Intellectual Property
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : India
Band 3
Email address
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+91 22 4072 9999Chambers Review
AZB & Partners houses a team with expertise across a wide range of IP mandates, working primarily across the Delhi, Mumbai and Gurugram offices. The team is capable of advising on prosecution, portfolio management, brand licensing and litigation mandates pertaining to trade mark, copyright, patent and domain names. The IP department represents a domestic and international clientele operating in the retail, pharmaceutical and financial industries.
Work Highlights
- AZB & Partners handled the entire IP portfolio of Skechers in India and routinely filed and prosecuted several trademark and design applications in India.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team has an exhaustive knowledge of the law and procedure and has been able to achieve impossible results."
"The experience, strategy, leadership and result-oriented approach defines the depth and breadth of AZB Partners and IP team."
"The team has an exhaustive knowledge of the law and procedure and has been able to achieve impossible results."
"The experience, strategy, leadership and result-oriented approach defines the depth and breadth of AZB Partners and IP team."
Notable Practitioners
Nandan Pendsey in Mumbai is a well-reputed practitioner with broad expertise in the IP field. His areas of focus include patent and trademark litigation and enforcement work. He also advises on transactional IP work.
"Nandan is excellent."
Akhilesh Kumar Rai is a senior partner in the firm's Delhi office. He has experience advising clients on the IP aspects of large M&A transactions, and is also well-versed in other areas including prosecution and portfolio management work.
"He is flexible and creative in finding solutions to difficult and complex problems; he is tenacious and relentless."
"His litigation experience is highly valuable. He has high levels of experience and knows how the system works - I have confidence in him and the people around him."