Anand and Anand Advocates is a highly regarded boutique law firm in India noted for its team of leading litigators who retain a standout reputation in cutting-edge patent and trade mark disputes, as well as copyright issues. The firm is experienced in intellectual property filings and prosecutions, and also provides advice on contractual and commercial IP matters. The team is well-versed in a range of sectors, including life sciences and IT, and offers additional strength in handling cases relating to plant varieties.

Key practice areas: Patents and Designs, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Trademarks, Copyrights, Plant Variety and Bio-Diversity, Media and Entertainment, Advertising and Product Liability, Packaging and Labelling, Art and Fashion,  Essentiality evaluation, Franchising, Sports Law, Brand Strategy, Geographical Indications, Competition Law, Contractual and Commercial IP, Trade Secret, Licencing and Customs.

It caters to widest array of domestic and international big-ticket clients from leading luxury to consumer goods brands, bio-tech, pharma to tech majors to name a few. The firm’s litigation arm has decades of unmatched experience in dispute resolution. It records a patent grant rate of over 93% and 1800-plus successful trademark oppositions in a year. Key partners hold leadership positions in key industry bodies like INTA.

With vision of ‘360 degrees IP & Beyond’, the firm has many firsts to its credit including paving way for software patenting, India’s first post-trial SEP judgement or complex species-genus patent issues and is consistently regarded as the best by MIP, Vantage Asia, IAM, Asia IP, Chambers and FT.