The winner of Asia IP’s 2025 India IP Awards National IP Firm of the Year is Anand and Anand. The firm is one of the oldest and largest full-service IP law firms in India, and is known for taking on almost any complex intellectual property challenge. The firm is led by managing partner Pravin Anand, who was the recipient of the International Trademark Association’s (INTA) prestigious 2021 President’s Award. Recently, the firm became the first to flag off corporate governance issues in an IP dispute between Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels and Lodha Developers; successfully obtained registration of a moving trademark for a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer and of a shape mark for an American biopharma company; instrumental in registering exclusivity of various Geographical Indications pertaining to textiles; and working with many homegrown unicorns including Nykaa, Flipkart, Hike, Pine Labs and Freshworks. Anand and Anand also represented Novartis in a pre-grant opposition of its patent application by Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance due to lack of inventive step, non-patentable subject matter, insufficiency of disclosure and non-compliance of Section 8 of the Patents Act. The opponent relied on six prior art documents for the ground of lack of inventive step. Novartis was able to uphold the validity of its patent application and eventually obtained the patent grant.  

Runners-up in the National IP Firm of the Year category, in alphabetical order, are K&S Partners and Remfry & Sagar, two firms that challenge Anand and Anand for the top spot in most intellectual property rankings

K&S Partners made its name through prosecution work, and today is one of the country’s top IP firms, with more than 140 IP professionals and 260 staff members working in offices in Bengaluru, Chennai, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune and New Delhi. The firm continues to handle prosecution work, as well as advisory work (including searches, opinions and analysis), protection work (such as anti-counterfeiting actions, border enforcement and litigation) and transactional work, including due diligence in M&A transactions, licensing and other transactional support. The firm has developed a strong practice focused on specific technology and science disciplines, and is also recognized for the work it does with IP policy and the drafting of legislation. The firm frequently collaborates with the Government of India and key industry chambers to raise awareness about IP through various initiatives. Ravi Bhola is the firm’s managing partner, Latha R. Nair heads the firm’s trademark practice, Anupam Trivedi its patent practice and Sanjeev Tiwari its litigation practice. 

As it approaches its 200th anniversary in 2027, Remfry & Sagar has frequently set the benchmark for legal services in the realm of intellectual property. The firm advises more than 8,000 clients, including leading businesses and Fortune 500 companies, as well as start-ups, policy-makers and government enterprises. The firm’s legal team of 95 professionals and 155 support staff is well-noted for its competency in both IP prosecution and litigation, and a group of corporate law experts is on board to advise on commercial matters. Managing partner Ashwin Julka leads a team of accomplished professionals, including trademark chair Samta Mehra, patent chair Pankaj Soni, and partners Cyril Abrol, Debashish Bannerjee, C.A. Brijesh and others. The Supreme Court of India recently ruled in favour of the firm’s client, holding that in cases of continuing IP infringement, urgency is inherent, and therefore, the exemption from pre-institution mediation required under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, squarely applies. The court said that “each day of continuing infringement aggravates injury to intellectual property and erodes its market standing.” 

Ashwathh Legal is led by managing partner Prabhu Tandon, a noted litigator associated with an extensive array of civil, commercial and criminal litigation in India. Over the past many years, Tandon has been associated with some of the leading IP cases in India and has also been actively involved in high-stakes trademark- and copyright-related litigation in the Delhi High Court. The firm today counts some of the best Indian companies, as well as multinational companies, among its clients apart, and frequently advises startups on IP matters. It continues to grow strategically by adding new practice areas such as media and entertainment (especially around content protection and anti-piracy) and data privacy and protection, among others. It successfully advised Zee Entertainment Enterprises in a matter in which its sound recordings and underlying works were used by another company despite the expiration of a license agreement between the parties. 

