India (asialaw)

Rahul Chaudhry & Partners is a specialist Indian intellectual-property firm distinguished by the breadth of its prosecution, portfolio-management, litigation and enforcement capabilities. With more than four decades of experience, the firm advises domestic and international rights holders on the creation, protection and commercial management of intellectual assets across India and neighbouring South Asian jurisdictions. Its combination of legal, scientific and investigative expertise allows it to support clients from initial rights strategy and registration through to complex litigation and coordinated anti-counterfeiting action.

The firm operates from New Delhi, Gurugram and Mumbai, with the recently established Mumbai office extending its geographic reach and contentious capability. Its team includes lawyers, patent agents and professionals with backgrounds in science, engineering and life sciences, enabling it to handle technically complex patent and design matters alongside a substantial trademarks, copyright and enforcement practice. The firm also coordinates international filing strategies through a network of associates in more than 110 countries.

A defining strength is the scope of its intellectual-property offering. The patent practice encompasses patentability assessments, drafting, domestic and international prosecution, freedom-to-operate analysis, validity work, portfolio landscaping, licensing and technology mapping. Its technical bench covers biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, mechanical engineering, software, information technology and medical devices. The designs team complements this work through novelty searches, filing and prosecution, recordals, infringement analysis and contentious proceedings.

The trademarks practice advises across the full brand lifecycle, from pre-filing clearance and prosecution to oppositions, rectifications, assignments and international registrations. The team regularly supports businesses in consumer goods, automotive, electronics, luxury goods, entertainment, hospitality, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, publishing, retail and sport. Its experience securing recognition for well-known trademarks and conducting portfolio audits is reinforced by a complementary copyright practice covering registration, monitoring and enforcement.

Litigation and anti-counterfeiting form another important pillar of the firm. Rahul Chaudhry & Partners represents rights holders in trademark, copyright, patent, passing-off, disparagement and unfair-competition proceedings. Its recent work includes obtaining injunctions against lookalike brands and packaging, protecting automotive marks and trade dress, and pursuing patent claims involving technically specialised products. The team’s in-house investigations capability supports market monitoring, evidence gathering, civil and criminal enforcement, customs recordals and coordinated seizure actions across India.

The firm also maintains a strong regional practice, assisting clients with intellectual-property protection and enforcement in Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Myanmar and the Maldives. By acting as a central point of coordination, the practice helps international rights holders manage multiple national portfolios while maintaining consistency in strategy, deadlines and communications.

The practice is led by Rahul Chaudhry, who remains closely involved in major trademark, patent and enforcement proceedings. The senior team includes Ekta Sarin, who focuses on intellectual-property litigation and enforcement; Ravi Chadha and Christine Chiramel in trademarks; and patent and designs specialists Charul Yadav, Pulkit Doger and Siddharth Sharma. The firm has continued to invest in its partnership, adding Yadav and Doger to the patents team, Ankit Rastogi to litigation, and Shruhita Amit and Sabia Veqar to trademarks. These additions broaden a leadership bench capable of coordinating prosecution, technical analysis and contentious strategy across the firm’s offices.

Through its combination of specialist depth, cross-border portfolio capability and practical enforcement experience, Rahul Chaudhry & Partners provides an integrated platform for clients seeking to protect and commercialise intellectual property in India and internationally.