Intellectual property specialist firm Fidus Law Chambers is rising in prominence for its handling of several landmark cases last year. Peers and clients have attested to the quality of its work and this year the firm climbed into the second tier in the IP rankings. Its litigation offering encompasses the full scope of intellectual property, such as trademark domain disputes and infringement actions, and disputes relating to patent, copyright, design, trade secret and geographical indication. The team has a success rate in the high 90s.
For all IP contentious matters, the main contacts at the firm are managing partner Shwetasree Majumder, and partners Diva Arora, Tanya Varma, Prithvi Singh and Astha Negi.
In a one-of-a-kind matter, the team assisted client Adobe on its lawsuit against a typo-squatter for registering deceptively similar domain names as that of the client’s trademark. The lawyers were successful in securing an injunction order against the infringer.
Century 21 Real Estate instructed the team for a trademark infringement lawsuit against a sub-franchisee for continued use of the mark, even after the franchise agreement had ended. The Delhi High Court granted a permanent injunction with respect to the trademark “Century 21” in favour of the client. Not only did the client secure the injunction, it was also awarded damages and full legal costs, and one of the defendants was ordered to change its company name since the trademark was included within. While the courts do not usually grant damages while proceeding ex-parte
in summary proceedings, the court noted the peculiarity of the case and the wilful disobedience by the defendants, and granted damages in favour of the client.
Key clients of the firm include Agoda Company, Air Canada, Google, Mattel, NBC Universal, Oracle, Philip 66, Tata Digital Private, Xerox and Yum! Brands.
Client feedback
“Practical legal advice, solid strategy, and amazing results.” – Intellectual property
Shwetasree Majumder
“Smart, commercial, practical and efficient.”