Established in March 2021 in Chennai, KRIA Law prides itself as being a fully digital firm with cloud-based internal and external interactions and transactions and top-of-the-line software for IPR portfolio management, among others. MS Bharath, a seasoned litigator, strategist and counsellor in the field of IP and the firm’s founder, is another former Anand and Anand lawyer who is seeing success on his own; he is serving on the International Trademark Association (INTA) Board of Directors for the 2024-2026 term. The firm has successfully earned several rulings in the Madras High Court, including Britannia Industries Limited’s trade dress protection for Good Day Butter Cookies, Godrej’s defense against disparaging advertisements on Goodknight and trademark infringement dispute for Junior Kuppanna, Veda Corporate Advisors, Bharat Matrimony and others. It recently established a dedicated patent department, led by Sachin Maocha, marking a significant milestone in its evolution. 

Priya Rao and Associates is a boutique law firm providing tailor-made solutions for matters related to IP and IT, specializing in civil and criminal litigation, trademark prosecution and opposition, and patent, copyright, design, GI, customs and IP strategies. The firm’s partners firm have decades of local and global experience in these fields under their belt as well as in-depth knowledge of markets and enforcement procedures, assuring clients around the world of premium end-to-end legal solutions to their intellectual property issues. Founder Priya Rao has over two decades of experience advising and representing Fortune 500 Companies in India and internationally. The firm has conducted prior availability searches and prosecuted several IRDI applications. Rao says the firm has recently taken over trademark prosecution for Caterpillar Inc. in India and other south Asian countries.  

Under the leadership of Gunjan Paharia, ZeusIP has grown from a one-person shop to a highly respected and ranked firm. Paharia’s expertise extends to patents, trademarks, dopyright and industrial designs, and includes obtaining registrations, counselling on protection, enforcement and management of IP assets and representing clients in IP litigation in courts across India. She also has extensive experience in prosecuting trademark and patent applications, and managing clients’ portfolios, in India and neighbouring countries of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan. The firm has recently represented Red Bull seeking a permanent injunction against the proprietor of the Red Bull Health Club & Multi Gym in Kerala before the Delhi High Court, which granted an ex parte interim injunction restraining the defendant from using the Red Bull trademark and logo in any manner. Managing partner 

Anand and Anand has a history of successful efforts in the IP enforcement trade. The firm is noted for its advice in both civil and criminal proceedings, its ability to stem to flow of counterfeits and its ability to recover meaningful damages. It has a highly effective customs team, as well. The firm works for a collection of the world’s best companies, including those in apparel, electronics and consumer goods, automotive, IT and software and pharmaceutical goods. Partner Saif Khan heads the enforcement practice. 

Beruar & Beruar caters to a wide client base, from Fortune 200 companies to start-ups spanning IP-rich industries. Founded by Rahul Beruar, the firm successfully represented India Today Group, the media brand operating the leading national news channel AAJ TAK. Beruar & Beruar initiated trademark infringement proceedings against a news platform which operated under the infringing mark AAJ TAK WATCH. The firm secured an injunction against the defendant restraining them from using the infringing mark and secured removal of the infringing website and social media platforms. The firm represents numerous software companies, including Hexagon, Bentley Systems and Foundry Visionmongers, managing their enforcement campaigns in India; it has initiated more than 100 litigation or pre-litigation proceedings. It is also actively engaged in online copyright enforcement on behalf of publishing clients, including Bloomsbury India, and has issued more than 100 cease and desist notices against infringers across various web platforms. Additionally, the firm assists Kohler in enforcement of their trademarks and is representing the client in various civil and criminal enforcement proceedings before district courts and the Delhi High Court. It conducts IP enforcement and anticounterfeiting campaigns across the country for clients across diverse industry sectors.  

