Intellectual property boutique Inttl Advocare is a well-known name among peers and clients for its heavyweight litigation practice. It is headquartered in New Delhi with a branch office in Mumbai. Eminent IP litigator Hemant Singh runs the firm and has handled more than 2,000 cases over his three decades of experience in all elements of IP – from trademarks and patents to copyrights and industrial designs. He has worn multiple different leadership hats at prestigious India IP associations and committees over the years and he played a pivotal role in the matter where the Supreme Court extended the term of Justice Manmohan Singh as the chairman of Intellectual Property Appellate Board for another year. The firm has featured in several landmark IP judgments delivered by the Indian courts. Managing partner Singh and senior partner Mamta Rani Jha are the firm’s key intellectual property litigators.
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Work highlights
Represented Novartis in securing a patent for an invention which relates to a blockbuster drug for hypertension and heart failure. The judgment is of great significance as it clarifies the scope of rights of a pre-grant opponent and the procedure to be followed by the controller in handling pre-grant oppositions and examination of patent applications.
Engaged by Société des Produits Nestlé for an appeal against the order of the Controller of Patents after it refused its patent application on the ground of non-patentability and non-compliance of amendments made to the claim under a section of the Patent Act.
Defended Radiant Indus Chem in a case relating to a suit for infringement of and passing off of a trademark.
