IP Expert

Overview

At the top of her game, Archana Shanker is a zealous patent practitioner setting new patent narratives in Indian IP jurisprudence while heading the patents and designs department at Anand and Anand. 

Legally, scientifically and technologically savvy, Shanker is the go-to person for patent protection and enforcement, prosecution, pre-grant and post-grant oppositions, appeals, revocations and plant variety protection as she manages an extensive portfolio of patents. She leads an ensemble team of lawyers-cum-scientists, engineers, biotechnologists, chemists and physicists. As a result of the dual qualification and expertise, Shanker works, advises and strategizes extensively in litigation/adversarial proceedings.  

She has been a lead in cases returning noteworthy judgements like Monsanto’s Supreme Court order, the Ferid Allani case, and cases for Pioneer Overseas Corporation, Novo Nordisk, Roche, Merck, Sterlite, etc. 

With over three decades of dedicated practice in prosecution, litigation and opposition across industries from pharmaceuticals to life sciences, software, ICT, telecom, mechanical, electronics and biodiversity, Shanker has earned an unparalleled reputation in the patent and in the larger IP sphere. 

Speaking of Shanker, IAM says, “Archana Shanker’s ability to advise on patent matters of near infinite variety sets her apart as one of the best-rounded private practitioners. She has a faculty for complex prosecution and litigation, and has cultivated strategic wisdom having handled many matters of first impression in India.” 

Domestic and international clients trust her understanding of the key drivers of the industry and the science behind them. Business-minded, cost-conscious and a thought leader, Shanker is ever-ready to take challenges head-on and shift paradigms.