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🗓 20th & 21st January 2025
20th & 21st January, 2025
Hotel Taj Dubai, UAE
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
USD 400*
To all the professionals of Technology & IP — Gear up for a power-packed Global IP and Tech Conclave and Awards 2025 — This time, in the very futuristic city of Dubai!
With 20 break-out sessions lined up, the largest IP and Tech portfolios and fast-paced innovative startups and MSMEs are set to collaborate, contribute, and enrich the world of IP and IT. As wisdom speaks,
“The protection of intellectual property is essential to fostering innovation. Without protection of ideas, businesses and individuals would not reap the full benefits of their inventions and would focus less on research and development.”
Pravin Anand is the Managing Partner and Head of Litigation at Anand and Anand. Awarded the AIPPI Award of Merit, INTA’s President’s Award, recognised as the “Most Innovative Lawyer” by Financial Times and the first Indian to be inducted in the IAM IP Hall of Fame, Mr Anand has an experience of appearing in over 2500 cases and successfully resolving many hundreds in over 43 years of his practice as an IP lawyer.
Leading from the front, Mr Anand has strengthened India’s IP jurisprudence with practice encompassing all facets of IP. To his credit are patent lawsuits that have transformed the pharmaceutical and bio-technology enforcement regime in India including Merck Vs. Glenmark; Roche Vs. Cipla; the Monsanto case; and a large number of other suits on behalf of Pfizer, BMS, AstraZeneca, etc.
Mr Anand had broken new grounds in Indian IP jurisprudence with India’s first Anti-suit injunction (InterDigital v Xiaomi); Nokia-Lenovo multi-technology multi-year agreement; Software Patent law suit conferring protection (FeridAllani case); development of damages culture in large number of cases that recognised not only punitive, but compensatory, exemplary and aggravated damages (Philips Vs. AmazeStore); India’s first post-trial SEP judgement (Philips Vs. Bhagirathi); development of unique remedies such as the “Tree Planting Order” (Merck case); and order benefiting adolescent girls (Hermes case).
Recognised as India’s IP trailblazer and a “living legend” by leading publications, Mr Anand’s distinguished career has included India’s first Anton Piller order (HMV Gramophone Case); India’s first Mareva injunction order (Philips Case); India’s first Norwich Pharmacal order (Hollywood Cigarettes Case); Pioneer Overseas Corporation Case paving the way for DNA testing for disputed IPR in plant variety; India’s first order under the Hague Convention for collecting overseas evidence in India (AstraZeneca Case), and the Glenfiddich case against McDowell protecting trade dress in India, With his significant understanding of trademarks, he has secured declarations of well-known status for several trademarks like 3D shape of ZIPPO, Red-sole of Christian Louboutin etc.
Hari Subramaniam is a Managing Partner at Subramaniam & Associates. Hari Subramaniam is an Attorney-at-Law and a Registered Patent Agent with a background in physics, chemistry, biological and life sciences, and medicine. He is the Managing Partner of Subramaniam & Associates, a leading IP boutique firm founded in 1998, and has been in practice for the last 40 years, specializing in all aspects of intellectual property laws.
In the course of his career, Mr. Subramaniam has filed, prosecuted, defended, opposed and/or enforced - directly or in a supervisory capacity - over 45,000 patent matters in India and abroad, relating to all areas of technology. He was the first person to initiate black-box (mailbox) applications for pharmaceutical products in India under the GATT/TRIPS Agreement, which formed the basis for subsequent amendments to the Indian Patents Act. He has advised the Governments of India, Mauritius, Bangladesh, China and Nepal on their IP laws. He has been called upon several times as an expert witness before the Joint Parliamentary Committee for the amendment of patent laws in India.
