ANTI COUNTERFEITING

Enforcement of IP rights by criminal and civil actions is one of our prime practices; hence we make a special mention of the same. The scope of our services in that area includes:

Coordination with the investigation agencies for pre-raid due diligence procedures; Facilitate participation of a counsel/correspondent counsel in a raid including pre-raid and post-raid activities; Meeting with concerned police officials along with the investigation agency for seeking assistance; Coordination of the raid and keeping the client informed regarding the ongoing activities; Assisting police and investigation agency in post-raid procedural documentation; Sending a detailed report to the client setting out the raid activities, details of the seizure and particulars of the target and accused; and Researching on legal issues including latest case laws and providing clarifications, if any, sought by police. The civil action includes seeking permanent and ex-parte interim injunctions and damages against habitual counterfeiters.

BORDER ENFORCEMENT

We have pioneered the cause for having the appropriate laws and assisted Customs by providing suggestions for introducing the relevant laws. Pursuant to recent notification by Indian Government, we were the first to receive an opportunity to successfully represent our client and argue before the Commissioner of Customs at Mumbai. We assist our clients in proactively filing with the Customs officials and file complaints for protecting IP of our clients