IP Expert

Overview

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 5,000 cases and successfully resolving many hundreds more in over 46 years of his practice as an IP lawyer. He has also been recognised as one of the Top 20 Most Innovative Practitioners of the past two decades by the Financial Times, as part of the “FT Innovative Lawyers 20-Year Report” (June 2025). 

His recent landmark cases include transformative patent lawsuits in the pharmaceutical sector, such as Merck v. Glenmark and Roche v. Cipla. He has also made great strides in personality rights, exemplified by cases such as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan v. Aishwaryaworld.com & Ors., Anil Kapoor v. Simply Life India and Amitabh Bachchan v. Rajat Negi, to name a few. Notably, he secured India’s first judgment on product-by-process patents in Vifor International v. MSN Labs, established the country’s first anti-anti suit injunction in InterDigital v. Xiaomi, and first pro-tem security order in Nokia v Oppo. 

Beyond litigation, Anand is passionate about promoting IP awareness and has initiated the NK Anand Indian Science Competition and the Raj Anand Moot Court Competition, besides creating innovative educational tools like the IP board game Anaryst and the first IP-themed play, Brainchild.  

A leading advocate for Responsible AI, he has organized several conferences on AI, with the latest in Bhutan on Mindful AI, Just Laws, Better Lives.