Mr. Subramaniam is the longest serving Council Member from India in the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA), and has spearheaded the Patent Committee of the Indian Group on the APAA Standing Committee on 4 different occasions over 2 decades. He has served as International Vice-President of APAA for several years, and is also part of the Advisory Council of APAA International. In addition, he is part of the Workshop Committee of APAA International, and was co-Chair of the Organising Committee for the APAA Council Meetings in 2005 and 2018, attended by delegates from over 65 countries. He is the only person to have been elected President of the APAA India Chapter twice.
Mr. Subramaniam is regularly invited as faculty or speaker at several seminars and conferences and patent awareness workshops conducted by the Government of India, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), the American Bar Association, the Minneapolis Bar Association, the Indian Patent Office, patent offices and universities across the world, and international organisations such as APAA and the Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI). He has been on the Pharma and Biotech Committees of AIPPI for many years and has been invited a number of times as a speaker at AIPPI Pharma workshops. He has authored several papers relating to key aspects of intellectual property laws, as well as chapters on the Indian jurisdiction for leading global publications and books which are featured in the libraries of premier law colleges and Ivy League universities.
Hemant Singh is an IP Litigator, Founding, and Managing Partner of the Intellectual Property Law Firm INTTL ADVOCARE located in Delhi and Mumbai. He is also a registered patent agent. He was admitted to Bar in 1984 and has handled over 2,500 IP litigations in various courts all over India involving contentious and complex issues in the areas of trademarks, patents, designs, copyright, trade secrets, geographical indications, and competition laws, and so on. Mr. Singh has done Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Delhi University (1979–1982).
With a diverse worldwide clientele, he represents several Fortune 100 and 500 Companies in pharmaceuticals, foods, and beverages, liquor, garments, cosmetics, FMCG, fashion accessories, computer software, telecommunication, media, electronics, automobiles, biotechnology, and so on. He has been actively participating in the growth of valuable jurisprudence in the field of IP through various amicus briefs as well as through leadership of various IP committees of various international IP associations globally. Mr. Singh embarked on his journey with a vision to establish a practice where the protection of clients’ interests would be the grundnorm. In 1991, he established Inttl Advocare. He always had a vision of an inclusive and professionally managed law firm, with a true passion for intellectual property. Inttl Advocare is the result and is one of the leading IP firms in India, with a team of more than 100 people.
He has handled more than 2,500 IP cases across India for a diverse worldwide clientele. He has been actively participating in the growth of valuable jurisprudence in the field of IP through various amicus briefs, as well as through leadership of various IP committees of various international IP associations globally. He is the president of the AIPPI’s India Group and was on INTA’s board of directors from 2016 to 2018. He is chair of INTA Anti-counterfeiting Committee, South-Asia Subcommittee, co-chair of INTA India Global Advisory Council, APAA council member, a member of MARQUES, and a member of the IP Rights Committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
Mr. Singh has continuously been involved in contentious and complex issues in the areas of trademarks, patents, designs, copyright, trade secrets, geographical indications, competition laws, etc. with a diverse worldwide clientele, he represents several Fortune 100 and 500 Companies in the field of pharmaceuticals, foods, and beverages, liquor, garments, cosmetics, FMCG, fashion accessories, computer software, telecommunication, media, electronics, and automobiles, biotechnology, etc. Mr. Singh has been fortunate to argue more than 2,500 cases, with a few hundred reported judgements.
Mr. Singh represented Blenders Pride in the case, which established that the rights of overseas brand owners looking to enter India must be protected on the basis of international first use. Further, in 2014, one of the Pharma giants approached Mr. Singh. This was when the patent landscape was relatively new and Mr. Singh was able to secure injunctions in over 100 matters, thereby reinforcing the faith of the patent holders in the Indian legal landscape. Another important case concerned a liquor giant’s mark in India, where registration had lapsed on account of non-renewal by the agent, which only came to the company’s knowledge after 11 years! Mr. Singh eventually filed a writ petition and obtained a successful order directing the renewal of the mark. All of these cases clarified the law in several aspects.