New Delhi-based Inttl Advocare is a full-service IP firm established in 1991 by noted litigator Hemant Singh. The firm’s clientele includes leading brands in foods and beverages, liquor, garments, cosmetics, FMCG, computer software, pharmaceuticals and other sectors. The firm has advised a represented a client for an infringement of trademark and passing off case filed before the Delhi High Court along with application for grant of interim injunction in a Rs20 million (US$240,000) case. It has represented Novartis in various suits. In one of these, the firm achieved a significant milestone by securing a final interlocutory injunction order against a generic drug manufacturer concerning a selection patent for the compound Ceritinib for Novartis. This noteworthy accomplishment not only highlights the firm’s legal prowess but also underscores its ability to navigate complex patent litigation successfully. It has also represented a pharmaceuticals company in a writ petition filed before the Bombay High Court challenging an order passed by the Intellectual Property Appellate Board, and represented an author in a suit before the Delhi High Court for enforcement of author’s special rights under the Copyright Act in relation to scientific research papers. 

Rahul Chaudhry & Partners is a full-service law firm formed 35 years ago in Delhi and today led by Rahul Chaudhry. In the past year, the firm has handled numerous enforcement actions, including domain name complaints before the National Internet Exchange of India and the WIPO; customs matters before the customs authority in India and south Asian countries, including filing applications to record clients’ marks with Indian customs and collaborating with customs authorities to detain counterfeit product consignments and prevent their importation; and anti-counterfeiting measures, by conducting raids at the premises of third parties resulting in the seizure of sizeable quantity of counterfeit products and raw materials. The firm also conducted training sessions for customs officials aimed to sensitize officials about the clients’ marks and combat the import of counterfeit products.  

Based in Gurugram, RNA, Technology and IP Attorneys has an enforcement team made up of specialist IP lawyers, investigators and other IP professionals. Clients say that the firm is skilled at determining the most appropriate course of action before advising on enforcement strategy. Over the past decade, the firm has handled more than 500 IP infringement and counterfeiting cases in a wide range of industry sectors, from pharmaceuticals to IT and electronics and clothing and FMCG to luxury goods. The firm recently acted for Puma in seeking a permanent injunction restraining infringement of trademark, passing off, damages, delivery up before the Delhi High Court against Pasco Sports, which was engaged in manufacturing and marketing footwear and filed several trademark applications for registration of deceptively similar marks and owned the domain name www.pamasports.com. The court granted an ex parte interim injunction and appointed a local commissioner to visit the defendant’s premises, where 350 pairs of infringing sports shoes and 35 bags bearing the PAMA mark were seized. Pasco has since changed its mark to ZAMA. Firm founder Ranjan Narula says the firm’s success rate, in both preliminary injunction applications and final judgments, is over 90 percent.  

If there’s a high-profile intellectual property case in India, there’s a good chance that there’s an Anand and Anand lawyer involved. Pravin Anand is an acclaimed litigator who has a bookcase full of landmark cases of his own, including the Ferid Allani case, which paved the way for software patenting in India; the Christian Louboutin case, which protected the “red sole” as a single-colour trademark; and Philips v. Bhagirathi, India’s first standard essential patent case, which recognized principles like FRAND and granting damages to the plaintiff. Litigation partner Vaishali Mittal is widely known for her own high-profile battles in the SEP realm, as well as many other important Indian patent cases. 

K&S Partners is a leading litigation firm, handling patents and designs, trademarks, copyrights, geographical indications and plant variety matters in courts across the country. The firm acted for Ashirvad Pipes Private Limited (APPL), the proprietor of the registered trademark Ashirvad. The company filed a suit before the City Civil & Sessions Court in Bengaluru against Singla Traders and its proprietor, Mr. Harsh Kumar, seeking, inter alia, a permanent injunction against the sale of infringing products (water storage tanks) bearing identical and infringing marks “Ashirvad” and “Ashirwad”. The court granted an ex parte ad interim injunction in favour of APPL, which remained in force during the pendency of the suit. The suit was uncontested by the defendants, and based on the evidence led by APPL, the court decreed the suit in favour of APPL. The team, led by Sanjeev Tiwari, is involved in litigation matters in the New Delhi, Bombay, Ahmedabad and Madras High Courts. 

