Taarika Pillai
Obhan & AssociatesManaging partner Essenese Obhan heads boutique firm Obhan & Associates‘ IP practice, drawing on his mechanical engineering expertise to advise on prosecutions and litigation in the chemical, pharmaceutical, software, telecoms and agricultural sectors. Aparna Kareer heads the patent and filing department and has extensive experience handling patent applications in India and overseas. Charul Yadav is also a patents expert and is known for his work in the life sciences field, an area in which Sneha Agarwal also excels. For trademark litigation and prosecution, Taarika Pillai is the main contact to note. All named individuals are based in New Delhi.
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Key clients
- TATA Chemicals
- AGFA Group of Companies
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Aditya Birla Science & Technology Co. Pvt. Ltd.
- Steer Group of Companies
- Pine Labs
- G4S Plc. and G4S Security Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd.
- The Doon School
- Vending Updates India Private Limited
- Bolt Technology OÜ
- CoinDCX
- Akasa Air
Work highlights
- Representing Pine Labs in a patent infringement suit before the Bangalore High Court, obtaining a vacation of an ad-interim injunction that was passed against Pine Labs by the District Court.
- Reprsenting G4S before the High Court of Delhi in various disputes with third-party infringers.
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