Debolina Partap, a Gold Medalist in Masters of Law, is a Senior Vice President, Legal and Group GC, Wockhardt. With an experience of 28 long years in banking, finance, pharma and healthcare, her responsibility includes all corporate legal work, M&As, IP management, licensing deals and Litigation Management, legal compliance, transactions management amongst others. She has widespread proficiency in advising top management on legal risks to the organization as well. Her contribution to Covid-19 vaccine contracts is huge. Inclusion of her main accomplishments are, inter alia, successfully handling and concluding complex M&A structures and deals, settling complex financial cases and arbitrations filed against Wockhardt Limited, multi-jurisdictional arbitrations on commercial disputes and settling intricate derivatives suits filed against Wockhardt group worldwide.
Wockhardt is a leading pharmaceutical, biotech and healthcare provider, all combined. She takes care of legal issues concerning complex and composite global regulatory matters related to Wockhardt Group. She is one of the very few general counsels globally who tackle forensics and data analytics. International and national recognized legal organizations have bestowed several accolades to her and her team.
In her current assignment, Ms. Partap is responsible for driving the legal corporate governance, legal regulatory management and compliance system in Wockhardt, legal aspects of banking, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, legal strategy, legal risk management, litigation management, brands and IP management, contracts, properties, finance documentation, supporting value growth and expansion of the Wockhardt group across geographical locations in India and strengthening the international presence across 52 countries.
Ms. Partap has been in the legal field for about two decades and has established a niche in the field of legal compliance system, legal regulatory management, legal solutions management and brands safety and development. In her career spanning approximately 28 years in banking, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, she has held several positions of increasing responsibility as head of departments, functions and zones. Her expertise in banking, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, legal strategy, legal regulatory risk management, legal risk management, litigation management, brands and IP management, business analysis and successfully integrating business, compliance, risks, strategy, operations and management through well integrated legal systems and legal technology has set benchmarks in legal solutions management in Wockhardt group.
Ms. Partap is a Gold Medalist in LLM from Bombay University and began her career in 1990 as an advocate. Her journey in the corporate sector commenced with IDBI in 1993 and then she shifted to pharma and healthcare in 2006. She is an active legal member of FICCI and an avid speaker in various legal forums and in many international forums like Terrapin, Biopharma, IBC Asia, International Bar Association, SIAC, etc.
Ms. Partap and her team has been awarded more than 100 awards, all at international and national levels.
Manisha Singh is a Founder and Partner of LexOrbis. Manisha Singh, is an exceedingly reputed lawyer in the profession for more than 25 years. She has been involved in emerging global portfolios of patents, designs and trademarks for many Indian companies and research institutions. To reinforce India’s IP protection and enforcement system, she ardently pursues accomplishments to line up with international standards and work thoroughly with the industry associations and the government.
Manisha had started her professional journey when Indian IP laws and practices were undergoing considerable change pursuant to the country’s obligations to fulfil the TRIPS agreement. She has played a crucial role in advising and explaining Indian policy and lawmakers on global standards associated with intellectual property administrative and enforcement systems.
Recognised for her in-depth understanding of corporate, banking and financial services laws, Manisha is also the Standing Counsel for the Reserve Bank of India at the Delhi High Court. Being creative, she has contributed chapters in Indian IP laws to many leading publications including Mondaq, IP Media Group, Vantage Asia, Managing IP, Asia IP, CTC Media to name a few. Consistently recognised for her contribution to the IP field by world-renowned organisations, she is also the member of several international intellectual property associations like AIPLA, AIPPI, APAA, ECTA, FICPI, INTA, LESI, MARQUES and takes part enthusiastically in committee work for APAA, AIPPI and INTA.
In addition to lead a growing firm of over 250 personnel and managing offices in 3 cities, Manisha passionately works for indigenous art and handicrafts promotion which are dying with time. Her association with Haath ka Bana (Made By Hand), a social enterprise that endorses traditional folk art and crafts of India, is aimed to promote crafts which are protected as Geographical Indications.
