Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan is known for its integrated IP, life sciences and technology law skills. It provides IP asset protection from freedom to operate, prosecution and registration to valuations, licensing and litigation. Its scope takes in domestic and international applications, including in the EU and USA. In addition to patent protection, it serves its domestic and international clients with the protection of design and trade mark registrations and enforcement, copyright and plant variety protections and antitrust cases.  Malathi Lakshmikumaran has more than 30 years of experience in the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology with expertise in plant genomics. She heads the life sciences group and is a registered patent attorney. L Badri Narayanan co-heads the IP practice and oversees the corporate and M&A practice while Prashant Phillips is a key partner for the protection of all types of IP from registrations to litigation. He is especially adept in the protection of inventions related to software, telecoms and electronics. Also a core team member with a science background, Vindhya S. Mani has a track record in oppositions and litigation before the Trademarks and Patents Office, the High Courts and the Supreme Court. V. Lakshmikumaran is the founder and managing partner who advises on tax and trade remedies in addition to intellectual properties.