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Technology & AI Law
Contracts, data protection and AI policies for products that handle other people’s data.
- IT Act 2000
- DPDP Act 2023
- Open source
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01 / Practice area
Intellectual Property
A name, a codebase, a design and an invention are all assets, but only if the paper says they are yours. We help you register them, license them and, where it comes to that, enforce them.
What it includes
The work, in plain terms.
01
Trade mark search, filing, prosecution and opposition
We search the register before you commit to a name. We file under the Trade Marks Act, 1999, answer examination reports, and act for or against a mark in opposition and rectification proceedings.
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Copyright
Registration and assignment under the Copyright Act, 1957 for software, content, databases and creative work. Ownership clauses that actually vest the work in the company.
03
Patents and industrial designs
Advice on whether an invention is patentable under the Patents Act, 1970, whether a design can be registered under the Designs Act, 2000, and how to sequence the filings.
04
Licensing and assignment
Trade mark, software and content licences. Assignments drafted to survive a diligence review.
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IP due diligence
Before a funding round or an acquisition, we check who owns what, and whether the documents say so.
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Enforcement and IP disputes
Cease-and-desist notices, negotiated settlements and, where needed, suits for infringement and passing off.
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Domain name disputes
Complaints under the UDRP for generic domains and under the .IN Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy for .in names.
Who it is for
This work is for people whose value sits in what they have made or what they are called.
- Founders naming a product or company
- Businesses that commission software or content from outside developers
- Companies about to raise money or be acquired
- Owners whose marks or work are being copied
Typical matters
- 01Clearing and registering a brand name before launch
- 02Responding to an examination report or an opposition
- 03Repairing the chain of title where a freelancer wrote the code
- 04Licensing software or a mark to a distributor
- 05Sending, and answering, notices for infringement or passing off
- 06A dispute over a .in or .com domain name
Relevant law
- Trade Marks Act, 1999
- Copyright Act, 1957
- Patents Act, 1970
- Designs Act, 2000
This page describes the area of practice in general terms. It is information about the firm’s work, not legal advice, and it does not create a lawyer-client relationship.
Related areas
Often part of the same matter.
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Disputes & Litigation
Courts and tribunals in Jharkhand and Maharashtra, and the Supreme Court. IP and technology first.
- IP suits
- Injunctions
- Supreme Court
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Startups & Venture
From incorporation to term sheet. The documents a company needs to be fundable.
- DPIIT recognition
- ESOPs
- Shareholders’ agreements
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06 / Contact
Write to us about what you are building.
Send a short note on the business and the issue. Sending a message does not create a lawyer-client relationship.