Anubhav Kapoor is the Director, Legal Affairs at Ford India, Pune. He is responsible for intellectual property rights, regulatory compliance and corporate governance practices and policies for the entities of the Company in India. As an in-house counsel, he has 29 years of experience, which spans various industries including information technology, automotive, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, food, banking and insurance software and engineering.
He has handled multifarious areas such as mergers and acquisitions, arbitration and litigation management, structuring large business contracts, intellectual property rights and global compliances. Passionate about innovation, he has assisted large corporates including Tata Technologies, Cummins, Domino’s Pizza India and Polaris in devising their intellectual property creation and monetisation strategies.
Anubhav has also handled contracts and litigations involving complex IP issues, including during mergers and acquisitions, spin-out and joint venture deals. Having done his Master’s in Law from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, he did his MBA in Finance & Information Technology from the Institute of Management Technology. He was listed in the Intellectual Asset Management Strategy 300 among the World’s Leading IP Strategists and was awarded the Star General Counsel (2017) of the Year by Legal Era. He also figured among the top 100 General Counsels in India by Business World (2021). He was a part of the Elite BW Legal World Top 100 General Counsels of India by Business World (2021). He was awarded the CSR Leadership Award 2018 by World CSR Congress. Best Automotive Lawyer – Individual Category by India Business Law Journal In-house Counsel Awards - Dec 2021. Best Leading Lawyer 2022 by World Intellectual Property Forum Intellectual Professionals LLP -Jan 2022.
Mamta Rani Jha has also considerable experience in the allied and emerging fields of Information Technology, Telecommunications, Media, and Anti-trust Laws. Her past experience of over 7 years in both civil and criminal litigation has equipped her with a unique approach to addressing complex issues and providing holistic solutions. Besides, litigation, she actively advises clients on IP licensing, auditing, contract drafting and negotiation, business venture evaluation, due diligence, online and offline anti-counterfeiting and border control measures, and regulatory compliances.
She has represented leading global pharmaceutical companies, as well as electronic and telecommunication giants in key patent litigation cases. She has also successfully handled trademark and design litigation for Fortune 500 companies across various sectors and advised clients on contentious matters pertaining to copyright law. She has also deeply emerged in the field of technology and is representing giant tech companies in the industry.
She has a rich background in the field of science and is a Gold Medalist in B.Sc. (Zoology) and LLB. She is a regular speaker at various IP fora. She has also authored several articles on emerging and contentious IPR issues.
Ms. Jha joined Inttl Advocare as an IP practitioner in 2007, after having practiced law for more than 7 years in various fields of law, such as constitution, land acquisition, service matters, banking and securitisation, criminal matters, family disputes, etc. Being a science student with a gold medal in Zoology (Hons.). Also, Patent Law being one of the niche fields of IP and requiring thorough knowledge in the field of science, attracted her to opt for this field of law.
She has had the privilege of briefing stalwarts like Mr. Gopal Subramanium and other seniors and has benefited greatly from their wisdom and experience. She has completed over 120 Patent Litigations with a 100 percent success rate. She is a regular speaker at various IP fora and has also authored several articles on emerging and contentious IPR issues. Particularly, she had the privilege of authoring the India Chapter of the AIPPI-Wolters-Kluwer Practitioners’ Guide to Anti-body Patenting. She is also presently the Chair of the INTA Oppositions and Cancellations Sub-Committee, India Representative of APAA Anti-Counterfeiting Committee, India Member of the AIPPI Biotechnology Committee and India Leader – AIPPI Study Question on Inventorship of inventions made using AI.
