Trademark & Patent – (Prosecution & Litigation)

Ms. Sharma is a Law Graduate as well as a Science Graduate (Chemistry) from Delhi University. She is the Senior most member of the Firm as she has been a part of it since past 13 years. Initially she started her career with trademark prosecution and thereafter; expanded to the IP litigation practice. Her forte has expanded to complex patent litigation in Bio-tech, Pharma and Chemicals sector. She has handled various high profile cases in the field of Patents, Biologics/Biosimilars, Data protection, Designs and trademarks. Ms. Sharma is an active member of INTA & APAA and has also been elected as an Executive member of AIPPI for Indian Group.

Trademark & Copyright – (Prosecution & Litigation), Anti-Counterfeiting, Domain Disputes

Sudeep Chatterjee obtained his law degree from Lucknow University in 2000 and also has done master’s in software development and software engineering. He handles all infringement matters relating to copyright and trademarks and domain-related issues including filing of UDRP complaints. He has handled various high-profile cases in the field of Copyright, Trademarks, Data protection, anti-counterfeiting and UDRP. He regularly conducts Civil and Criminal raids vis-à-vis Counterfeiting.

He was a part of the Parliamentary Standing Committees which was constituted to look into the Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010. He regularly gives advice to the DIPP on copyright related issues and is also on their panel.

He is the Secretary of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (Indian group) and is also a member of the Association’s Copyright Committee besides being a Council Member of APAA. Since the year 2008 he has been a part of the INTA Committees and has served in the Trademarks Committee as well as in the Non-traditional marks committee. Currently he is a member of the INTA Copyright Committee (2018 – 2019) and is also a member of INTA – India Global Advisory Council.

In the year 2015 he was awarded “Rising Star below 40” by Legal Era. WIPR has recognized him as “Leaders in Trademarks” for the years 2016, 2017 & 2018 while “Chambers & Partners” has ranked him as “Band 3 Intellectual Property Litigation Lawyer in India” for 2017 & 2018. He also got the Clients Choice Award for Copyright in 2018. He has also been ranked by ManagingIP as an IP Star for Trademarks for 2018-19.

Patent – (Prosecution & Litigation), Competition

She is a graduate from Delhi University with a B.Sc (Hons) degree in Physics. She completed her law from Delhi University and graduated in 2007. She has also done post graduate diploma courses in IPR law and Securities and Banking Laws. She heads one of the patent litigation team which primarily deals with the patent litigation and has handled various landmark cases. She has extensiveexperience in relation to disputes pertaining to the field of Standard Essential Patents. She has also experience of negotiating and executing FRAND licensing deal on behalf SEP owners.

Taxation

Mr. K.R. Pradeep is a Graduate in Business Management, a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, has practiced as a Chartered Accountant for 33years and presently practicing as an Advocate, who heads the newly set up Tax Law practice of Singh & Singh. He has secured 10th Rank in Bachelor of Business Management, 22nd Rank in Inter CA and 8th Rank in Final CA. Secured the Presidents’ Felicitation for scoring 100 on 100 in Advanced Accountancy in Final CA which is a fete unbroken till date. His practice includes litigation and advisory in Tax related matters, and he regularly appears before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Settlement Commission, and the like. He has dealt with litigations in practically all issues of the Direct Tax Laws. He has done pioneering work in Transfer Pricing and has dealt extensively on issues related to Domestic and International Tax, Corporate Taxation, Search Seizure & Survey and specializes in matters concerning Direct Taxes. He has been involved in several path breakin

Ashutosh Kumar is working with the firm as a Partner and he holds bachelor’s degrees in business administration and law. He has also done Masters in the field of Intellectual Property Laws from University College London, London where along with other branches of IP Law, he specialized in the field of Patent Law as well as in Competition Law and IP interface. He has joined the firm in 2012. His work profile includes Patent and Competition Law Litigation. He has worked on various highly contentious cases pertaining to the field of patents as well as competition laws which include amongst others Novartis vs. Union of India and Ericsson vs Competition Commission of India.

Lakshay Kaushik completed B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) from Amity Law School, Noida in 2015. He has worked previously in the fields of Civil Litigation, Criminal Litigation, and Dispute Resolution across all courts in New Delhi. He is currently working as a Sr. Associate at Singh and Singh LLP and is actively involved in litigation and advisory work with respect to Patents, Design, and Trademarks.

Sajan is an electronics engineer turned Lawyer. He completed his Law from Delhi University. Prior to joining law profession, he worked as a Development Engineer in Syntel, Chennai for around 1.5 years. Presently, he primarily deals with the patent and trademarks litigation and is a part of few of the notable SEP’s litigation pending before the Supreme Court of India and Delhi High Court. He is having significant experience of negotiating and executing FRAND licensing deal on behalf of SEP owners. He also has wide experience in Patent drafting, Patent prosecution and other contagious proceedings like revocation, compulsory licensing and pre grant/post-grant oppositions. In addition, he use to appear on behalf of the Accused/Defendants in socio-economic offences and in various other criminal proceedings before the Delhi High Court and other Courts spreading across the country.

