De Penning & De Penning

Intellectual Property

Practice Head - Trademark, Copyright & Litigation

Ms.Malavika T. Vikram, is one of De Penning & De Penning's Senior Attorneys, with a wealth of experience in the field of Trademark, Copyright, Domain name protection and enforcement. Ms. Vikram started her career in Law as a Research Scholar in Criminology Department of University of Strathclyde in Scotland , United Kingdom. On return to India , she practiced general Law before the Madras High Court, with special focus on Constitutional law , Family Law, Company Law and Intellectual Property Law. Ms. Vikram has been associated with De Penning & De Penning since 2002. She heads the IP Litigation department, which handles pre-litigation investigation, discovery and enforcement strategy culminating in Infringement action. Apart from civil action Ms. Vikram and team have initiated criminal actions against counterfeit activities on e-commerce sites and in physical stores.  Ms. Vikram has also led several pre-litigation negotiations to find amicable resolution to IP disputes. Her experience extends to advising clients on IP transactions and maximizing the financial value of IP Assets. Ms. Vikram works with Indian clients’ on trade mark and copyright prosecution and enforcement in APAC countries.

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