Ms. Jha is acting for Google LLC in several dynamic and critical aspects pertaining to Information Technology Law such as Right to be Forgotten, Data Privacy, and Compliance. She is also currently defending Nestlé against ITC allegations that it was passing off, under common law, the use of instant noodles sub-brand name ‘Magical Masala’. She has also represented various leading global pharmaceutical companies such as Novartis AG and has obtained various patents for the company. She has also represented one of the leading Indian Music Company in India before the Hon’ble Intellectual Property Board (IPAB) in the hearings pertaining to the fixation of statutory royalty rates for the radio broadcast of musical works and sound recordings and underlying works, under Section 31D of the Copyright Act.
Dr. Vivek Mittal is currently the Global General Counsel at Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited (DRL), an NYSE, NSE, and BSE listed multi-locational global generic pharmaceutical giant.
At DRL, he leads a team of about 75 lawyers and professionals covering a gamut of activities like domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, in-licensing, out-licensing, commercial agreements, domestic and complex cross-border civil and criminal litigation, arbitration, ethical and statutory compliances, data privacy, and data protection.
In addition to his existing role Global General Counsel, Dr. Mittal is also designated as DPO of DRL, he also oversees IPR, employment laws, regulatory issues, and corporate commercial advisory among others.
Dr. Mittal has a very diversified and successful multi-industry career spanning over 23 years with the latest stint being at Danaher Corporation, where he was Regional Counsel - METAI for Diagnostics Platform, Head of Legal at Lupin Limited and has been instrumental in critical roles at Reliance, Radico Khaitan, IndiaBulls, Caparo India and Mount Shivalik.
Dr. Mittal has been recognized and honored with multiple accolades from prestigious institutes like Legal Era, BW Legal World, INBA, and Legal 500. He is a regular speaker at such events and places.
On the academic background - he is a Ph.D. in commerce, a member of ICSI, a post graduate in commerce, and a graduate in law.
Pravin Anand is the Managing Partner and Head of Litigation at Anand and Anand. Awarded the AIPPI Award of Merit, INTA’s President’s Award, recognised as the “Most Innovative Lawyer” by Financial Times and the first Indian to be inducted in the IAM IP Hall of Fame, Mr Anand has an experience of appearing in over 2500 cases and successfully resolving many hundreds in over 43 years of his practice as an IP lawyer.
Leading from the front, Mr Anand has strengthened India’s IP jurisprudence with practice encompassing all facets of IP. To his credit are patent lawsuits that have transformed the pharmaceutical and bio-technology enforcement regime in India including Merck Vs. Glenmark; Roche Vs. Cipla; the Monsanto case; and a large number of other suits on behalf of Pfizer, BMS, AstraZeneca, etc.
Mr Anand had broken new grounds in Indian IP jurisprudence with India’s first Anti-suit injunction (InterDigital v Xiaomi); Nokia-Lenovo multi-technology multi-year agreement; Software Patent law suit conferring protection (FeridAllani case); development of damages culture in large number of cases that recognised not only punitive, but compensatory, exemplary and aggravated damages (Philips Vs. AmazeStore); India’s first post-trial SEP judgement (Philips Vs. Bhagirathi); development of unique remedies such as the “Tree Planting Order” (Merck case); and order benefiting adolescent girls (Hermes case).
Recognised as India’s IP trailblazer and a “living legend” by leading publications, Mr Anand’s distinguished career has included India’s first Anton Piller order (HMV Gramophone Case); India’s first Mareva injunction order (Philips Case); India’s first Norwich Pharmacal order (Hollywood Cigarettes Case); Pioneer Overseas Corporation Case paving the way for DNA testing for disputed IPR in plant variety; India’s first order under the Hague Convention for collecting overseas evidence in India (AstraZeneca Case), and the Glenfiddich case against McDowell protecting trade dress in India, With his significant understanding of trademarks, he has secured declarations of well-known status for several trademarks like 3D shape of ZIPPO, Red-sole of Christian Louboutin etc.
