Mr Essenese Obhan > Obhan & Associates > New Delhi, India > Lawyer Profile
Obhan & Associates Offices
N-94, Second Floor
Panchshila Park
NEW DELHI
110017
India
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Mr Essenese Obhan
Work Department
Intellectual Property, TMT (Technology, Media and Telecom) and Litigation
Position
Managing Partner; Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Design, Plant Variety Protection and Litigation
Career
Essenese Obhan is a managing partner and heads the IP practice at Obhan & Associates. Mr. Obhan is a lawyer and patent agent with a degree in mechanical engineering. His expertise includes contentious and non-contentious matters in the software, mechanical, pharma, chemical, plant variety, and telecom sectors. He has drafted, prosecuted, and litigated cases in the mechanical, chemical, pharmaceutical, software, telecommunication, and agricultural sectors. He has also been at the forefront of several high-stakes IP licensing and litigation matters in India, including- representing the Indian seed industry in their licensing dispute concerning genetically modified seeds, representing various Indian mobile manufacturers in their SEP discussions with SEP owners. He advises many companies, including some from the Fortune 500 and India’s leading businesses, on developing and managing their patent portfolios, IP strategy, and licensing.
Mr. Obhan represents India on committee’s of various national & international IP forums including APAA, INTA, AIPPI and FICPI.
Essenese Obhan has been recognised as leading lawyer for Intellectual Property by:
- Chambers Asia Pacific: Asia’s leading lawyer for business since 2009
- Managing Intellectual Property: IP Star since 2010
- IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners since 2013
- The Legal 500: Asia Pacific as Leading Lawyer since 2016
- India Business Law Journal A-List: India’s Leading Lawyer 2021-22
- IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists since 2019
- IAM Global Leaders in 2020
- Asia Law Leading Lawyers as Distinguished Practitioner for Intellectual Property since 2021
- WTR 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals in the year 2023
Languages
English
Memberships
FICPI, INTA, APAA, AIPPI, AIPLA, ECTA, GRUR & MARQUES
Education
LLB, BE Mechanical
Lawyer Rankings
India > TMT
Recommended for its ability to provide ‘very personal, focused attention’ to its clients and their issues, Obhan & Associates is active across a myriad of areas including crypto, publishing, data protection and tech litigation among its core streams of work. The practice is spearheaded by Essenese Obhan and Ashima Obhan; the former assists clients with the full gamut of IP issues and is capable of handling complex disputes, while the latter is particularly noted for their strengths in data protection and privacy and is active across the publishing and media industries.
India > Intellectual property > Intellectual property
(Leading partners)Headquartered in New Delhi, Obhan & Associates is headed by managing partner Essenese Obhan who is best known for his track record of guiding clients through the gamut of contentious and non-contentious matters such as infringements, passing off and copyright disputes. Other key contacts include Aparna Kareer, experienced in drafting and prosecution of patent applications, both within India and beyond it, Charul Yadav , who deals contentious mandates in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and chemical spaces and Sneha Gandhi, who assists with global patent portfolios, including drafting, oppositions and prosecution. Sought out by an impressive client base of Fortune 500 companies, universities, start-ups, domestic and international clients looking for assistance with trademark prosecution, infringements and trademark portfolio management, Mehak Dhingra is also recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners India > Intellectual property > Intellectual property
- Intellectual property India > Intellectual property
- TMT India