Anand and Anand Advocates

Managing Partner: Pravin Anand

Key Partners: Safir Anand, Archana Shanker, Vaishali Mittal, Dhruv Anand

Total number of professionals: 400

Languages: English, Hindi

Firm Overview:

Anand and Anand is a leading IP practice and the topmost Tier 1 law firm in Asia recognized nationally and internationally for its expertise and innovative solutions resulting in ground-breaking development in IP jurisprudence.

The firm is professionally managed by a partnership board comprising 28 partners supported by a management team comprising CEO, CFO and CIO. It currently employs 400 professionals, including over 100 qualified attorneys / engineers, paralegals and researchers.

Anand and Anand handles copyright, trade mark and patent protection, licensing, enforcement and commercialisation ventures for widest array of domestic and international big-ticket clients from leading luxury brands, pharmaceutical to technology majors, consumer goods manufacturers to policymakers and from art to entertainment, the firm represents world’s most famous brand owners, leading industries and eminent personalities who rely on its rich experience for protection of their intellectual property.

Firm’s litigation arm handles infringement, passing off and counterfeiting disputes, domain name enforcement, and trade mark dilution and has decades of experience in dispute resolution. Its Trademark arm, under the leadership of Safir Anand, has recently touched record oppositions while the Patent & Design team headed by Archana Shanker maintains patent grant rate of over 93 per cent.

A name to reckon with, Anand and Anand has heralded many trends since its inception which includes patent lawsuits that transformed pharmaceutical and bio-technology enforcement regime in India including Merck Vs. Glenmark; Roche Vs. Cipla; the Monsanto case; and a large number of other suits on behalf of Pfizer, BMS, AstraZeneca, etc.

Also in the list are India’s first protem security order (Nokia v Oppo), landmark order on product-y-process patent (Vifor International v MSN Labs & Ors), India's first anti-anti suit injunction (InterDitigal vs Xiaomi);Multi-year, Multi-technology Patent Cross-license Agreement between Nokia and Lenovo, and settlement of all pending patent litigation worldwide, India’s first software patent law suit conferring protection (Ferid Allani case); the development of a damages culture in large number of cases that recognised not only punitive, but compensatory, exemplary and aggravated damages (Philips Vs. AmazeStore); India’s first post-trial SEP judgment (Philips Vs. Bhagirathi); development of unique remedies such as the “Tree Planting Order” (Merck case); and order benefitting adolescent girls (Hermes case).

Key partners in the firm hold leadership positions in industry associations like FDCI, INTA, FICCI and ASSOCHAM.

The firm’s innovative and creative approach towards IP is reflected across the pioneering initiatives to develop unique IP concepts and products including an N K Anand Indian Science Competition - a unique science storytelling competition; ‘IP Board Game’, Hologram of Sir C V Raman, India's first Nobel laureate; India’s First IP themed Play ‘Brainchild’, IP Comic- Adventures of Mr. IP, Compilation of legendary IP Matters in the form of a coffee table book “IPONOMICS”, Digital Newspaper ‘IP Thinker’ and others.

The firm derives its strength from its vision which has evolved from ‘360 Degrees IP’ to expand into newer directions, some of which are appurtenant to IP while others are merely tethered to IP. The western India practice of the firm has recently entered a collaboration with a Mumbai-based firm to cater to emerging areas like Ed-Tech, Health Tech etc.

Anand and Anand is committed to pushing the envelope when it comes to change in substantive and procedural law. A host of cases over any given period of time have modified the law towards stronger IP protection at the firm’s instance and the law reports are rife with cases to support this claim. It is on account of these efforts that, despite being a specialist firm, Anand and Anand is ranked in the top 10 law firms in India along with all other general law firms in the RSG India Report for year 2019. It has also been recognized amongst the most innovative law firms in the FT Innovative Lawyers Asia-Pacific 2021 special report besides being on the table of "future-ready firms.

The firm has been consistently honoured by prestigious publications like Managing IP, IAM and Chambers.

Main Areas of Practice:

■ Patents and Designs

■ Litigation and Dispute Resolution

■ Trademarks

■ Copyrights

■ Plant Variety and Bio-Diversity

■ Media and Entertainment

■ Advertising and Product Liability

■ Packaging and Labelling

■ Art Law

■ Fashion Law

■ Essentiality Evaluation

■ Franchising

■ Sports Law

■ Brand Strategy

■ Geographical Indications

■ Competition Law

■ Contractual and Commercial IP

■ Trade Secret

■ Licencing

■ Customs and White Collar and IP Crime

Recent Awards & Recognitions:

1. Managing Intellectual Property

■ IP Stars – Tier 1 across all tables – 2015-2024

■ MIP Asia Awards – Firm of the Year (Patent Contentious) – 2018 - 2023

2. IAM Patent 1000

■ Gold Band Firm- Enforcement and Litigation – 2015 - 2024

■ Gold Band Firm- Prosecution and Strategy – 2015-2024

3. WTR 1000

■ Gold Band Firm- Enforcement and Litigation – 2015- 2024

■ Gold Band Firm- Prosecution and Strategy – 2015 - 2024

4. Asia Law Profiles Rankings Outstanding in Intellectual Property –2015 onwards

5. Chambers and Partners – Band 1 firm (IP and Life Sciences)

6. IBLJ India Law Firm Award – Law Firm of the Year for IP Enforcement and Protection, Litigation, Media & Entertainment