Pravin Anand

Pravin Anand

Key Details

Pravin Anand
Managing Partner & Head of Litigation
Anand & Anand
India

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  • Trademark

Overview

 

Pravin Anand is the Managing Partner and Head of Litigation at Anand and Anand.

Awarded the AIPPI Award of Merit, INTA’s President’s Award and recognised the “Most Innovative Lawyer” for Asia Pacific by Financial Times, Pravin has appeared in 2500 plus cases in over 42 years' practice as an IP lawyer.

Some landmarks:

(i) Patent lawsuits transforming Indian pharmaceutical and bio-technology enforcement regime-Merck Vs. Glenmark;Roche Vs. Cipla;the Monsanto case; large number of suits on behalf of Pfizer, BMS, AstraZeneca, etc

(ii) India’s Ist Anti-anti-suit injunction (InterDigital v Xiaomi); Software Patent lawsuit (Ferid Allani case); development of damages culture in cases recognizing compensatory, exemplary and aggravated damages (Philips Vs. AmazeStore); India’s first post-trial SEP judgment; unique remedies such as “Tree Planting Order” (Merck case); and order benefitting adolescent girls (Hermes case).

Awards:

  • INTA President’s Award 2021
  • Amongst Top 50 Managing Partners in Forbes India Legal Powerlist 2021
  • Ranked amongst Top 15 IP lawyers in Asia by Thomson Reuters Asian Legal Business
  • Managing Partner of the Year - Asian Legal Business India Law Awards 2021
  • Managing Intellectual Property IP Star - Patent 2017-21
  • Chambers and Partners Top Ranked lawyer in IP Litigation and Life Sciences - 2017-22
  • Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Star 2021
  • World’s Leading IP Practitioner and Strategist - IAM (2016-21)

Professional Associations:

  • Ex-Member-INTA Board of Directors
  • Past President AIPPI, APAA and FICPI (Indian Groups)
  • Member-INTA Enforcement Committee

Spreading Message of IP:

  • Raj Anand Moot Court Competition since 1997;
  • ‘Anaryst’-IP Board Game;
  • ‘Brainchild-First IP-themed play;
  • ‘Adventures of Mr. IP’–IP Comic
  • Coffee Table Book ‘IPONOMICS’

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