National Workshop

on Applied IPR

& LL.M.

Orientation

FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

& SINGH & SINGH LAW FIRM

25TH NOVEMBER, 2017MOOT COURT HALL,

UMANG BHAWAN, FACULTY OF LAW,

UNIVERSITY OF DELHI .

The Workshop is an attempt

to bridge the gap between

theory and practice. The

thrust of the workshop

would be on practical

aspects of TM Litigation:

Practice & Procedure,

Copyright Litigation:

Practice & Procedure &

Patent Litigation: Practice &

Procedure.

Chief GuestHon'ble Justice Rajiv Sahai

Endlaw, Judge, Delhi High Court

Guest of HonourMr. Rajiv Aggarwal,

Joint Secretary,DIPP, GOI

Workshop Patron Prof. Ved Kumari,

Dean & Head,

Workshop Director Mr. Ashwini Siwal

Assistant Professor

Workshop Patron Prof. Ved Kumari

Dean & Head, FOL,DU

She has been the Chairperson of Delhi

Judicial Academy from July 2009 to July 2011.

She holds PhD from University of Delhi. She

has also been Commonwealth fellow in Warwick university in UK

in 1998, and has done post-doctoral research

on Juvenile Justice in the UK.

She is committed to promoting Justice in legal

education in India

Born on 13th August, 1959 at Delhi.

Studied at Delhi Public School,

Mathura Road, New Delhi and

passed the CBSE Examination in

1976 and joined Hans Raj College,

Delhi University. Thereafter, did

LLB from Campus Law Centre,

Delhi University and enrolled as

an advocate with the Bar Council

of Delhi in July, 1982. Initially

joined a solicitor's firm for 3

years and thereafter practiced

law in the Delhi High Court and

the subordinate courts mainly on

the original side in the fields of

real estate, family, civil and

arbitration laws.

Chief Guest Hon'ble Justice Rajiv

Sahai Endlaw

Guest of Honor Mr. Rajiv Aggarwal

Raj iv Aggarwal is present ly serving as Joint Secretary in-charge of administer ing Inte l lectual Property Rights in the Government of India . He is thus the key person in deal ing with WIPO, as a lso bi lateral and mult i lateral

negot iat ions in the f ie ld of Inte l lectual Property . In

addit ion , he was a lso the Control ler General of Patents , Designs and

Trademarks dur ing the past year , responsib le for

implementat ion of industr ia l property r ights inc luding GIs . He has thus

had the unique opportunity of working very c losely in the f ie ld of IPRs , both at

pol icy and execut ion levels . An off icer belonging to the

Indian Administrat ive Service , Raj iv Aggarwal has

more than 24 years of administrat ive experience.

Special Guest Bitika Sharma

Partner, Singh & Singh

Ms. Sharma is a Law Graduate as

well as a Science Graduate

(Chemistry) from Delhi

University. She is the Senior most

member of the Firm as has been

a part of the Firm since past 13

years. Initially she started her

carrier with trademark

prosecution and thereafter

expanded to the IP litigation

practise. Her forte has expanded

to complex patent litigation in

Bio-tech, Pharma and Chemicals

sector. She has handled various

high-profile cases in the field of

Patents, Biologics/Biosimilars,

Data protection, Designs and

trademarks. Ms. Sharma is an

active member of INTA & APAA

and has also been elected as an

Executive member of AIPPI for

Indian Group.

Dr. Alka Chawla Professor

Faculty of Law

She has authored two books on Copyright Law, the latest being "Law of Copyright: Comparative

Perspectives" (2013). She has presented papers at various forums namely

WIPO, USPTO, FICCI, TERRI, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law,

Switzerland, ESCP, Europe, Paris, Chandigarh Judicial

Academy, Delhi Judicial Academy, Orissa Judicial Academy, National Police

Academy.

Special Guest Mr. Sudeep Chatterjee, Partner, Singh & Singh

Sudeep Chatter jee obtained his law degree from Lucknow

Univers i ty in 2000 and a lso has done master ’s in software development and software engineering. He handles a l l

infr ingement matters re lat ing to copyright and trademarks and

domain-re lated issues inc luding f i l ing of UDRP complaints . He has

handled var ious h igh-prof i le cases in the f ie ld of Copyright ,

Trademarks , Data protect ion , ant i - counterfeit ing and UDRP. He was a lso a part of the Par l iamentary Standing Committees which was

const i tuted to look into the Copyright Amendment B i l l , 2010. He

is the Secretary of the Asian Patent Attorneys Associat ion ( Indian group) and is a lso a member of the associat ion ’s

copyright committee besides being a Counci l Member of APAA. He is a lso a member of the INTA non-

tradit ional marks committee (2016 – 2017) and has been se lected for INTA Copyright Committee (2018 –

