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Shrawan Chopra
Shrawan has established himself as a fierce IP litigator with over 16 years of practice representing big-ticket companies in pharmaceutical, alcohol beverages and fashion with interests spanning patents, trademarks, design, copyright, and domain names.
Shrawan joined Anand and Anand in year 2006 and has established himself as a fierce IP litigator. Big-ticket industries rely on his litigation experience and straightforward advice for enforcing and protecting their intellectual property.
Shrawan’s expertise in IP litigation sees him advise and represent big-ticket pharmaceutical, alcohol companies and industries. His litigation experience spans patents, trademarks, design, copyright, and domain name disputes.
He uses his unique court craft to represents clients before the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts, including the Delhi High Court. He was one of the leading members on the team which won the landmark decision in Ferid Allani v. Union of India giving a new spin to Section 3(k) of Patents Act thereby paving the way for software patenting in India.
He successfully leads the trademark litigation portfolio for Allied Blenders, one of the largest alcoholic beverage brand of the world. He is also giving a new spin to firm’s fashion practice by counselling some leading and globally renowned fashion designers to fight infringement of their designs thereby realising IPR as a tool for their craft.
Outside court, Shrawan engages in spreading awareness about IP by contributing actively to leading publications such as Asia IP, India Business Law Journal, Asia Business Law Journal, The Intellectual Property Law Review, CTLR, Managing the IP Lifecycle and likes.
- World Trademark Review (WTR)1000- 2023 Recommended individual for Enforcement & Litigation
- 40 Under 40 Rising Star Award 2019
- Ferid Allani case in which Shrawan played a lead role has been recognized the outstanding case of the year by Legal Era in 2019-2020
- Aloys Wobben vs Enercon India which had Shrawan in key role recognized by Managing IP as a milestone Asia-Pacific case of the year
Shrawan has created a body of seminal work and continues to engage extensively in extremely complex and equally defining trademark disputes. The list includes the decision of the Hon’ble Delhi High Court Division Bench in Shreenath v Allied Blenders and Sentini v Allied Blenders which expanded the concept of idea of a mark and also delved into how the human mind thinks while forming association of trademarks. This decision is regularly cited as an important precedent on this concept.
Shrawan also has to his credit the long-standing Roche vs Cipla patent dispute which laid down the principles for patent infringement in India, and the path- breaking Aloys Wobben v Enercon India matter in which the Supreme Court of India analysed whether multiple proceedings could be initiated by one party before different forums in order to challenge the validity of a patent. The case was recognised by Managing IP as a milestone Asia-Pacific case of the year.
Another from long list of landmark wins is the Monsanto v Nuziveedu Seeds case wherein the Supreme Court of India restored multi- national Monsanto’s patent for BT technology, validating that genetically modified crops were innovations that could be protected under patents. The hard-fought case secured another landmark win for the Anand and Anand litigation team of which Shrawan was an integral member.
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•Jan 17, 2023
By Shrawan Chopra and Vibhav Mithal Earlier this year, the Delhi High Court, enacted the Delhi High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division