Remfry & Sagar boasts separate IP litigation and patent litigation teams. Its patent litigation team has pioneered patent litigation in India’s post-TRIPS regime, advising, and acting on behalf of, leading international pharmaceutical companies on seminal matters, including Section 3(d) of the Patents Act and the issue of compulsory licensing. It has also been heavily involved in telecom disputes involving FRAND licensing agreements in standard essential patents. Its IP litigation team has expertise in trademarks, copyright, designs, GIs and domain names. The firm is known for a business-friendly focus on managing exposure to risk and providing solutions to complex litigation. Recently, the Supreme Court of India ruled in favour of the firm’s client, holding that in cases of continuing IP infringement, urgency is inherent, and therefore, the exemption from pre-institution mediation required under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, squarely applies. The court said that “each day of continuing infringement aggravates injury to intellectual property and erodes its market standing.” 

Kolkata-based S. Majumdar & Co. has acted for generic drug makers Natco Pharma and GM Pharma in patent proceedings against AstraZeneca before the Delhi High Court. The patent group is manned with professionals in diverse areas of technology including engineering, telecommunications, software, electronics, chemistry, pharmaceuticals, life sciences. Founding partner S. Majumdar is a well-praised practitioner and an expert in patent matters. Aside from patents, the firm also handles trademarks, industrial designs, copyright and trade secrets and has ventured into domain disputes, licensing, investigations and litigation. The firm has been involved in 53 trademark litigation matters in the past year, and 37 patent litigation matters.  

Singh & Singh was founded by Maninder Singh and Prathiba Singh in 1999, both of whom have been elevated to the position of senior advocate; Maninder Singh is a former Additional Solicitor General of India. The firm was one of the first firms in India involved in enforcing FRAND-encumbered patents related to the telecommunications sector; it currently represents various multinational clients in disputes pertaining to enforcement of standard-essential patents and related competition issues. It also represents various pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies (both innovator and generic) in a large number of patent infringement disputes pending before various High Courts and the Supreme Court, and handles patent litigation pertaining to various sectors such as textiles, chemicals/pesticides, industrial equipment, electronics, automobiles, the mechanical industry, storage units and packaging materials. 

Anand and Anand is regularly one of the top filers in the country in all aspects of intellectual property, from patents and trademarks to copyrights and geographical indications. The trademarks prosecution, contractual IP and commercial IP practice is led by senior partner Safir Anand. It has filed more than 3,000 new trademark applications across sectors, gaining around 2,000 registrations. Anand and Anand recently secured well-known status for 11 marks belonging to various leading Indian and international companies – all on the same day. These marks that have been entered in the register of well-known marks maintained by the Trade Marks Registry and includes marks for U.S.-based pharma giant Abbott Laboratories, ecommerce platform Nykaa and comfort apparel manufacturer Jockey International. Also on the list are marks belonging to various companies of the Tata Group such as the Tata logo, Vivanta of the Indian Hotels Company, Titan of Titan Company Limited and Tanishq, the Tata-owned jewellery brand. Japanese multinational Bridgestone Corporation also had its Bridgestone mark declared well-known. 

K&S Partners filed 649 trademark applications from domestic clients and 256 from foreign clients. It filed more than 800 domestic patent applications and more than 4,500 foreign patent applications in a recent year. The firm advised APEDA, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority, on the use of the word basmati. Pursuant to filing of a notice of opposition, an office action was issued informing the applicant that the term basmati is not registrable since it reproduces the protected geographical indication of India for the rice called BASMATI, protected in its country of origin and required them to delete the term Basmati from their mark and from the filing name. In another case, an applicant in Karnataka, ICH Creative Consulting, was using and applied for registration of the mark ICH NEXT, the firm’s client. The firm successfully stopped the applicant through a cease and desist notice. 