2019) . In the year 2015 he was awarded “Ris ing Star below 40” by LegalEra . WIPR has recognized him as “Leaders in Trademarks” for the years 2016 & 2017 whi le “Chambers

& Partners” has ranked him as “Band 3 Inte l lectual Property

L i t igat ion Lawyer in India”

Vivek is Alumni of prestigious NIT

Punjab and IIT Kharagpur. He is

involved in the litigation portfolio

of the firm and is particularly

involved Patent, Trademarks, and

Drug Regulatory issues. He also

has wide experience in Patent

drafting, Patent prosecution and

other contagious proceedings

like revocation, compulsory

licensing and pre-grant/post-

grant oppositions. Vivek has

deep interest in Constitutional

Law and Law and Economics. He

has several research/review

papers to his credit. He also

speaks at different seminars and

consortium organized by various

academic institutions like IITs,

NITs, NLS, and other central

universities on topics touching

upon the intellectual property

and constitutionality of laws.

Vivek Ranjan Senior Associate,

Singh & SinghArchana Sahadeva is a graduate

of the University of Osmania and

holds a Master in Business Laws

(MBL) degree from the National

Law School of India University

(NLSIU), Bangalore. Archana

holds a Bachelor’s Degree in

Electronics (Hons.) from Delhi

University. She is also an

Advocate-on-Record before the

Supreme Court of India. She was

admitted to the Bar in 2007,

joined the Firm in the same year

and is currently the Associate

Partner in the Firm. While her

special expertise is Intellectual

Property Litigation, her other

fields of practice include Pharma

Regulatory, Corporate, General

Litigation etc.

Archana SahadevaAssociate Partner,

Singh & Singh

Mohit Wadhwa Senior Associate,

Singh & Singh

Mohit Wadhwacompleted Law from ILSLaw Col lege, Univers i tyof Pune in 2006. He wasadmitted to the bar in

2006. Before jo in ingSingh & Singh Law Firm

LLP, in Apr i l 2017 , heused to work for a Delh ibased Law f irms. He is

current ly the SeniorAssociate in the Firm.

His work prof i leinc ludes Trademark

Prosecut ion , TrademarkOpposit ion , Trademark

Rect i f icat ion beforeTrade Marks Off ice &Inte l lectual PropertyAppel late Board and

Copyright Prosecut ion

Arushi Lohia Associate,

Singh & SinghArushi Lohia has pursued

BBA LLB from Symbiosis Law

School, Pune and graduated

in the year 2017. During the

course of her graduation she

participated in various Moot

Court Competitions based

upon a wide array of legal

subjects. She has completed

internship programs under

in-house teams and at

various law firms. She joined

Singh & Singh after the

completion of her

graduation and is a part of

the Trademarks Prosecution

team.

Jaya completed her graduation

in Psychology and Political

Science from the University of

Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in

2009. She completed her LL.B.

from Campus Law Centre,

Faculty of Law, University of

Delhi in 2013. She was admitted

to the Bar in 2013 and joined the

firm in the same year. Jaya

specializes in Intellectual

Property Law Litigation and is

practicing before the Supreme

Court of India, Delhi High Court,

various District Courts and

Tribunals.

Jaya Mandelia Senior Associate, Singh &

Singh

Archana Singh, Senior Associate, Singh &

Singh

She has completed herBachelor of Technology inthe f ie ld of biotechnology

from Uttar PradeshTechnology Univers i ty in2007. She has a lso donePost Graduate Dip lomacourse in Inte l lectualProperty Rights from

Global Inst i tute ofInte l lectual Property in

2010. She has qual i f ied theIndian Patent Agent

Examinat ion in 2011 . Beforejo in ing Singh & Singh inApri l 2012 , she used to

work for a Delh i based LawFirm. Her work prof i le

inc ludes PatentProsecut ion , Patent

Opposit ion and Revocat ionand Patent L i t igat ion . She

is a lso involved inprosecut ion matters beforePatent Off ice and l i t igat ion

matters before theInte l lectual Property

Appel late Board, var iousHigh Courts as wel l as

Supreme Court of India .

Metali Agarwal Associate,

Singh & SinghMeetali Agarwal is a 2015

graduate from Nirma

University as B.Com LLB

(Hons.) with specialization in

IPR. At present, she is

working in the Trademark

prosecution and opposition

team handling various client

portfolios. She is also a part

of brand enforcement team.

