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Sidhant Goel

Sidhant Goel

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Sidhant heads the patent prosecution and dispute resolution team of the firm. He has also obtained an honours degree in Physics. Sidhant specializes in trial proceedings before Indian courts and Tribunals and prosecuting disputes through Alternate Dispute Resolution mechanisms. He has spearheaded several arbitrations for biggest corporates in India. He has also led several contentious litigations and domestic and international arbitrations.

Apart from his vast experience in patents, he is well versed with the other IP Laws.

His proficiency extends to rendering opinions on infringement analysis and FTO Opinions/Searches. Due to his domain knowledge of the IPR laws of Europe and U.S., Sidhant is able to mould a sound litigation strategy in contentious patent matters.

Currently, Sidhant and his team are spearheading the prosecution of the infringement and cancellation proceedings of the now well-known Standard Essential Patent (SEP) Litigation on behalf of mobile handset manufacturers. He is also leading the firm in prosecuting an extremely high stake and a multi-million-dollar infringement litigation on behalf of an American-Canadian company which is enforcing its “Pioneer” patents on Telecom Antennas against fellow American, European and Chinese companies. Sidhant is adept at even prosecuting invalidation actions.

Sidhant has attained the distinction of assisting American attorneys in successfully prosecuting and defending cancellation actions before the PTAB in the United States.

Sidhant has previously worked in the chambers of Mr. Gaurav Pachnanda (Senior Advocate and former Senior Additional Advocate General for the State of J&K). He assisted Mr. Pachnanda in several forums, including Supreme Court and arbitral tribunals, which included drafting pleadings and conducting trials.

Position

Partner

Languages

English and Hindi

Memberships

Member of the Supreme Court Bar Association Member of the Delhi High Court Bar Association International Trade Mark Association (INTA) Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

Education

LLB (Hons.) from Amity Law School, Delhi