The patent practice group at LexOrbis has more than 120 patent attorneys representing clients from industries including automotive, aerospace, biotechnology, biosimilars, computers, chemical, consumer products, defence equipment, electrical and electronics, information and communication technology, software and mobile apps, media and entertainment, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, seeds and agro-chemical products, food and beverages, fashion, sports, and publishing houses. It filed more than 7,500 domestic patent applications and more than 400 applications for international clients in the past year. The firm’s trademark practice team at LexOrbis has more than 40 attorneys experienced in partnering with brand owners and advising on the entire IP lifecycle from selection to enforcement; it filed more than 1,000 domestic trademark applications and more than 300 applications for international clients in the past year. 

IP powerhouse Remfry & Sagar is a go-to firm for multinationals in India. The firm handles the full spectrum of prosecution of intellectual property, taking into account local regulations, long-term enforceability criteria and the commercial objectives of its clients. Remfry & Sagar is noted for its proficiency in search procedures and opposition and cancellation proceedings, handling registration formalities, and ensuring post-registration maintenance, including renewal and restoration of trademarks. The firm boasts a large team of attorneys, trademark agents, paralegals and legal assistants who can help with portfolio creation and management, and in filing and prosecuting before the trademark office; on the patent side, the firm is proficient in filing and validating rights, with a team dedicated to docketing instructions and timelines, and ensuring compliance with all procedural formalities. 

IP specialist R.K. Dewan & Co. handles both contentious and non-contentious work. The firm is one of the largest filers of domestic Indian patent applications. Principal Mohan Dewan has more than 40 years of IP experience; Niti Dewan heads the firm’s patent practice. The firm represents more than 4,000 clients of all sizes and most fields, including software, automobiles, heavy engineering, chemical engineering, defense equipment, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, nanotechnology and food packaging technology. In September 2025 alone, the firm successfully achieved 28 patent grants, 39 trademark registrations, 26 design registrations and five copyright registrations for clients in India and abroad. It also noted that 55 trademark applications were published in the Trademarks Journal, as well as 87 oppositions resolved in its clients’ favour. 

Anand and Anand handles complex transactions including IP assignments, licenses, IP valuation for mergers and acquistions and advising on business entry. It also is heavily involved in media and entertainment work, handling sync licenses, providing production counsel for film and TV and publicity rights licensing for image and voice. It serves clients including major Indian and international brands; companies in life sciences, tech, FMCG and entertainment; and other clients seeking guidance on market entry and IP portfolio exploitation. 

Leading full-service firm AZB Partners has offices spread across Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Pune. The firm offers “highly client-oriented” services, says a client who entrusts it with trademark work. In addition to its traditional IP filing and prosecution work, the firm is perhaps better known for its IP transactions and licensing work, including drafting and negotiating IP licenses, co-branding, co-existence, franchising and technology transfer agreements, and for conducting audits and assessments for investments (PE/VC), M&A, and other corporate transactions, focussing on brand strength and protection. It has been noted for handling complex IP aspects in large PE/VC deals, like advising Warburg Pincus on The Good Glamm Group, and for working with global companies like Bayer, Dell, Amazon, Starbucks, VF Corporation, and Skechers. 

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas traces its lineage to Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co. The firm has more than 625 lawyers, including 100 partners, including Arun S. Prabhu, who is noted in particular for his transactions work. His transactional work involves enabling complex technology procurement and outsourcing contracts, and software development and licensing arrangements. Recent key transactions have involved assisting Equinix Inc., Adaniconnex Private Limited, Tata Digital Limited, Hinduja Global Solutions Limited, Sequoia Capital, Warburg Pincus, SBI General Insurance and several large banks and financial services institutions and private equity investors in India with key technology transactions. The firm has offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Singapore, Abu Dhabi and in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City at the International Financial Services Centre in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.  