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There’s such a thing as “too much information”, especially for
There’s such a thing as “too much information”, especially for
Opening Address by - Pravin Anand, Managing Partner, Anand and Anand (Chairperson)
Address by - Shri G. R. Raghvendra, Senior Consultant (IPR Law), Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India
Address by - John Cabeca, United States Intellectual Property Counselor for South Asia U.S. Embassy - New Delhi, India
Address by - Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar, European and German Patent and Trademark Attorney
Boehmert & Boehmert
Address by - Hon. Justice B. N. Srikrishna, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
Address by - Hari Subramaniam, Managing Partner, Subramanium & Associates
Key Speakers:
Hari Subramaniam, Managing Partner, Subramanium & Associates
Jyotsna Ghoshal Global Lead, International Forums, Johnson & Johnson
Debolina Partap, Group General Counsel, Wockhardt Ltd.
Dr. S.K. Murthy, Patent Counsel, Intel India
Shamim Ahmad, Head IP & Legal, Aurigene Oncology Ltd.
| Group A | Group B |
| A1 | B1 |
| The 5G Technology & the Massive Licensing Opportunities: Licensing & Technology Transfer | Patent Litigation |
| Panellists Tabrez Ahmad, Group Director Government Affairs & Public, Dell Technologies Chitra Iyer, Head of Intellectual Property & Standards - India (IP & S), Philips India Limited Munish Sudan, Head, Intellectual Property & External Research Collaborations, Tata Steel Bharat Mehta, EVP, Regional General Counsel and Ethics & Compliance Officer - India & APAC, Capgemini | Panellists Indran Shanmuganathan, IP Litigator & Partner, Shearn Delamore & Co. Dr. BP Singh, Former Chairman In-Charge & Technical Member- Patents Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB), Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India Arshad Jamil, Chief IP Counsel - Global Head, IPR BIOCON Faiz Rahman, IP Head & Assoc Vice President Infosys Smitha Chandrashekar, Legal Director HARMAN International Alpesh Shah, Sr. General Manager-Packaging, Intas Pharmaceuticals |
| Group A | Group B |
| A2 | B2 |
| Industry 4.0: Innovation, Strategies, Challenges & Protection | The Centrality of Open Source as AI Takes Wings |
| Panellists Anubhav Kapoor, Director of Legal Affairs, Ford India Private Limited Dr. Aravind Chinchure, Founder & CEO, QLeap Academy Subhadip Sarkar, Vice President - Legal and Corporate Affairs, Cognizant Technology Solutions Zameer Nathani, Group General Counsel, CarDekho Manisha Singh, Founder and Partner, LexOrbis Anoop Jain, Assistant Chief IP Counsel, Head IPR Function, Ather Energy | Panellists Aahit Gaba, Senior Counsel, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Biju K. Nair, Founding Partner, Legalitech |
Group A | Group B |
| A3 | B3 |
| Patent Infringement and Second Medical Use Claims: A Problem That Is Not a Problem? | IPR for the Networked Enterprise - Getting Value from Supply Chains and Customer Relations |
| Panellists Meera Vanjari, Director Legal, Abbott Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. - India Dr. Mahendra B. Thakre, Senior IP Counsel (Associate Vice President) – IPR Legal, VIATRIS (Mylan Laboratories Limited) |
A4 | B4 |
| Blockchain & IP - Due Diligence of IP in the Era of Blockchain & Artificial Intelligence & The Impact of Blockchain in the World of IP | Patent Enforcement Strength in 52 Countries Worldwide: Implications for your Patent Filing Litigation Strategies |
| Panelists Sujith Subramanian, General Manager, Samsung Electronics Persis Hodiwalla, Managing Partner, JP Legal Corp | Panelists Hari Subramaniam, Managing Partner, Subramaniam & Associates (SNA) Taranpreet Singh Lamba, Vice-President and Head-Portfolio Planning and IP Litigation, SUN PHARMA Rajiv Chandan, Global General Counsel & Company Secretary, Tata Chemicals Limited |
