Biography: Life Sciences

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Pravin Anand, managing partner of Anand and Anand, completed his law studies in New Delhi in 1979 and since then has been practising as an advocate and a patent and trademark attorney. He has been a counsel in several landmark IP cases involving the first Anton Piller Order (HMV cases); the first Mareva Injunction Order (Philips case); the first Norwich Pharmacal Order (Hollywood Cigarettes case); right of privacy (Bandit Queen case); dilution in trademarks (Glenfiddich case); recognition of market survey evidence by judiciary (Time Warner case); domain names (Yahoo! case); punitive and exemplary damages (Time magazine) phishing (NASSCOM); the compulsory licensing cases filed against Pfizer and Roche under the Doha Declaration, where both the innovator companies were successful; and a host of other cases which have transformed the IP landscape.

He serves on the editorial board of several international IP journals including IP Asia, Entertainment Law Review and Computer & Telecommunications Law Review. He has authored several papers on IP, and co-authored the two intellectual property volumes in Halsbury's Laws of India.

Anand has spoken extensively at various forums including WIPO, AIPPI, INTA, LES, IBA, LAW ASIA and the UN Conference on LDCs in the Digital World. He has served on several international and national expert groups and committees, including the patent law drafting committee for revising and recommending changes to law.

He is the chairman of the IPR promotion advisory committee (IPAC), constituted by the government of India, and the IT committee set up by FICCI, and the past president of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA India). He was director on the board of INTA from 2006 to 2008 and is currently president of the AIPPI (Indian group). He has appeared as an expert witness before parliamentary committees to give evidence on amendments to trademark, patent and copyright laws.

Area of specialisation: intellectual property

Biography: Trademarks

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Pravin Anand, managing partner of Anand and Anand completed his law studies in New Delhi in 1979 and has been practising as an advocate and as a patent and trademark attorney since. He was counsel in a number of important landmark IP cases in India including the first: Anton Piller Order (HMV cases); Mareva Injunction Order (Philips case); Norwich Pharmacal Order (Hollywood Cigarettes case); right of privacy case (Bandit Queen case); dilution in trademarks case (Glenfiddich case); recognition of market survey evidence by judiciary (the Time Warner case); domain name case (Yahoo! case); punitive and exemplary damages (Time Magazine) phishing (NASSCOM); the compulsory licensing cases filed against Pfizer and Roche under the Doha Declaration.

He is the chairman of IPR promotion advisory committee (IPAC) constituted by the government of India and the IT committee set up by FICCI, president of the AIPPI (Indian group), a past director on the board of INTA, a past president of the APAA India group and co-chairman of the APAA emerging IP rights committee.

Mr Anand is a co-author of the two volumes of Halsbury's Laws of India on Intellectual Property and severs on the editorial board of several international IP journals including IP Asia, Entertainment Law Review and Computer & Telecommunications Law Review. He has spoken extensively at various forums including WIPO, AIPPI, INTA, LES, IBA, LAW ASIA and the UN Conference on LDCs in the Digital World.

Mr Anand has appeared as an expert witness before parliamentary committees to give evidence on amendments to trademark, patent and copyright laws and served on several international an national expert groups and committees, drafting and recommending changes to law.