Commercial law firm Khaitan & Co. has a well-respected IP practice with offices across India. The firm’s clients include Tata Group Companies, Novartis, Amazon, Godrej Group, Menarini Asia-Pacific Holdings, CK Birla Corporate Services and Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL). It is particularly noted for its cross-border IP work, with a well-deserved reputation for transactional work and licensing agreements. Partner Shailendra Bhandare has a keen interest in transactional matters; in addition to his work advising multinational and domestic conglomerates, including Fortune 500 companies, on trademarks, copyrights, designs and technology-related matters, he also advises on IP diligence, patent transactional matters, IP licensing matters, technology transfers, and media and entertainment contracts. He is also part of the firm’s TechReg group which focuses on technology-related matters. 

Full-service Naik Naik & Co. is based in Mumbai, offering advice on IP, dispute resolution, finance and corporate matters. Founder and managing partner Ameet Naik is a litigator across a host of sectors, with a spotlight on media and entertainment work. The firm handles IP-related transactions like licensing, assignments and commercial deals involving IP assets, alongside corporate, TMT, and dispute resolution, where it advises on complex IP strategy and enforcement, including high-profile digital/NFT cases.  

Ahlawat & Associates (A&A) is a member of Globalaw, which gives the firm a global network. Managing partner Uday Singh Ahlawat focusses on commercial and corporate work, including technology transfer and IT/ITES matters. Gaurav Bhalla heads the IP, technology, online gaming and data protection practice areas. The firm has a particular expertise in both online and offline sports law matters, where it excels in handling sponsorship, licensing and merchandizing. It also assists clients in transactional matters involving licensing and assignment of their intellectual properties, such as drafting, reviewing and negotiating of relevant agreements. 

Aishani Partners is an IP boutique handling trademarks and copyrights, designs and patents, data and privacy and IP litigation, as well as international IP portfolio management and commercial legal matters. The firm is led by managing partner Aditi Verma Thakur, formerly of Ediplis Counsels, whose practice encompasses a wide array of specialized services, licensing. She is adept at conducting risk analyses and regularly advises on commercialization strategies such as licensing and franchise arrangements, technology and software licensing, vendor and consulting agreements, joint ventures, work-for-hire agreements, development collaborations, endorsement agreements, content licensing, and production arrangements. 

Established in 2008, Fidus Law Chambers is a boutique IP law firm in Noida. Its client portfolio includes Fortune 500 corporations and multinationals as well as small and medium enterprises and startups. The firm’s contractual and commercial IP practice is focused on delivering end-to-end legal support in drafting, negotiating, and enforcing commercial agreements involving intellectual property. Its lawyers work closely with clients across industries, including technology, media, retail, pharma, fashion, and manufacturing, to develop contractual strategies that ensure maximum value from intellectual property assets. Its team is noted for its work to ensure that legal documentation addresses key commercial terms, territorial scope, ownership rights, royalty models, renewal mechanisms, sublicensing rights and termination triggers. 

Krishna & Saurastri is a full-service IP firm that puts a focus on provide top-notch, affordable services to its clients. Partner Anshul Sunil Saurastri is noted for his work on patent, trademark and design application preparation and prosecution, as well as his litigation work. The firm’s other name partner, Sunil Krishna, is particularly noted for his work in trademark prosecution and IP counseling, particularly in the development of IP portfolios, licensing and joint ventures; he now serves the firm in a senior consultant role. 

Pharma, biotech and life science domains represents at least 30 percent of the total patent filings at DePenning & DePenning. The prosecution of these inventions is ably handled by an excellent team of patent attorneys combining scientific expertise, legal acumen and client-focused strategies. Some of the representative technology sectors where the firm’s patent filings are focused include pharmaceuticals, medical devices, nanomedicine, specialty chemicals, genomics, personalized medicine, regenerative medicine, environmental and earth sciences, metallurgy, biosciences and bioengineering, agrochemicals, materials and manufacturing, and microbiology to name a few. The firm serves clients who are specialists in a wide range of science and technology. It has undertaken work in end-to-end services covering search, drafting, filing of patent application, prosecution, opposition and appeal, litigation, assignment and agreement, watch and other services to universities, traditional industries and emerging companies specializing in emerging technologies. 

