Harish Naidu

Partner & Registered Patent Agent

With an industry experience of more than 6 years, Harish has worked closely with independent inventors, founders, startups, and SMEs in various technical domains and assisted them in securing all forms of intellectual property (IP) rights. Harish has also appeared for more than 800 hearings at the Indian Patent and Trademark office representing a wide range of clients, with a successful track record in prosecution and opposition matters. Harish’s expertise includes patent drafting and prosecution, trademark registration and prosecution, opposition matters related to patents and trademarks, copyright registration, and patent analytics.

Adv. Sutapa Jana

Consulting Counsel – IP Attorney

With an industry experience of more than 6 years with leading law firms, Ms Sutapa has successfully represented a wide array of clients including fortune 500 companies in the Supreme Court, various High Courts, erstwhile Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB), Patent & Trademark Offices and National Biodiversity Authority.

She has been primarily involved in contentious IP matters involving patents, trademarks, designs, copyrights etc. She has been the part of some of the major Standard Essential Patents and pharmaceutical litigation in India. She has also been actively involved in matters concerning Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2000 and regularly appears before the Protection of Plant Variety and Farmers’ Rights Authority. She also advises clients on various aspect of licensing and transfer of IP rights.

Gopikrishnan Mukundan

Consulting Counsel – IP Attorney

Gopikrishnan has helped scientists, startups, and fortune 500 companies in securing their intellectual property by filing and prosecuting hundreds of patent & trademark applications.

He has drafted & prosecuted patent and trademark applications across multiple jurisdictions including India, US, UK, and EU. Before joining Acura, Gopikrishnan was an in-house patent attorney at Tata Consultancy Services and a consulting counsel at a US based intellectual law firm.

Further, Gopikrishnan had an independent practice assisting several startups and individual inventors securing their intellectual property.

Adv. Amith Krishnan

Consulting Counsel – IP Attorney

Amith is a litigating lawyer who, after a brief stint in the Kerala High Court has been practicing in the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Delhi, Telangana, and Kerala for more than 6 years.  Apart from working on matters relating to constitution law, insolvency & bankruptcy code, and company laws, Amith has extensively dealt with IP matters including litigation pertaining to Standard Essential Patents, copyright matters, privacy issues, and trademarks.

Ganesh Raj D

Consulting Counsel & Patent Agent

Ganesh Raj is a litigating lawyer and a patent agent who has been practicing in the High Court of Madras and other subordinate courts and tribunals within the state of Tamil Nadu and Andra Pradesh. Ganesh deals with matters relating to IP licensing, IP transactions, Arbitration, and Technology Transfer. Besides appearing before the erstwhile IPAB, Ganesh continues to regularly appear before the Patent and Trademark Offices.

Adv. Anand S

Consulting Counsel – IP Attorney

Anand is a litigating lawyer primarily practicing in the High Court of Madras and other subordinate courts and tribunals within the state of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Anand regular represents several multinational giants in trademark-related matters before the Madras High Court. Besides appearing before the erstwhile IPAB, Anand continues to regularly appear before the Patent and Trademark Offices.