RGSOIPL Placement Brochure - Batch of 2013

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR

RAJIV GANDHI SCHOOL OF

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Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law,Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur,Kharagpur - 721302, India

E-mail: [email protected]: +91-3222-645366

Dr. Tapas Kumar BandyopadhyayPhone: +91-3222-281730E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: +91-3222-282237 Fax: +91-3222-282238E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.rgsoipl.iitkgp.ernet.in

CAMPUS PLACEMENTS 2012-2013

THE IIT LAW SCHOOLDr. S. R. SubramanianPhone: +91-3222-281726E-mail: [email protected]

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CONTENTSIMPORTANT DATESDirector’s Message 2

About RGSOIPL 3

Admission Procedure 4

Course Details 5

Evaluation 5

Activities 6

The Batch 7

Students Profile

Chemistry 11

Computer Science/Information Technology 15

Electronics/Communication/Instrumentation 25

Life Sciences/Biotechnology 31

Mechanical Engineering 41

Recruitment 45

Pre Placement Talks for Final Placements:

27th August, 2012 to 16th November, 2012

Final Placements:

First Phase - 1st to 20th December, 2012

Second Phase - 4th January, 2013 till end of April, 2013

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About Rajiv Gandhi School of IPLawIt is said thatLaw is organic. The Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (RGSOIPL) at IIT Kharagpur moves several steps ahead to say that legal education is organic too.

A brainchild of Mr. Vinod Gupta (former CEO of InfoUSA and life fellow of IIT Kharagpur), the school was setup in 2006. It is currently the only Law school in the country functioning under the IIT system. RGSOIPL has the unique feature of imparting traditional legal education along with contemporary law courses suited to match the demands of a global economy.The school has been engineered to embody excellence in techno-legal education. Fostered and fortified by IIT Kharagpur, the School is in academic collaboration with the George Washington University Law School, USA and offers an energetic and creative learning environment.Its friendly atmosphere encourages the students to make the most out of their potential.The School seeks to cultivate a spirit of excellence within its students. The school equips the students to inculcate the intricacies of traditional law subjects and thereby capitalize this knowledge to excel in advanced technology law courses including those dealing with Intellectual Property Rights.

The School presently offers Three-year, full-time, residential LL.B. with Honours in Intellectual Property Law program recognized by the Bar Council of India. Students are selected through a National Level Entrance Test followed by Group Discussion and Personal Interview. The applicants are engineers, doctors and other science graduates, who outlast and sail through a rigorous selection process. Students must not only have either a degree in engineering or a post-graduate degree in science, but also legal acumen to become a part of the school.

The LL.B. course curriculum includes a study of 35 courses, including elective courses, over a period of three years divided into six semesters. In these three years, the students form a strong base in general laws and are exposed to intellectual property laws from the second semester onwards. The Law relating to Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Designs is as much a part of the curriculum as the Law of Torts, Law of Contract, Corporate Lawand Criminal Law. The School strictly implements the Bar Council of India syllabus with 21 core law subjects such as Constitutional Law, Business Laws, International Trade Laws and others.The course modules facilitate the students to acquire a sense of moderation and balance, and a rigorously critical frame of mind. The students are provided training in logical reasoning and precision of expression. The Faculty add a practical dimension to their teaching through cooperation, in particular, with members of the Bar.In addition, moot

DIRECTOR'SMESSAGELegal education in India has a strong tradition of interfacing

social sciences and law for a century. In the recent decades

the emergence of technology as a driving force to deliver

public goods has created an urgent need for professional

lawyers who have a background and foundation in

technology and science. This requires a new paradigm and

the establishment of Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual

Property Law is an essential step towards that goal.

Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (RGSOIPL),

IIT Kharagpur, is the face of the new legal education that is

evolving around the knowledge based economy.

IIT Kharagpur is the oldest, largest and the most diversified of

all the IITs and is currently rated as the best amongst them. It

has a vast reservoir of knowledge and expertise in the highest

realm of learning in science, engineering and technology. This

environment enables and empowers the new breed of

lawyers with technical and science background to

disseminate the complex issues of justice and Rights in the

knowledge era.

The School enables engineers, doctors, science and

management graduates to pursue their legal education

hitherto not available. The legal education imparted to them

aims to set new standards in legal education with

specialization in Intellectual Property Rights and other

branches of Law.

RGSOIPL is the right destination for organizations which are

into innovation and commercialization of IP. As a scientist,

engineer and technologist if one is looking to build an exciting

global career in IPR , a Law degree from RGSOIPL should be

your right choice. The Law programme also opens up career

opportunities in various branches of Law apart from IPR.

Prof. D. AcharyaDirector, IIT Kharagpur

courts, projects and seminars in each semester provide hands-on experience thereby developing and enhancing legal research and pleading skills. Every student has to appear for a comprehensive Viva Voce at the end of third year. A compulsory dissertation in the final year is a must to graduate. Thus, the young scholars acquire knowledge that prepares them astutely to enter the legal world.

The budding lawyers graduating from the school are well-equipped for careers in law and a number of our alumni have been successful in Law Firm careers in diverse areas such as Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Patent Law and so on, in both prosecution as well as litigation. Coupled with professional science and engineering backgrounds, the students are well-equipped to take on roles and responsibilities in in-house legal and IP cells in areas of IP management, Legal and Compliance etc. Our students are also making their mark in techno-legal consulting.

The school takes pride in its state-of-the-art infrastructure. The school has an in-house law library with subscriptions to various law journals, texts and reference books.High speed internet complements access to major legal databases like Westlaw, HeinOnline and Manupatra. Students also access books and resources at the IIT Central Library, which boasts of being the largest among all IITs and the one of the largest in Asia. State of the art classrooms, video conferencing facility, discussion rooms, and a well-equipped moot court hall all make the school premises a positive learning environment.

