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Patent Litigation support from our Patent team, handled end-to-end as part of our Intellectual Property practice.
Pre-litigation notices are issued within 48 hours. Infringement suits with interim injunction applications are filed within 10 to 15 business days. Courts typically hear urgent injunction applications within 1 to 2 weeks. Final trial and judgment in commercial courts typically takes 18 to 36 months. Appeals may extend the timeline further.
We make legal and intellectual property filings seamless, secure, and fully transparent. Here is how we handle your assignment from start to finish:
Understand your goals, check eligibility, and draft the filing roadmap.
Collect required records and conduct compliance checks for errors.
Draft and submit applications to the registry within 48 business hours.
Monitor application progress and respond to office actions/objections.
Handover certified registrations and provide post-filing support.
Available remedies include permanent injunction restraining the infringer, damages or an account of the infringer's profits, delivery-up of infringing goods, costs of the suit, and interest on damages. In appropriate cases, courts may also award punitive damages.
Yes, the defendant can challenge patent validity as a defense by raising grounds such as lack of novelty, obviousness, non-patentable subject matter under Section 3, or insufficiency of disclosure. The defendant can also file a counter-claim for revocation under Section 64.
Patent infringement suits are filed before the High Court having jurisdiction over the place of infringement or where the defendant resides or carries on business. Commercial divisions of the High Courts handle these cases under the Commercial Courts Act for expedited disposal.