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Areas of Practice Emphasis
Corporate
Licensing and Technology Transfer
Intellectual Property
International
Prominent Assignments
Prominent assignments were while with Anand and Anand Advocates, New Delhi, India, July 2003 - May 2006
Advised India's largest business conglomerate on a media joint venture with their European partner
Advised multinational clients on foreign investment options and modalities as well as structuring of joint ventures
Formulated strategy for a large multinational luxury goods company on its counterfeiting problem in India; conducted
ground investigations; obtained court orders and conducted enforcement actions
Negotiated, drafted and reviewed many technology transfer, non-disclosure and intellectual property license and assignment agreements for multinational corporations
Researched and drafted complaints for international domain name disputes including a ccTLD dispute filed in India on
behalf of a American toy company
Researched and drafted opinions on taxation and transfer pricing issues
Researched and drafted opinions on privacy, trademark and media law matters for numerous clients
Education
Columbia Law School, New York, NY L.L.M., May '07
-Honors: J.N. Tata Endowment Scholarship; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
National Law School of India University, Bangalore, India B.A., LL.B. (Hons.), June '03
-Honors: Student Editor, Indian Journal of Environmental Law
Admitted to Practice
Not admitted in Michigan
Admitted in India
- Member, Bar Council of Delhi, India
Publications and Presentations
Panelist: INDIA: A Developing Market for U.S. Companies, May 23, 2007. Organized by the U.S. Commerce Department and the Michigan District Export Council (MDEC).
Sports events & the 'hot news' test, The Economic Times, April 5, 2006.
Speaker: Using the Copyright System to Add Value for Marketing Handicrafts: Indian Case Studies, at the National Seminar on Importance of Intellectual Property Rights for Handicrafts, Hyderabad, April 3-5, 2005. Organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Environmental Non-governmental Organizations on the International Plane, 3 Indian Journal of Environmental Law 54 (2002).
When Comparisons are Odious: Comparative Advertising & Disparagement, 13 Student Advocate 208 (2001).
Languages
English (fluent)
Hindi and Tamil (fluent)
French (basic)
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