R. K. Dewan & Co.

• R K Dewan has completed over 80 years of dedicated and excellent service in the IP field, one of the longest standing IP law firms in India with the highest reputation for quality, honesty, and expertise representing over 5,000 corporate and individual clients worldwide reflecting top Indian companies, multinationals & Fortune 500 companies across a broad spectrum of industries & all technology sectors.
• DOMESTIC WORK: Almost 70-75% of R K Dewan’s work is domestic. We cater to all types of clients’ right from individuals to Fortune 500 companies. Thousands of Indian companies have chosen R K Dewan after vetting us, based on our extensive knowledge of IP in India and on the superior quality of our work be it prosecution or litigation. These companies have visited our offices, interacted with our attorneys, seen our work first-hand and have decided to continue to entrust their IP matters to us for decades. This is a real testimony to R. K. Dewan’s expertise in the IP arena, when clients visit various IP firms in India and choose us after careful consideration.
• INDIA-CENTRIC WINNING STRATEGIES: R K Dewan is highly involved in IP litigation across India i.e. we have a pan-India presence when it comes to litigation. There are 736 District Courts in India and we are uniquely poised to file and defend suits in most of these Courts; and we carry out litigation in these District Courts, apart from the High Courts of New Delhi, Bombay (Mumbai), Kolkata & Madras (Chennai) and at the IPAB. Currently we are handling 130+ on-going litigation matters across India.
• Another vertical of our Litigation team also handles Civil Non-IP cases for our clients mainly Recovery and Cheque Bouncing Cases in various jurisdictions.
• Furthermore, R K Dewan is witnessing more and more new clients discovering our firm, be it through our work which speaks for itself or our reputation - and coming to us with matters from all over the world (USA, China, Europe, Korea, Taiwan, Brazil, New Zealand etc).
• R K Dewan also has a very strong team in both prosecution & litigation across all verticals including Life Sciences, Information Technology, mechanical, automotive etc. R K Dewan has over 450 clients in the Life Sciences & work is not restricted to pharmaceuticals alone but also includes voluminous amounts of work.
• The R K Dewan team is extremely well equipped to handle all Patent, Trademark, Design, Plant Varieties, National Biodiversity Authority and other matters relating to even life sciences in India. This is evident by the increasingly large number of life science cases being transferred to R K Dewan by international clients and associates, especially in the patents sector, due to our expertise in obtaining patent grants in India.

• Recent Developments at the firm

• Increased number of major trademark portfolios (both domestic & international) transferred to R K Dewan from other Indian law firms, evidencing the growing international recognition of the firm (as evidenced by the case studies provided)
• R K Dewan successfully completed 5 years of our liaison office in Dallas, USA as well as 4 years of our China office in Dalian leading to an increase in business from China by 30%
• There is a major amount of hiring activity being undertaken at R K Dewan – and the patent team is rapidly expanding. We have recruited 1 Joint trademark registrar and 5 trademark examiners in the last year alone.
• R K Dewan has successfully been audited and approved for the new ISO 9001:2015 standard– a certification that is provided only after rigorous auditing of a firm’s management systems, working procedures and practices, ensuring compliance with the high standards of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Switzerland.
• R K Dewan has introduced software-based tools and incorporated robotic processes and artificial intelligence to improve the client experience and service.

Statistical Highlights: PATENT ·       Over 1250 Indian patent applications filed ·       Over 300 patent applications filed for domestic clients in 42+ countries globally ·       Total number of patent specifications drafted in-house per year (in nearly all areas of technology) - Approximately 850 ·       Over 600 patent grants obtained for clients worldwide ·       Over 150 patent searches conducted in-house including patentability, novelty, prior art, technology maps, invalidation and infringement analysis searches.

TRADEMARKS ·       Nearly 2500 applications at Indian Trademarks Registry filed in 2020 ·       100% increase in international trademark filings in 2020 to present over previous year (filings in over 62 countries) ·       Over 3000 trademark searches conducted ·       300+ Madrid refusals have been attended to. ·       600+ trademark oppositions filed and over 500+ trademark oppositions defended

·       650+ Design & Copyright applications filed in India; 100+ applications internationally ·       Numerous active opposition (pre & post grant), revocation & infringement proceedings on-going in Courts across India (160+ active litigations in the country)

RECENT AWARDS:

• 2022 Corporate INTL Global Awards (International Patent Prosecution Law Firm of the Year in India)
• ASSOCHAM IP Excellence Awards 2021 (Top Firm in IP Portfolio Management)
• The Global IP Awards presented by IAM & WTR (Globe Business Media Group) - Winner of the Trademark Firm of the Year (2019), Ceremony in London.
• Managing Intellectual Property Asia Pacific Awards - Winner of Trademark Prosecution Firm of the year 2019
• RKD awarded under the category of ‘Intellectual Property Enforcement - Indian Law Firm Awards 2020 by India Business Law Journal.