The Lawyer Network is delighted to announce that Pravin Anand of 'Anand and Anand' has joined the Lawyer Network. Pravin has joined the Lawyer Network as our exclusive Intellectual Property member in India.
Practice area industry focus:
Intellectual Property, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Career highlights: Pravin Anand, managing partner of the Firm, completed his law studies in New Delhi in 1979 and since then has been practicing as an advocate and a patent and trademark attorney.
He has been a counsel in several landmark IP cases involving the first Anton Piller Order (HMV cases); the first Mareva Injunction Order (Philips case); the first Norwich Pharmacal Order (Hollywood Cigarettes case); Moral rights of Artists (Jatin Das case); Recognition for Pro-Bono work for rural innovators at the grass root level' (National Innovation Foundation Award - Govt. of India); India's first framing case (TATA diamonds case); First order under the Hague Convention (Astra Zeneca case) and the most recent big ticket Patent litigation cases filed against Novartis, Pfizer and Roche.
He is the chairman of the IPR promotion advisory committee (IPAC) constituted by the government of India, and IT committee set up by FICCI. He is the past president of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA India) and was director on the board of INTA from 2006 to 2008. He is currently President of both AIPPI and FICPI (Indian group). He has appeared as an expert witness before parliamentary committees to give evidence on amendments to trademark, patent and copyright laws.
He is a co-author of the two volumes of Halsbury's Laws of India on Intellectual Property and serves on the editorial board of several international IP journals. Author of India chapter in Copyright Throughout the World- WEST (Thomson Reuters).
He has spoken extensively at various forums including WIPO, AIPPI, INTA, LES, IBA, LAW ASIA and the UN Conference on LDCs in the Digital World.
- The prominent awards and accolades accorded to Mr. Anand recently include
- Best of the Best - (Legal Media Group Expert Guide)
- ILO Client Choice Award- India, 2012
- IAM Patents1000 Gold (2013) Category Lawyer
- ‘Star Litigator’ - Benchmark Litigation Survey (2013)
- "Highly Recommended Leading Lawyer" in intellectual property - Chambers and Partners (2013).
- ‘Leading Individual’ for intellectual property - Legal 500 (2014)
The Firm
Anand and Anand is a ranked among the top 25 IP practices in Asia. As a full service IP firm we protect, strengthen and develop critical IP assets and interests of clients from around the world. Our specialist Patent, Design, Trademark, Copyright, Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Customs and Borders Enforcement and Regulatory Approval departments are streamlined to create a synergistic blend to provide the best outcomes to our valued clients.
The firm has multi-disciplinary practice and provides competent and personalised advice on all aspects of coreconventional intellectual property laws as well nonconventional IP mandates.
We regularly deal with deal with protection of IP and prosecution of contentious IP matters in different forums including the Courts at all levels, the Patent Offices, the Trademark Offices, the Design Office and the Intellectual Property Appellate Board, and the WIPO and National Internet Exchange of India.
We balance commercial realities with legal pragmatism and draw on our well-honed expertise and instinct in the field, coupled with a profound understanding of intellectual property management in India. The firm has a keen interest in innovation and offers creative solutions that tackle the root and not merely the symptoms of a problem.
Culturally the firm thrives on challenges, creative thinking and constant improvement of its legal knowledge and skills. The spirited character of the firm is the keystone of its growth and expansion into new areas of IP which have been embraced with ease and zest. The firm remains committed to setting standards of excellence in the field and of impeccable services to clients.
We are proud to assert that we represent forty two of the hundred biggest brands in the world.
If you have a requirement in this area, please get in touch with Pravin directly or with the Lawyer Network committee:
Pravin's Profile
info@thelawyer-network.com
We welcome Pravin to the network and look forward to working with him on future transactions.
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