DSK Legal was established in 2001, and today has more than 300 fee-earners, including 66 partners and associate partners. The firm assists clients in navigating regulatory frameworks governing biotechnology and genetic research, including approvals from regulatory bodies; in securing patents for biotechnological inventions and genomic discoveries; and in considering the ethical implications of biotechnological research, including compliance with ethical standards and public policy considerations. Nakul Batra led a team that represented and advised HealthQuad Fund-II in its investment in Beta Drugs Limited, a listed entity, through the subscription of equity shares and compulsory convertible debentures. Beta Drugs is engaged in the manufacturing, distribution and sale of pharmaceutical products across domestic and international markets, specializing in oncology-focused formulations. 

Based in the National Capital Region, SKS Law Associates is highly-focused on life sciences work, employing multiple lawyers with advanced degrees in chemistry, plant sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, phytotherapeutics, agrichemicals, and plant breeding and crop genetics. The firm is led by managing partner Guriqbal Singh Jaiya, who brings the firm 45 years of experience at both the Government of India and at the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva. Partner Daisy Sharma specializes in life sciences and pharmaceuticals work, as does senior associate Mahima Bisht, who holds a doctorate in microbiology. The firm mourned the passing of its founder, Sunita K. Sreedharan, in 2024. 

Ira Law was established in July 2018 by former Anand and Anand senior partner Binny Kalra and four other lawyers, all of whom were previously lawyers at Anand and Anand: Abhilasha Nautiyal, Aditya Gupta, Kruttika Vijay and Raunaq Kamath. The firm focuses on intellectual property laws, litigation and dispute resolution, insolvency and winding up, transactional advice, competition law, consumer protection laws, data privacy and protection, and media and advertising. It represented Google in a Google Ads litigation and a trademark proprietor in relation to infringement of a certification trademark relating to barcode numbers. The firm has represented some of the world’s largest companies and Indian ecommerce unicorns on cutting edge issues in AI, online gaming and NFTs and has helped define the contours of direct liability, intermediary liability and compliance with India’s current and proposed IT laws through litigation. The firm regularly engages with government bodies and participates in stakeholder consultations. 

Lall & Sethi is noted for its comprehensive expertise in intellectual property law, including trademarks, copyrights, designs, patents, confidential information, and trade secrets. The firm offers a complete suite of IP services, such as filing and prosecution of applications, oppositions and cancellation proceedings, renewals, licensing, franchising, IP audits, and enforcement of rights through civil, criminal or administrative measures. It has significant expertise in IP litigation, including disputes related to patents, trademark infringement, and trade secrets in various courts across India with a proven track record of successful outcomes. Over the past year, the firm has made significant strides in expanding its operations and enhancing its service offerings, including an international expansion by establishing branch offices in Colombo and Kathmandu, which the firm says will allow it to offer localized IP services in Sri Lanka and Nepal. 

Ahmedabad-based Y.J. Trivedi & Co. is noted for handling complex IP matters locally, nationally and internationally, and boasts a team with members coming from varied backgrounds, including chemistry, engineering, biology and law. The firm also has offices in Mumbai, New Delhi and Beawar, Rajasthan. Senior partner Jatin Trivedi has been practicing both as an advocate and as a patent and trademark attorney since 1999. Senior partner Gopi Trivedi leads the firm’s patent division and is a certified patent valuation analyst.  

