IP Expert

Overview

A senior partner at Anand and Anand, Vaishali R. Mittal has 22 years of experience advising and representing clients as an IP litigator and strategist.  

Known as the leading light in SEP space, Mittal has been involved in a large number of complex standard essential patent cases – all landmarks. Some of the recent ones include Koninklijke Philips v. Maj (Retd) Sukesh Behl & Anr.; India’s first judg ment on product-by-process patent (Vifor v. MSN Labs); India’s first pro tem security order (Nokia v. Oppo); India’s first anti-anti-suit injunction (Interdigital v. Xiaomi); a decision equating species patent with selection patents (AstraZeneca v. Natco) and the landmark judgment on issue of claim constructions (ITW v. Dabico). She was the strategic mind behind the Nokia-Lenovo Multi-year, Multi-technology Patent Cross-license Agreement. Mittal also has to her credit transformative patent lawsuits in the pharmaceutical sector.  

With many well-known trademark declarations behind her, Mittal recently pushed the bar higher securing the personality rights of celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan (Amitabh Bachchan v. Rajat Negi) and Anil Kapoor (Anil Kapoor v. Simply Life India). 

Outside of court, Mittal works on spreading the message of IP with nuanced articles in leading international publications, speaking at conferences on Responsible AI and creates knowledge legacy with creatives such as IPONOMICS, a picturesque coffee table book co-authored by her compiling legendary IP matters, and Origami, an in-house knowledge manual on best practices and procedures of IP practice in India for law firms and companies.