Intellectual property

Protect your ideas. Secure your brand. Build valuable IP assets.

Whether you are developing a new technology, software, SaaS platform, mobile application, brand, product design, creative work or innovative business solution, appropriate IP protection helps establish ownership, prevent unauthorised use and strengthen the commercial value of your business.

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Software, SaaS and technology IP strategy

Trademark

Trademark registration

Protect your brand name, business name, logo, tagline, product name or service identity through trademark registration.

  • Trademark availability and preliminary search
  • Trademark classification
  • Selection of appropriate goods/services
  • Application preparation and filing
  • Examination objection analysis and response
  • Hearing representation and support
  • Opposition and counter-statement assistance
  • Registration and renewal support
  • Trademark portfolio advisory

A registered trademark is generally valid for 10 years and can be renewed for successive 10-year periods. India follows 45 trademark classes, with Classes 1–34 covering goods and Classes 35–45 covering services.

Ideal for: Startups | Companies | SMEs | Professionals | Product brands | Service businesses | E-commerce businesses

Software & SaaS

Protect your software before you scale

Software and SaaS businesses require a carefully designed IP protection strategy. Depending on the nature of the technology and the underlying rights, protection may involve a combination of copyright, trademark, patent strategy, design protection, contractual protection and confidentiality mechanisms.

  • Software copyright registration
  • SaaS platform IP strategy
  • Application and software documentation
  • Software ownership and assignment
  • Developer IP assignment
  • Founder IP ownership
  • Trademark registration for SaaS brands
  • Domain and brand protection strategy
  • Confidentiality and trade-secret protection
  • Technology licensing documentation
  • IP clauses in employment and consultancy agreements
  • IP clauses in founders' and shareholders' agreements
  • Investor due-diligence readiness
  • IP portfolio structuring for startups

For software & SaaS founders

Before launching or pitching your technology, consider:

Who owns the code?

Who owns the brand?

Who owns the database and documentation?

Have developers assigned their IP rights?

Are third-party components properly licensed?

Is your brand protected?

Can your technology qualify for patent protection?

Are your confidential business processes protected?

Patents

Convert innovation into a protected business asset

Patent protection may be relevant where an invention satisfies the applicable requirements under Indian patent law.

  • Preliminary patentability assessment
  • Prior-art search strategy
  • Patent documentation support
  • Provisional patent application
  • Complete specification strategy
  • Patent filing support
  • Examination-related assistance
  • Patent prosecution support
  • Patent portfolio advisory
  • Commercialisation and licensing advisory

Important: Not every idea, software or business concept is patentable. Patentability must be assessed based on the nature of the invention and the applicable statutory requirements.

Copyright & design

Copyright registration

Copyright can be relevant to original creative and literary works, including various forms of software code, website content, documentation, artistic works and audio-visual material.

  • Copyright registration support
  • Ownership and authorship documentation
  • Assignment and licensing agreements
  • Design registration advisory
  • Confidentiality and NDA frameworks
  • IP enforcement strategy

Build an integrated IP strategy

We help founders and boards address ownership, protection and enforcement as one coordinated advisory approach.