Rahul Chaudhry & Partners is a leading intellectual property rights law firm with a distinguished reputation of providing trusted legal solutions and comprehensive advisory services to its clients for over 40 years.
With a team of 57 vibrant lawyers, managed by 16 proficient partners, the firm has been practising with three offices in India – Delhi, Gurugram and newly opened office in Mumbai – providing thoughtful and reliable intellectual property solutions to its clients in various practice areas related to, among others, intellectual property rights, trademarks, copyrights, patents and design and dispute resolution.
Firm History The firm was established in the 1983 and was renamed as Rahul Chaudhry & Partners on 1 July 2018, as a result of structural changes in the firm ownership.
Team and Practice Areas With a dedicated team of experienced attorneys, patent agents and scientific, engineering, and life sciences experts, the firm advises a diverse and large set of domestic and global clients in contentious and non-contentious matters relating to various intellectual property assets.
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.