Earlier she was working in

the Patent and Trademark

litigation team handling

Standard Essential Patent

litigation in the same firm.

During her LLB she has

written various articles and

done extensive research in

the field of Intellectual

Property Law.

Devanshu completed his engineering in

the field of Information Technology and

then went onto pursue his LL.B. from

Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.

Devanshu has closely worked with the

Think Tank which was entrusted with the

momentous task of drafting India’s first

National IPR policy. Devanshu is also a

registered Patent Agent with the Indian

Intellectual Property Office. Before

commencing work at Singh & Singh,

Devanshu worked in the chambers of Mrs.

Prathiba M. Singh, Senior Advocate for

two years. He was also appointed as a

facilitator by the Government of India

under the Start-UPs Intellectual Property

Protection(SIPP) Scheme. He has also

assisted various departments of the

Government on critical issues such as

guidelines relating to ‘Patentability of

Computer Related Inventions’. Devanshu

is currently part of the Patent Litigation

team and has actively worked on matters

involving Standard Essential Patents

(SEPs) and pharmaceutical patents.

Devanshu Khanna Associate,

Singh & SinghIsha Tyagi Associate,

Singh & Singh

Isha Tyagi is apract ic ing advocate in

l i t igat ion and IPRprosecut ion . She is

2016 law graduate fromSymbiosis Law School ,Noida. Isha has beensigni f icant ly involvedin socia l wel fare and

was the Co-Chairperson, Student

Sect ion of IndianNational Bar

associat ion for threeyears . Addit ional ly , she

has done several IPand legal courses fromFICCI and MyLaw.net .

Nitya Sharma Associate,

Singh & SinghNitya Sharma completed her

B.Tech and M.Tech in

Biotechnology from Amity

University in 2014. She is

currently pursuing her Ph.D.

in Biotechnology. She has

worked as a Junior Research

Fellow (JRF) in ‘NRDC –

Innovation Facilitation

Centre’, a project by NRDC,

DSIR, GoI from 2014-2016.

She has authored research

papers in the field of

Biotechnology and IP. She

has been working in the

Patent litigation and

prosecution since August,

2016.

Mansee Teotia completed her

B.Tech. from University School of

Biotechnology, Indraprastha

University. Thereafter, she

completed her Bachelor's degree

in Law (Hons in IP) from Rajiv

Gandhi School of Intellectual

Property, IIT Kharagpur. She is a

registered Indian Patent Agent.

Previously, she was associated

with a leading automobiles

component manufacturer

company as an IP Counsel. She is

presently working as an

Associate at Singh and Singh. The

work profile of Mansee includes

Patents and Trademarks related

works which mainly involves

Litigation and Prosecution in

both.

Mansee Teotia Associate,

Singh & Singh

Nikhi l La l pursued hisB .A .LLB from Jindal

Global Law School andgraduated in the year

2016 . As part of h iscol lege l i fe he took

part in var ious debatecompetit ions and

interned withindependent

pract i t ioners and LawFirms specia l iz ing in

Civi l L i t igat ion . He hasbeen working with

Singh and Singh s incethe year 2016 and isworking on matters

re lated to Trademarks ,Copyright , Contracts

etc .

Nikhil Lal Associate,

Singh & Singh

Faculty of Law, University

of Delhi, India 110007

Ashwini holds LL.M. (Science,

Technology & Law) from

National Law Institute

University, Bhopal and have

submitted his doctoral thesis in

data security laws.

He specializes in Intellectual

Property Laws and has

research interests in

Technology & Law. He was

selected to attend Training of

IP Trainers, Japan Patent

Office, Tokyo.

He is the Director of "LC-1

Entrepreneurial Law Clinic" at

Faculty of Law, University of

Delhi.

Workshop Director Mr. Ashwini Siwal

Assistant Professor, FOL, DU

Workshop Moderator Dr. Sunanda Bharti Assistant Professor

FOL,DU

The subjects that she had taught consistent ly are Jur isprudence and

Inte l lectual Property Laws. Apart From

these, she has taught Arbitrat ion , Mediat ion and Negot iat ion as a

part of CLE-I and Moot Courts , Mock tr ia ls and Internship . Her PhD is on the topic of ‘Legal

Personal i ty of the Unborn-A

jur isprudent ia l Analys is ’ completed under the

guidance of Prof Poonam Saxena (present ly VC of

Jodhpur Law School