Intellectual Property

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Provided by De Penning & De Penning

Head office: Chennai

Other offices: Kolkata, Mumbai, Bengaluru, New Delhi

No. of professionals: 200 (75 Attorneys)

Key practice areas: Patents, Trademarks, Design, Copyright, Domains, trade secrets, media and entertainment law, IP transactions, and enforcement.

About: De Penning & De Penning is one of India’s leading intellectual property firms, having been involved in the protection and management of intellectual property assets in the region since its inception. The firm's history is indelibly linked with the field, having filed the country’s first exclusive privilege application way back in 1856, and we continue to be at the forefront of the field today, guiding and supporting clients from all over the world with their intellectual property protection needs in India and around the region.

The Firm is professionally managed by a board for governance, practice heads and a team of highly qualified professionals in finance, client management, internal audit, IT and administration. A nationwide presence, and in-depth specialist knowledge in all areas of IP protection are backed up with a proprietary IP workflow management system, incorporating class leading security, disaster recovery, and continuity protocols ensuring that De Penning & De Penning can fully safeguard the valuable IP assets entrusted to it. 

The firm is an established leader in patent prosecution, with over 10% of the total annual filings nationally, and a grant success rate of over 99%.