H.K. Acharya & Company was established in 1977 in Ahmedabad, and is one of the region’s most visible firms. Led today by the personable Rajeshkumar Acharya, the firm has a reputation for quality work. Acharya holds an M.S. in chemistry and a doctorate in pharmaceutical chemistry, and is registered to practice before the Indian and Canadian patent and trademark offices. Harsha R. Acharya is the firm’s managing partner; she brings an in-depth understanding of business strategies. The firm has branch offices in Mumbai and in three smaller cities in Gujarat: Vadodara, Rajkot and Morbi. It also has a representative office in Mountain View, California. 

IP specialist Parker & Parker was the first ISO 9001:2008 Intellectual Property Law Firm in India, an award the firm attributes to its commitment to achieving professional excellence, reliability, thoroughness, consistency, transparency, fairness, and timeliness in providing services of the highest quality. Managing partner Dinesh Parmar specializes in trademarks, patents and corporate law; senior partner Amee Parmar specializes in trademarks and copyright law.  

Full-service law firm Indus Law joined the CMS legal network in May 2025 and is now known as CMS IndusLaw. has offices in Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad. The firm advises on IP protection, advisory, cross-border IP registration, litigation and dispute resolution, anti-counterfeiting actions, transactional IP, commercialization and valuation support. Suneeth Katarki, one of the firm’s four founding parters, is a key contact for IP matters, while Avimukt Dar, another founder, advises on data protection, ecommerce and fintech. 

Krishnamurthy & Co, also known as K Law, is a full-service law firm with more than 85 lawyers. Nikhil Krishnamurthy heads the firm’s intellectual property and media and entertainment divisions at K Law; he has considerable experience in IP litigation, prosecution, licensing and enforcement matters and has managed the IP enforcement campaigns of leading luxury and pharmaceutical brands and software companies. He has represented a wide array of clients in the media and entertainment and IT industries, including music publishers, collecting societies, authors and composers, radio stations, film production houses, record labels, actors, performing artists, fashion designers, models, intermediaries, and internet market platforms. 

Chennai-based Rajendra Law Office handles client matters related to licenses, patents, trademarks, distribution, copyright, technology transfers, franchises and trade secret projects. 

Savitha Kesav Jagadeesan leads the IP practice at Kochhar & Co., one of India’s leading commercial law firms. The firm has represented footwear maker Bata in sending an infringement notice to the creators of the movie Jolly LLB 2 for using the name of the company and “damaging its reputation.” The firm has also advised Amaraja Batteries, tubing manufacturer Roll-Kraft and Godrej-Boyce. In the past year, the firm, which prides itself on being solution-oriented and mindful of client expenditures, has increased its work with NFTs and artificial intelligence, as well as developing ways to protect alternative technologies.  

Established in 1896, Fox Mandal possesses an unparalleled legal tradition of being the legal advisor for the East India Company and the successive Governments of the Presidency of Bombay. The firm has offices in India, the UK and Bangladesh with representative offices in important cities in India. It has 400 lawyers including 50 partners in its legal team. The firm has been assisting Samsung Electronics in prosecuting patent applications in India on various technologies such as telecommunication and mobile technologies, and has also been advising Emmvee Photovoltaic Power, a solar solutions producer, in protecting, registering and maintaining its IP portfolio. 

Founded and headquartered in Kolkata, L.S. Davar & Co. is a full-service intellectual property law firm founded in1932; it operates today as one of the oldest IP law firms in India, led by chairman and patent lawyer G.S. Davar. The firm protects and enforces portfolios for a wide variety of clients, including Fortune 500 companies across many sectors, and the Indian government and government entities. The firm boasts an average client retention rate of more than 30 years, and operates from offices in New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. The firm has recently assisted a client which attempted to register a trademark at the Indian Trademarks Registry, which found a prior registered identical trademark. The firm approached the proprietors of the prior registered identical cited trademark, negotiated on behalf of its client and obtained a letter of consent from the other party so that the proprietors of the identical cited trademark and the firm’s client can co-exist and operate under the same mark for their respective goods. Further based on the letter of consent, the firm was successful in obtaining an acceptance order from the Indian Trademarks Registry in the subject application.