates LLP handles Intellectual Property matters on assignment basis as well as on retainership basis. The firm maintains a high level of confidentiality in its work as well as in its client relationships. The vibrant team of the firm is fully geared to protect client-confidentiality.

The firm offers peerless solutions to clients in the areas of intellectual property protection and enforcement. Their experienced and expert Senior Patent, Trademark and other IP Associates provide support to clients in many of the technical aspects of IP, TM and Patent practice.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Patent Non-Infringement Status (PNIS) and Freedom to Operate (FTO) certification is a priority area of the firm and its associate, Gnanlex Hermeneutics Pvt. Ltd. The firm is very active in Patent Prosecution in India whether for domestic, convention or for National Phase of PCT International filings. The firm is active in nearly fifty countries for National Phase filing of Patent Applications through its Associate attorneys in respective countries. The firm is also filing National Phase patent applications in India for overseas applicants, as per instructions from its overseas associates.

A major area of the firm’s operation is providing workaround solutions and to help in non-infringing process and product development. Corporate Consultancies on retainership basis is also undertaken by the firm.

Pre-grant Opposition to pending patent applications, Post-grant Opposition to recently granted patents, defending clients in infringement suits and injunction applications as well as filing counter-claim for revocation of patents are profusely undertaken by the firm. The firm also handles IP/Patent enforcement and infringement suits as and when instructed by clients.

Patent Filing/Prosecution, Trademark, Copyright & Design registrations, IP/Patent litigations, PNIS (Patent Non-Infringement Status) & FTO (Freedom to Operate) certifications are major activities of the firm.