45 Asian Legal Business | December 2024 Law Firm Profile Anand and Anand Offices at: Delhi, Noida, Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru First Channel Building Plot No. 17A, Sector 16A, Film City, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201301, India (+91) 120 4059300 / 4243056 / 4243058 / 2510020 email@anandandanand.com www.anandandanand.com For over 100 years, Anand and Anand has been working towards shaping the IP jurisprudence in India and assisting its clients and creators protect their Intellectual Property Rights through innovative solutions, many of them landmarks. Under the leadership of Managing Partner Pravin Anand, and a strong team of 32 Partners including prominent names in the field such as Safir Anand, Archana Shanker, Vaishali Mittal, Dhruv Anand, Saif Khan and Shrawan Chopra, Anand and Anand is in a league of its own, serving clients ranging from large multinationals and big ticket companies representing a broad spectrum of industries including pharma and healthcare, Media & Entertainment, consumer and industrial goods, automobiles and aviation, financial institutions, hospitality, fashion, performing arts, to name a few. A name to reckon with, Anand and Anand has heralded many trends since its inception – be it the first sound mark; the first image mark; First shape mark; first single-colour and colour combination marks or the first John Doe order in India; the first Anti-Anti Suit injunction; the first order on software patenting (Ferid Allani) or India’s first post-trial SEP judgement (Philips SEP case); development of unique remedies such as the “Tree Planting Order” (Merck case); and order benefiting adolescent girls (Hermes case), to name a few. The firm is committed to serving its clients with innovative solutions brought about by its diverse and inclusive talent pool. It is also at the forefront spreading the message of IP through creative endeavours such as creating a hologram of India’s first Nobel laureate Sir C V Raman and the ‘N K Anand Indian Science Competition’ – a unique science storytelling competition to promote understanding and love for STEM and related fields in budding lawyers; The Raj Anand Moot Court Competition since 1997; ‘Anaryst’ - an IP Board Game; ‘Brainchild - First IP-themed play; ‘Adventures of Mr. IP’ - an IP Comic; and ‘IPONOMICS’ - a Coffee Table Book. Pravin Anand Managing Partner and Head of Litigation 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 4000 cases and successfully established hundreds of landmarks in over 45 years of his practice as an IP lawyer. Pravin has strengthened India’s IP jurisprudence with practice encompassing all facets of IP. To his credit are patent lawsuits that have transformed the 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. In addition to his regular practice, Pravin writes for ‘Halsbury’s Laws of India on Intellectual Property’; Famous and Well-known Marks, An International Analysis (Legislative history and analyses of national laws) published by International Trademark Association; besides a large number of Chapters in International IP Publications like GTDT, AsiaIP, MIP etc. For his seminal body of work and tireless contribution to the development of IP jurisprudence, Pravin is consistently awarded by leading benchmarking agencies. Firm Achievements / Practice Areas/ Industry Specs The firm’s expertise ranges from copyright, trademark, patent, designs and GI protection to contractual and commercial IP, media and entertainment laws, brand strategy, licensing and franchising, criminal enforcement, and even white-collar crimes. The firm is ahead of the curve and leads the discourse in emerging avenues of IP laws by providing services for Asset (Patent) Evaluation and Monetization for SEPs and non-SEPs and by initiatives such as the Digital Group which provides services in emerging IP issues related to Artificial Intelligence, Data Protection, Gaming, Drones, Blockchain/NFT. Some of its recent landmarks include order protecting personality rights of celebrities against misuse Generative AI and dark patterns (Anil Kapoor v Simply Life India); India’s first judgement on Product-by-Process Patent (Vifor International v MSN Labs); India’s first protem security order (Nokia v Oppo). In a first of its kind collaboration between two US tech giants, Anand and Anand advised and assisted Amazon Inc. and Microsoft Inc. on global tech fraud issues faced by them leading to Operation Chakra. It also has to its credit over 3,000 successful trademark Oppositions and 6000 Patents filing in last two years with as many being granted/ registered.
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