Practice areas

Intellectual property; joint ventures; licensing & franchising; litigation

Introduction

Anshul is a partner, advocate (attorney-at-law) and patent attorney at Krishna & Saurastri Associates. His practice includes both contentious and non-contentious matters in intellectual property and corporate-commercial law.

Anshul handles patent, trademark and design preparation and prosecution, oppositions, and invalidations in addition to appellate work. He is regularly involved in litigation relating to patent, trademark and design infringement, and unfair competition claims such as passing off, disparagement and defamation. He is actively involved in the protection of trade secrets, confidential information, data and privacy. He also handles complaints and disputes related to consumer protection and advertising. From time to time, he counsels and provides opinions on infringement, and the invalidity of patents, trademarks and designs, biodiversity laws, etc. He has hands on experience in handling breach of contract claims. From time to time, he is engaged in conducting due diligence, structuring, negotiating and preparing agreements such as NDAs, JVAs, M&As, business transfers, distribution, agency, licensing, franchising, technology transfer, employment, and so on.

Prior to practising law, he worked as an analyst in an investment firm in the US. He also spent time in the lab doing R&D work for which he received recognition as an author in different journals and scholarly publications. Holding degrees in the sciences, engineering and law and training in legal and technical areas, he has amassed cross-functional expertise. Anshul holds a Master’s in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Sciences from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, and a Degree of Law from the Government Law College, Mumbai University. Anshul is registered to practise at the Bar Council of India and the Indian Patent & Trademark Office.

Anshul is a member of INTA’s Unfair Competition Committee, AIPPI’s Standing Committee on Trade Secrets and the Executive Council of the LES (India). He is an active member of APAA, AIPLA, IBA, IPBA, and ABA. Anshul frequently lectures at different seminars, conferences and universities on IP and other commercial legal issues. He has published numerous articles on these subjects in national and international legal publications.

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