Area of Practice

Intellectual Property

The Practice

AQUILAW’s Intellectual Property practice advises businesses on protecting, managing and commercialising the intellectual property that underpins their brands, products, technology and business models. We advise on trademarks, copyrights, patents, designs, trade secrets and know-how, as well as licensing, technology transactions and IP-related aspects of corporate and commercial arrangements.

Drawing on our corporate, commercial and technology capabilities, we assist clients across the IP lifecycle, from ownership, registration and protection to transfer, licensing, commercialisation and enforcement, helping businesses build and safeguard IP portfolios that support long-term commercial value.

Key Service Offerings

Assisting with trademark, copyright, design filing, prosecution and portfolio management, in India.
Advising on the identification, ownership (IP developed by employees, consultants, vendors and other business partner), protection, use and commercialisation of intellectual property rights.
Drafting and negotiating intellectual property licensing, assignment, technology transfer and commercialisation arrangements.
Advising on intellectual property issues arising in mergers and acquisitions, investments, joint ventures and other corporate transactions.
Advising on intellectual property provisions in commercial, technology, SaaS, outsourcing, development and services agreements.
Advising on confidentiality, proprietary information, trade secrets and restrictive arrangements protecting commercially sensitive assets.
Assisting clients with intellectual property enforcement, including infringement actions, anti-counterfeiting measures and online brand protection.

The Aquilaw Advantage

We treat intellectual property as a commercial asset first and a legal right second, and that is how our IP team works alongside our corporate, commercial and technology lawyers, wherever IP is being created, licensed or transferred, rather than being brought in once the deal is done. That proximity to the underlying business is what lets us build ownership and protection strategies around how a client’s IP will actually be used and monetised, not just how it is registered.

The team navigate and facilitate complex commercial deals within tight timelines and readily provide innovative commercial solutions to overcome negotiation hurdles.