Overview
We deliver advisory, prosecution, protection, litigation and transactional services across patents, trade marks, industrial designs, copyright and geographical indications, for individuals, start-ups, corporates, small and medium industries, and educational institutions.
Patent
Searches, drafting, filing and prosecution in India and abroad, through to oppositions, licensing and enforcement.
- Prior art search and analysis
- Patentability search and analysis
- Freedom-to-operate and patent mapping analysis
- Patent portfolio and landscaping
- Patent drafting
- Patent filing (domestic and international)
- Prosecution before the Patent Office
- Patent opposition and appeal
- Infringement analysis
- Patent litigation
- Assignment and licensing agreements
- Revocation and appeal proceedings before the High Court
How a patent application progresses in India
- Disclosure and searchRecord the invention; prior art and patentability search
- Drafting and filingProvisional or complete specification; complete within 12 months
- PublicationOrdinarily 18 months from the priority date
- Request for examinationWithin 31 months from the priority date
- Examination reportReply within 6 months, extendable by 3
- Hearing and grantTerm of 20 years, with annual renewal fees
Trade mark
Clearance searches, registration, oppositions, renewals and enforcement of trade marks in India and internationally.
- Trade mark search
- Trade mark filing
- Prosecution before the Trade Marks Registry
- Trade mark opposition
- Trade mark registration
- Trade mark renewal
- Rectification or cancellation
- Appeals
- Assignment
- Licensing
- International trade mark registration
- Rectification and appeal proceedings before the High Court
- Litigation before the civil courts
- Infringement and passing-off actions
- Criminal proceedings
- Portfolio management
- Investigation services
How a trade mark application progresses in India
- SearchCheck the Register for earlier conflicting marks
- FilingApplication in the relevant classes of goods or services
- ExaminationReply to the examination report; hearing if needed
- AdvertisementPublished in the Trade Marks Journal; 4 months for opposition
- RegistrationValid 10 years, renewable indefinitely
Industrial design
Protection for the appearance of products — shape, configuration, pattern and ornamentation — from search and registration to enforcement.
- Design search
- Design filing
- Prosecution before the Design Office
- Design registration
- Design renewal
- Rectification or cancellation
- Design appeals
- Design assignment
- Design licensing
- Design litigation
Copyright
Registration, transactions and enforcement for literary, artistic, musical and software works, films and sound recordings.
- Copyright search certificates
- Copyright filing
- Copyright prosecution
- Copyright registration
- Copyright cancellation
- Copyright appeals
- Copyright assignment
- Copyright licensing
- Copyright infringement litigation
Geographical indication
Registration of geographical indications for producer associations and organisations, and registration of authorised users.
- GI applications and prosecution
- Authorised user registration
- Opposition proceedings
- Renewal
- Enforcement against unauthorised use
The information on this page describes the areas in which Lexmotion practises. It is not legal advice. To discuss a matter, reach us.
