Dr Mohan Dewan Patents Lawyer of the Year India

Firm Profile

R K Dewan & Co was founded in 1942 and has completed over 71 years of committed and excellent service in the field of Intellectual Property Rights.

RKD has its head office in Mumbai, with branch offices in New Delhi, Pune, Chennai and Kolkata; cities that are the settings of the multiple geographical locations of the Patent & Trade- mark Offices in India. RKD is therefore well poised to serve its over 4000 corporate and individual clients worldwide including several of the top Indian companies. The firm is assisted….and efficiently.

The firm is assisted by a complement of 85 dedicated and painstakingly trained advocates

(lawyers), engineers, scientists, Patent attorneys, Trademark Attorneys, paralegals and executives equipped to deliver promptly and efficiently.

RKD has built a close-knit, dependable and extensive network of associates in India and in over 125 countries throughout the world. We are therefore able to cater to national and international IP filing, prosecution and domestic and trans-border litigation across all tiers of the judiciary.

RKD believes in offering customized, cost- effective and innovative solutions across all verticals of IP. RKD is actively involved in advising clients on every aspect of IP, including Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Design. The firm

About Dr Mohan Dewan

Dr Mohan Dewan is the principal of R K Dewan & Co, with over 40 years of experience in the field of Intellectual Property Rights.

Dr Dewan is a practicing

advocate and jurist. He is a registered Patent & Trademark attorney. Dr Dewan has the unique distinction of being an exceptional litigator along with being an expert in patent & trademark prosecution. His areas of expertise also extend to IPR teaching and training, negotiating technology transfers and IPR valuation.

Having drafted and successfully prosecuted several thousand patent specifications globally, he has come to be acknowledged as a specialist in patent specification drafting. Dr Dewan has obtained over 5000 patents for various Indian and foreign clients. His firm

Notable Legal Work

Dr Dewan has successfully litigated patent matters at various High Courts in India and the Appellate Board. Some of his recent cases have involved the revocation of a patent for Standards, prosecuting patents against

infringement in the field of Chemical

Engineering and Pharma, the defence of a patent infringement suit in Germany and the defence of a patent at the European Patent Office in a post-grant opposition.

represents over 4000 clients worldwide. Dr Dewan leads the RKD team in consistently formulating and executing winning India- centric strategies for litigation in the country.

IP prosecution and

Dr Dewan has several publications to his credit and is actively involved in IPR training for students, executives, IP professionals and patent office examiners. He has co-authored a book titled “Intellectual

Property, Innovation and

Management in Emerging Economies” that was launched at the Warsaw University, Poland. Dr Dewan lectures extensively on IP in India and abroad, and is regularly invited to speak at seminars and conferences globally. For example, he was recently invited to deliver a talk and conduct a workshop at the C5 conferences in Amsterdam and London respectively, on the topic of ‘Pharma Patents in India: Practical Tips & Litigation Strategies.’

regularly handles large volumes of both IP prosecution and litigation matters on behalf of its many clients.

RKD’s range of services include: Patents | Trademarks & Service Marks | Copyright | Design | IP Litigation | Anti- Counterfeit | Agreement Drafting | Technology Transfer | IP Valuation | IP Audit | Prior art, Patentability & Freedom to Operate Searches | Technology Maps | IP Training & Education

RKD is highly sought after for its values of responsiveness, attention to detail, client-centric culture, adaptability to changing IP landscapes and transparency and honesty in all of our dealings.

Areas of Expertise • Patent Specification Drafting • Patent Litigation

• Patent Prosecution in India & globally

• Broad spectrum of Sector expertise including but not limited to:

− Electronics & Telecommunication − IT, Software − Electrical & Power − Biotechnology & Pharma − Chemical − Mechanical Engineering − Physics − Nanotechnology

• Trademark, Design & Copyright - Prosecution and Litigation

• IP Valuation • Negotiating Technology Transfers

Contact

Dr Mohan Dewan Email: dewan@rkdewanmail.com Tel: +91 (20) 66871200/22/23 Fax: +91 (20) 66871221 www.rkdewan.com

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