Head of Department: Intellectual Property
Chamindi Ekanayake heads up the IP practice at Nithya Partners. The department has strong abilities in advising a wide range of clients on a broad array of IP matters, including trade mark registrations, the drafting of patents, and management of portfolios. The team is also well equipped to handle contentious mandates in the intellectual property space.
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- 'We are quite impressed with the firm's impeccable work ethic and dedication to providing legal advice.'
- 'Chamindi treats even the smallest question with a lot of precision in a timely fashion.'
- 'Chamindi is an extremely competent and dedicated lawyer. Our organization is very lucky to have found a legal counsel of her calibre to assist us with our trademark matters.'
Key clients
- Maliban Biscuit Manufactories (Pvt) Ltd
- Citizens Development Business Finance PLC
- Renuka Group
- Anverally and Sons (Pvt) Ltd
- Hatton Plantations PLC
- Ceylon Fresh Teas (Pvt) Ltd
- Ecolab
- Gets Pharma International FZ LLC
- CCL Pharmaceuticals
- Barista Coffee Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
- Little Lion Associates (Pvt) Ltd
- KIK Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
Work highlights
- Assisted the client with registration at the National Intellectual Property Office.
- Successfully defended a healthcare client against a refusal by the NIPO to register trade marks.
- Acted for Maliban Biscuit Manufactories (Pvt) Ltd in a case involving the NIPO's initial refusal of the client's trade marks, which were later successfully accepted for publication.
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Chamindi Ekanayake