Vinod graduated in Law from Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi in 2017 and is registered as an Advocate with Bar Council of Delhi and has been a practicing Attorney before Delhi High Court, District Courts and various Tribunals. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and has worked in Industry in Research & Development and Quality Control Department before joining law school. He is associated with Singh and Singh Law Firm and handling, inter alia, various Patent, Trade Mark and copyright matters.

Vrinda is an Advocate enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi. She completed her law in the year 2017 from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. Prior to joining Singh & Singh Law Firm, Vrinda worked as a Law Researcher at the High Court of Delhi on the Tax, First Appeal and Original Side rosters. She joined the firm in October, 2019. Vrinda is currently working with the Patent Litigation team of the firm.

Vrinda Pathak is a graduate of National Law University, Odisha (2012-2017). She has an Honours Degree in Business and law. She has been working on Intellectual property law matters since 2017, which includes handling patent, trademark, design and copyright litigation as well as trade mark prosecution and advisory work. She has been working with Singh and Singh Law Firm LLP since 2018 an as associate.

George Vithayathil is an India qualified advocate enrolled with the Bar Council of Kerala with LL.B. (Hons. IPR) and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical). He completed his LL.B. in 2021 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Prior to joining Singh and Singh Law Firm in January 2023, he was working at Khaitan & Co. George has worked in the field of intellectual property litigation and prosecution and is currently working as an Associate in the IP Litigation Team of the firm.

Utsav Mukherjee is an alumnus of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and was enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi in 2018. His affiliation with Singh & Singh Law Firm LLP commenced in 2022. He deals with a variety of matters in litigation and advisory in the areas of Trademarks, Copyrights, Patents, Drug Laws, Telecommunication and Broadcasting, Media Law, Labour Law and other Civil and Commercial Laws before the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi and other District Courts/Tribunals.

Prior to joining Singh & Singh, he was affiliated with other law offices where he was exposed to various areas of law and practice, such as insolvency and bankruptcy, competition law, public law, constitutional law, consumer law, criminal law and technology law. He was a part of a number of writ matters of constitutional importance before the Supreme Court and Delhi High Court, in some of which judgments were reported. He has also worked extensively and consulted on legal and policy issues pertaining to intermediaries, tech and fintech companies. He thoroughly enjoys the process of finding solutions to complex legal issues and bringing the same to fruition. He strives to further develop his skill sets in written and oral advocacy, deep research as well as negotiation. He endeavors to bring about positive change and create an impact through his work.

Ankita holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Delhi University. She has completed her Bachelor’s in Law from Amity Law School, Noida in 2021. She is presently working in the Prosecution Team and is involved in matters pertaining to trademark filing, oppositions and infringement.

Munesh is an advocate enrolled with Bar Council of Delhi. He completed his LL.B. in 2018 from Amity University, Noida. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science Engineering. Prior to joining Singh and Singh Law Firm, he worked in the field of Litigation across all courts in New Delhi. Munesh joined the firm in November, 2019 and currently working as an Associate with the Patent Litigation team.

Shreya is an advocate enrolled with Bar Council of Delhi. She completed her LL.B. in 2020 from Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT Kharagpur. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. Prior to joining Singh and Singh Law Firm, she worked in Sterlite Technologies as a patent engineer in the field of optical fibre. Shreya joined the firm in March, 2020 and currently working as an Associate with the Patent Litigation team. Further, in August 2022 she cleared her patent agent exam.

Swarnil is an alumnus of the IIT Kharagpur Law School and was enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi. He also has a B. Tech degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and is a globally certified cybersecurity professional. He is associated with civil and commercial litigation, which contours disputes in lis relating to enforcement of intellectual property rights in patent and trademark infringement matters, breach and termination of contracts, employment laws, and anti-trust. He takes keen interest in cases, pertaining to employer-employee disputes and other service matters involving- wrongful termination, breach of confidentiality, restraint of trade, or disputes pertaining to full-and-final settlements. Swarnil also has a significant experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating IT-services agreements, especially in deals catering the BFSI sector. This involves advising businesses, amongst others, in matters of legal & regulatory frameworks, aligning and encompassing latest IT and cybersecurity frameworks in service-provider agreements, data-security, software-licensing & IP transactions. He has earlier worked with in-house CRS and IRMC service-lines in structuring corporate cybersecurity frameworks from a legal and technical standpoint, for threat minimization and pre-emptive legal measures. This also involved reviewing SAAS and PAAS vendor-contracts, with emphasis on cloud & infrastructure risks, application security, and other platforms. He regularly reviews and drafts Master Services agreements, partnership agreements, MOUs, POC licenses, NDAs, and Legal Notices of all domains. He is an avid writer in areas of his interest and has several journal publications to his credit.

Tanya completed her law from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi in 2020. She has also done LLM in the field of Intellectual Property Law and Information Technology Laws from Jindal Global Law School, Jindal Global University. She joined Singh and Singh in 2021 and is working as an Associate in the firm. She is currently dealing with a variety of matters in the areas of Trademark Litigation, Copyright, Taxation, Telecommunication and Broadcasting Disputes and other Civil and Commercial Laws before the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi and other District Courts/Tribunals.