Rahul Chaudhary & Partners is an IP specialist firm and its experience stretches back four decades – it was first known as Lall Lahiri & Salhotra. The team spans two offices and comprises 68 lawyers and 15 partners. The litigation team has represented a wide range of rights-holders from across the globe in multiple industries. The anti-counterfeit and enforcement team is also highly active. The disputes team has handled more than 1,000 cases and claims a success rate of 95%.
The key contacts for contentious IP are managing partner Rahul Chaudhry, founding partner Anuradha Salhotra, and litigation partners Sumit Wadhwa and Naval Kastia.
In one highlight, the team represented domestic electronics brand AIWA on its lawsuit against entities making use of deceptively similar names as that of their registered mark – and used them for a range of goods, including identical products. The primary defendant, AIIVA Homeappliances,misused the AIWA registrations to create its brand and trading style. The court granted an order of seizure, allowing the plaintiff client to seize a sizeable quantity of the impugned products.
The team also assisted Hero Investcorp to secure the rights on its trademark, “HERO”, with respect to counterfeit oil products.The defendants were found to be selling counterfeit oil products using the mark “HERO” in packaging that misappropriated and was identical to the HERO-branded products.
Purple Innovation, Reckitt Benckiser India, The Coca-Cola Company, US Green Building Council and Zed Lifestyle Private are on the firm’s client roster for contentious IP issues.
