With over 11+ years of versatile experience in Intellectual Property Law matters (Trademarks, Patents,Copyright, Industrial Design)- Amit handles the intellectual property needs of Large multinationals and Fortune 500 companies as well as small businesses and individuals across a wide range of industries across the globe.
Amit assists clients in obtaining and protecting their trademarks, patents, copyrights and designs in India as well as in South Asian jurisdictions, through a network of preferred agents. His practice primarily includes preparing and filing applications for registration of trademarks, patents, copyrights & designs, drafting and filing responses to office actions, obtaining registration of trademarks, trade-dress and service marks at the TM Office, trade-name registrations, GI Registrations.
Amit has successfully prosecuted a range of regular and specialized types of trademark applications, including collective marks, certification marks, priority marks and textile marks. He also assists in filing for and obtaining registration of copyrights and industrial designs and also attend hearings at the Trademark Office, Copyright Office, Patent Office, Designs Office and the IPAB.
In addition, Amit handles contentious administrative proceedings at the Trademarks Office, Copyright Office, Designs Office, NIXI (National Internet Exchange of India), and the IPAB (Intellectual Property Appellate Board). This includes drafting and reviewing notices of opposition and cancellations, counter statements to notices of opposition, affidavits by way of evidence. He advises clients in strategizing negotiations carried out with adversaries and on structuring successful and profitable settlement, and drafts undertakings and settlement agreements. He attends hearings at the Trademarks Office, Copyright Office, NIXI, Designs Office and IPAB in relations to contentious matter proceedings
