Address:
B - 41, Nizamuddin East
New Delhi 110013 India
India
201301
Managing partner: Pravin Anand
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Number of partners: 33
Number of lawyers: 121
Network Memberships: INTA, CII, FICCI, AIPPI, APAA, IndiaIPA, NASSCOM
A full-service intellectual property law firm, Anand and Anand provides all-round IP solutions, its forte being - developing new law and precision-navigation of grey areas. The firm provides a comprehensive IP service encompassing protection, enforcement, advisory, licensing and litigation for patents, designs, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, domain names, geographical indications and more. Credited with lawsuits that have transformed the IP landscape in India, the firm’s litigation arm has decades of unmatched experience in dispute resolution. It has maintained a patent grant rate of over 93%. Its trademark team recorded 1800-plus successful trademark oppositions recently.
The firm has touched several highpoints in both prosecution and enforcement of IP. Some recent landmarks include - Vifor International v MSN Labs & Ors – India’s first judgement on Product-by-Process Patent; Nokia v Oppo – India’s first protem security order; InterDigital v Xiaomi – India’s first Anti-Anti suit injunction; Successfully enforced personality and publicity rights of Bollywood actors Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff against any misuse including by misuse of generative AI and dark pattern; Engendered a landmark judgement on product-by-process patent (Vifor v MSN Labs). Clarification that the concept of plurality of inventions can be assessed based on the entire patent specification, not just the claim (Syngenta Vs Controller of Patents).
Ban against Super Cassettes Industries Ltd (T-Series) from using the titles “Tu Hi Aashiqui”, “Tu Hi Aashiqui Hai” or any other name which uses the mark “Aashiqui” for their films (Vishesh Films Pvt Ltd Vs Super Cassettes Ltd). Put an end to a 35-year-old trademark dispute over the mark ‘Toshiba’ after the court ruled that the Japanese entity Kabushikigaisha Tōshiba, is the real owner of the mark over an Indian entity called ‘Tosiba (Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba vs Tosiba Appliances Co). Reversed the Indian Patent Office’s decision rejecting a claim by Blackberry for its innovation which concerns a method for auto-selecting media files based on user preferences (Blackberry Limited v. Controller of Patents and Designs).
In a first of its kind collaboration between two US tech giants, Anand and Ananda advised and assisted Amazon Inc. and Microsoft Inc. on global tech fraud issues faced by them leading to Operation Chakra. We also have to our credit over 3,000 successful trademark Oppositions and have filed 6000 Patents in last two years with as many being granted/ registered.
To stay on top of disruptions, Anand and Anand has launched a Digital Group that focusses on AI, Data Protection, Gaming, Drones, Blockchain/NFT and related issues emanating out of exponential technological changes across industries. Our digital group recently highlighted the use of ‘dark patterns and AI’ in a matter concerning violation of personality and privacy rights of Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor.
Committed to spreading the message of IP, the firm continues to take unique initiatives such as the ‘N K Anand Indian Science Competition’ to promote understanding and love for STEM and related fields in the youth.
The firm also brought to life the hologram of India’s first Nobel laureate Sir C V Raman.
Given the firm’s commitment to IP, Anand and Anand continues to top leading benchmarking tables.
Pravin Anand
Managing Partner & Head of Litigation
Awarded the AIPPI Award of Merit, INTA’s President’s Award, recognised as the “Most Innovative Lawyer” by Financial Times and the first Indian to be inducted in the IAM IP Hall of Fame, Pravin Anand has an experience of appearing in over 3000 cases and successfully resolving many hundreds in over 45 years of his practice as an IP lawyer.
Mr Anand has strengthened India’s IP jurisprudence with practice encompassing all facets of IP. To his credit are patent lawsuits that have transformed the pharmaceutical and bio-technology enforcement regime in India including Merck Vs. Glenmark; Roche Vs. Cipla; the Monsanto case; and a large number of other suits on behalf of Pfizer, BMS, AstraZeneca, etc.
He has broken new grounds in Indian IP jurisprudence with India’s first Anti-anti-suit injunction (InterDigital v Xiaomi); landmark judgement on Product-by-process patent (Vifor v MSN Labs); India's first pro-tem security order in favour of Nokia; Nokia-Lenovo multi-technology multi-year agreement; Software Patent law suit conferring protection (Ferid Allani case); development of damages culture in large number of cases that recognized not only punitive, but compensatory, exemplary and aggravated damages (Philips Vs. AmazeStore); India’s first post-trial SEP judgment (Philips Vs. Bhagirathi); development of unique remedies such as the “Tree Planting Order” (Merck case); and order benefiting adolescent girls (Hermes case).
Recognised as India’s IP trailblazer and a “living legend” by leading publications, Mr Anand’s distinguished career includes India’s first Anton Piller order (HMV Gramophone Case); India’s first Mareva injunction order (Philips Case); India’s first Norwich Pharmacal order (Hollywood Cigarettes Case); Pioneer Overseas Corporation Case paving the way for DNA testing for disputed IPR in plant variety; India’s first order under the Hague Convention for collecting overseas evidence in India (AstraZeneca Case), and the Glenfiddich case against McDowell protecting trade dress in India,
With his significant understanding of trademarks, he has secured declarations of well-known status for several trademarks like 3D shape of ZIPPO, Red-sole of Christian Louboutin India's first image mark (Hotel Taj) etc.
The long list of landmarks he has engendered would be incomplete without the mention of Najma Heptulla v Orient Longman case that brought up interesting questions of joint authorship under the Copyright Law; the Amarnath Sehgal Case involving the Vigyan Bhawan Mural, which had been distorted by the Indian government and ended in the sculptor being protected through his moral rights of integrity, and the Bandit Queen Case, the first of its kind where a woman bandit called Phoolan Devi received protection for her Right of Privacy by the deletion of certain objectionable portions in the film Bandit Queen.
In addition to his regular practice, Mr Anand writes for ‘Halsbury’s Laws of India on Intellectual Property’; Famous and Well-known Marks, An International Analysis (Legislative history and analyses of national laws) published by International Trademark Association; besides a large number of Chapters in International IP Publications like GTDT, AsiaIP, MIP etc. Outside court, he engages with the larger community to spread the message of IP through N K Anand Indian Science Competition The Raj Anand Moot Court Competition since 1997; ‘Anaryst’ - an IP Board Game; ‘Brainchild - First IP-themed play; ‘Adventures of Mr. IP’ - an IP Comic; and ‘IPONOMICS’ - a Coffee Table Book. He is also a profound orator and regularly speaks at various prestigious forums delving into some of the most burning issues concerning the IP owners and the jurisprudence.
CAREER/ WORK HIGHLIGHTS
Of the numerous landmarks under his belt, some notable ones are:
Vifor International v MSN Labs & Ors – India’s first judgement on Product-by-Process Patent
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