A5 | B5 |
| IP & Metaverse | Web 3.0 Roadmap - Regulatory Framework & Impact |
| Panelists Jyothi V K, General Counsel & Sr. Vice-President (Legal), Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited Lakshminarayanan Ramachandran, Director & Head - IP & Innovation, Samsung R&D - Bangalore Mamta Rani Jha, Senior Partner, Inttl Advocare Anoop Jain, Assistant Chief IP Counsel, Head IPR Function, Ather Energy Dr. BP Singh, Former Chairman In-Charge & Technical Member-Patents Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB), Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India Persis Hodiwalla, Managing Partner, JP Legal Corp | Panelists Nilesh Puntambekar, Sr. Manager Innovation & Intellectual Property-India & South East Asia, Middle East & Africa, Emerson Prof. (Dr.) Tabrez Ahmad, Senior Executive Director, Chandigarh University Meenu Chandra, Managing Director-Office of General Counsel, Head Legal Asia Acceleration Centers, PwC Acceleration Centers |
A6 | B6 |
| Anti Counterfeiting: Measures to Conqure Infringement in a Contentious World | IP & VUCA World |
| Panelists Amit Bhasin, Chief Legal Officer, Marico Limited Pankaj Monga, CEO & General Counsel, SPAN Consulting Pvt. Ltd. Shridhaar Parundekar, Head of Legal Affairs, Compliance, Intellectual Property & Brand Protection, Ashirvad Pipes | Panelists Tabrez Ahmad, Group Director Government Affairs & Public, Dell Technologies Senthil Kumar, Global Senior Counsel, IP, Hitachi, ABB Power Grids Mohammed Faisal, General Manager & Global IPR Head, Tata Motors Group Pranay Prabhu Gaonkar, Founding Partner, Menezes Gaonkar LLP Siddharth Karkhanis, Head of Intellectual Property, Bosch Global Software Technologies Private Limited |
Key Speakers:
Hon. Justice A. K. Sikri, Former Judge Supreme Court of India
Jyoti Pawar, Group General Counsel Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft
Sanjukta Kulkarni, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited (LTI)
Key Speakers:
Navita Chaubal, General Counsel & Senior Director Target
Neha Mahyavanshi, Head of Legal, Syngene International Limited
Joginder Yadav, Director, Legal & General Counsel, Cisco
Sonal Basu, Vice President & Global Head - Legal & Compliance, LTIMindtree
Kavitha Gupta, Director Compliance Officer, SAP
Group A | Group B |
| A7 | B7 |
Protecting our most valuable assets - Cybersecurity | Evolving Fintech - Latest Trends & Challenges |
| Panellists Chinmoy Roy, Senior Legal Officer, Antrix Corporation Limited, (Commercial Arm of ISRO under the Dept. of Space, Govt. of India) Deepa Krishnamurthy, Vice President, Legal, NTT Data Douglas Graham, CEO, Global Ideation Inc. Harish Suryavanshi, Legal Head – Global, ColorTokens | Panellists Sameet Gambhir, Vice president (Corp. Law) & Company Secretary, DCM Shriram Limited Sumitraa Srinivasan, Vice President - Legal, Deutsche Bank Global Services Shilpa Malhotra, Group Head Legal, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) Shahana Chatterji, Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. Shilpa Mankar Ahluwalia, Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. |
A8 | B8 |
| E Pharma & Digital Health | IP & Artificial Intelligence |
| Panellists Vandana Seth, VP- Legal, Tata 1mg Seema Manku, Senior Vice President Legal, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited Sormistha Ghosh, Group General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer, Strides Pharma | Panellists Kavitha Gupta, Director Compliance Officer, SAP Renju Harikumar, Global Innovation Protection Lead, Accenture (INDIA) |
A9 | B9 |
| Litigation Strategy in a Changing Protection Management Landscape - What's your IP Strategy? | 360 Degree Startegy on Brand Protection in Digital World |
