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Mrs Sangeeta Goel

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Sangeeta is a specialized and one of the oldest practicing IP attorneys in India. She is now well known in the IP fraternity and within various industries as a pioneer in Intellectual Property Right Laws in India.

The firm was founded by her with the objective of becoming the most preferred law firm amongst all the other able colleagues. Under her stewardship, the Firm grew manifold and became a quality name to associate with. Due to her farsightedness, the firm has crafted its niche in the domestic as well as the international market and acquired many important mandates from both markets.

Sangeeta has rich and varied experience, spanning almost 35 years in the legal fraternity. She has been associated with some of the most revered names in the legal arena, where she has headed IPR teams/departments. Illustratively, she was retained as an IPR consultant by Nestle India for their IP portfolio.

Sangeeta has worked with over 200 foreign associates around the world and is well known in the international legal circles. She introduced India and its IP needs to many well-known and now large-sized firms in Europe, North America and South East Asia.

Sangeeta specializes in Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright and Design. She has been the lead counsel in many landmark judgments, which have laid down significant principles of law in IPR.

Sangeeta is actively involved in diverse contentious and non-contentious aspects of intellectual property law including devising IP protection and enforcement strategies, oppositions and cancellations, commercial exploitation of IP rights, border protection & enforcement, and other general aspects of IP law

Over the years, she has been personally responsible for esteemed portfolio’s like Mars, Nike, Department of Atomic Energy, Indian Oil Corporation, Coke, Nestle, Indian Institute of Technology, Sintex Industries, Pernod Ricard, Novartis AG, Bennett& Coleman Co. Ltd. (TIMES GROUP), Dabur Group, Modi Group, Godfrey Philips India (GPI), HCL, Wizcraft Entertainment, & Wave Group of Companies, to name a few.

Sangeeta is one of the oldest practicing Patent Agents in India. She herself specializes and looks after patenting inventions in the field of biotechnology. Her contribution in the field of patents has helped in the empanelment of the Firm with the Department of Atomic Energy (including 44 group/sister concerns), Indian Oil Corporation and Indian Institute of Technology.

She has been instrumental in the brand creation, brand management and strategic enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights for the Firm’s niche clients. Due to her overall domain-based knowledge of Intellectual Property Laws, Sangeeta has helped several organizations become LEAN IP Cells. Sangeeta also specializes in drafting and prosecuting patent applications worldwide.

Apart from rendering professional contribution, Sangeeta has been active in providing academic guidance to students of the IP subject. She has been an Associate Professor at the Indian Law Institute and Amity Law College on Intellectual Property Right Laws. She has also been associated with the Indian Law Institute as a visiting faculty member. She was chosen by the Government of India to give lectures on Intellectual Property Right Laws to judges of the lower/district judiciary.

Sangeeta has authored several articles which have been published in various IP journals, legal magazines (such as Lex Witness) and newspapers.

Position

Founding & Managing Partner

Career

• Member of the Supreme Court Bar Association
• Member of the Delhi High Court Bar Association
• Visiting faculty member of the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi (ILI)

Languages

English and Hindi

Memberships

• International Trade Mark Association (INTA)

Education

• LLB (Hons.) from Delhi University