| Panellists Kanaiya Thakker, Senior Vice President Head-Legal, Adani Enterprises Limited Philip Abraham, Senior Principal (Litigation & Trademarks), Subramaniam & Associates Mohammed Faisal, General Manager & Global IPR Head, Tata Motors Group Taruna Gupta, Head, IP Governance, Training & Assessment, Tata Consultancy Services | Panellists Jyothi V K, General Counsel & Sr. Vice-President (Legal), Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited Anubhav Jain, Brand Protection Head, India, Jockey International, Inc. Roopa Vikram, Senior Associate General Counsel, ITC Limited Sumati Uppal, Corporate Counsel, The LEGO Group (Singapore) Dhwani Rao, Head IP Legal Counsel, Nestle India Limited (India Panduranga Acharya, General Counsel, Zepto (India) Arpita Sen, Head of Business Legal, Associate General Counsel, Intel India Chhavi Jain, IP Lead Counsel, UltraTech Cement |
A10 | B10 |
| Competition and IPR | Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 |
| Panellists Archana Gupta, General Counsel and Ethics and Compliance Officer, Capgemini India and ME Lakshmi Menon Nair, Director and Associate General Counsel, Head of Legal - India Geo, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Prof. (Dr.) Prabuddha Ganguli, CEO, Vision-IPR Amit Kumar Agrawal, Senior Product Manager, Patent Specialist, Master Innovator, Motorola Mobility Vikramsinh Yadav, Legal Head-Business Partner, Consumer Health & Radiology, Bayer Pharma | Panellists Vasanthika Srinath, Former Vice President, Concentrix Yawar Usmani, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary, Stellapps Technologies Private Limited Deepalakshmi Vadivelan, General Counsel & Vice President Legal, Global DPO, Quess Corp Nagaraja Bengaluru Subbarao, Principal Consultant (Global Data Privacy Compliance), Protiviti India Member Firm Muthukumaran Devarajan, Director-Licensing, GE |
A11 | B11 |
| Patent Monetization - An Integral Part of Strategy | |
| Panelists Muthukumaran Devarajan, Director-Licensing, GE |
Global IP & Tech Community (GIPTCA) is a thought leaders networks of IP & Technology professionals, integrated by Legal Era Community.
Legal Era Community is a think tank of thought leaders well known for organising & hosted thought leadership & knowledge sharing conferences in India, US, UK, Middle East & Africa. Since 15years Legal Era has constantly work towards empowering the global business lawyers & IP Professionals and have set up communities of Global Business Lawyers Network, Global IP & Tech Community & Women in IP Community & Global Corporate Counsel Community
Our IP Community Chairperson are Mr Pravin Anand, Managing Partner, Anand & Anand alongwith 10 global members & IP experts
GIPTCA host community comprises of Chairperson Mr Pravin Anand, Managing Partner, Anand & Anand; Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar, European and German Patent and Trademark Attorney Boehmert & Boehmert; Hari Subramaniam, Managing Partner, Subramaniam & Associates; Hemant Singh Founder and Managing Partner Inttl Advocare; Debolina Partap, Group General Counsel, Wockhardt Ltd.; Douglas Graham, IP expert; Manisha Singh, Founder and Partner, LexOrbis; Anubhav Kapoor, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Chairman's Office South Asia, Samvardhana Motherson International Limited; Jasmine Karimi, Regional Counsel, APAC, FMC Corporation and Mamta Rani Jha Senior Partner Inttl Advocare.
Global IP & Tech Community (GIPTCA) works constantly towards creating a platforms for Creators, Innovators, and Protectors. The GIPTCA is a network of IP & Tech Thought Leaders who connect to build and empower the business ecosystem. The members of the community initiative, integrate and innovate each conference
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The physical 2 days conference is schedule on 20th & 21st Jan 2025 in Dubai