The School has a lively student community which makes the entire guild cosmopolitan. The School seeks to achieve the highest levels of distinction in the transmission of knowledge and understanding. The School encourages student involvement in extra-curricular activities, recognizes the importance of serving the community and also persuades them to volunteer and participate in public welfare projects.

The school has also been a host to several legal luminaries including Hon'ble Justice U. C. Banerjee, Hon'ble Justice A. K. Ganguli, Hon'ble Justice P.K.Ray and Dr. N. R. Madhava Menon, who have delivered lectures to the students on various occasions. Dr. N.L.Mitra, instrumental in developing the Law School, brings with him four decades of legal education experience in designing the curriculum and imparts hands on education through regular interactions with the students.Guest lectures by legal experts, partners of reputed law firms, IP experts and erudite lawyers ensure that the students are exposed to the technicalities of legal practice.

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Law of Patents (Substantive & Procedural, Drafting & Prosecution), Copyright Law, Music and Entertainment

Industry Law, Law of Trademarks and Designs, Other Forms of IPRs (Creation & Registration), IPR Litigation, IPR

Transactions and Technology Transfer, IPR Management,IPR in SMEs, Emerging Trends in IP.

Company Law, Corporate Governance, Competition Law, Banking Law, Principles of Taxation, Insurance Law,

Investment Law, Bankruptcy & Insolvency, Labour Laws.

Law of Contract, Law of Torts, Property Law, Civil Procedure Code, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law,

Alternate Dispute Resolution, Criminal Law (Criminal Procedure Code & Indian Penal Code), Law of Evidence,

Family Law.

COURSE DETAILS

Intellectual Property Rights

Business Laws

Core Laws

RGSOIPL follows a relative marking system on a scale of 10 known as Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) system.

Students are evaluated based on their performance in the class and the mid-semester & end-semester examinations.

Internal assessment and class performance is usually judged by court room exercises, presentations & seminars, research

papers, class assignments and class tests.

Elective papers and seminar courses give primary focus to thesis submissions which are evaluated by faculty and peers

along with regular examinations wherever applicable. The CGPA system evaluates a student based on following scale:

EVALUATION

Grade Point Letter Grade Percentage Obtained Description

10 Ex 90% and above Excellent

9 A 80 - 89 % Very Good

8 B 70 - 79% Good

7 C 60 - 69% Fair

6 D 50 - 59% Average

5 P 40 - 49% Pass

4 F Below 40% Fail

MAJOR SUBJECTS OFFEREDRajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law is the

first of its kind law school to impart legal education

with IP specialization within the IIT System bringing

synergy among science, technology, management and

law. The School offers a Six-Semester, Three-Year Full-

Time residential programme leading to the Degree of

Bachelor of Law with Honours in Intellectual Property

Law with the requirements of the Bar Council of India.

Admission is a two-step process:

1. All India written test for entrance is conducted at

Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hydrabad, Kolkata and

Mumbai. The institute reserves the right to

cancel/reallocate any of the centres in case of

insufficient number of qualifying candidates at a

particular centre.

2. From the list of qualified candidates from the

entrance test, the final selection of candidates is

made on the basis of Group discussion / Personal

interview at Kharagpur and other centers as may

be decided by the Institute from time to time.

First Class Bachelors Degree in Engineering /

Technology / Medicine or equivalent or

First Class Masters Degree in Science or Pharmacy or

First Class MBA Degree with any of the above

ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION

PROCEDURE

ADMISSIONPROCEDURE

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ACTIVITIES

Simulations of court proceedings, also known as "moot

court" are widely utilized around the world as an

educational tool. The aim of a Moot Court is to improve

the oral advocacy skills of students. Moot court is a

concept to bridge that gap of class room and court room

and in that it has to reinvent itself with the changing

environment of real life to infuse the necessary skills to

make theory relevant to practice and to gain insight from

practice to strengthen the theoretical frame work. The

School has its own well equipped Moot Court Hall, with

retiring rooms and recording facilities.

The Moot Court Society (MCS) is a student committee

which coordinates the mooting activities at RGSOIPL.

The MCS's role is to facilitate and regulate mooting

activities. Firstly it involves planning and organizing its

annual national moot court competition, 'The Verdict'.

MCS' second function is to facilitate the selection of

School teams for participation in various Moot Court

Competitions across the country. Our students have

participated and performed well at several prestigious

National level Moot Court Competitions. In another

important role, the MCS helps in developing mooting

skills of students and creates interest in mooting by

encouraging more participation.

The Socratic Society is an open forum to extend

scholarship and learning experience beyond classroom

exercises and bookish perceptions. The Society, a peer

group of the faculty and students, endeavours to add

pristine dimensions to the open-ended issues of, and

about, law. The intricate issues are examined from

interdisciplinary dimensions of economics, politics,

natural science, philosophy and sociology. Following the

Socratic tradition, this scholastic group breaks down a

given problem into a series of rudimentary questions;

the debate gradually distils the answers. The Society

invites eminent scholars from various disciplines to

reflect on the current issues. This brings for the academic

community of RGSOIPL opportunities to broaden their

horizon through interaction and exchange of views and

experiences with a community of scholars from

diversified academic and social orientation.

Recently, IIT Kharagpur launched a first of its kind patent

drive,“100 Days 100 Patents” with the support of

students and faculty from RGSOIPL and Technology

Transfer Group to help the students of IIT Kharagpur in

patenting their inventions by providing legal and

financial support. Students from the School have been

helping the inventors to write invention disclosures,

performed patent searching and have also been drafting

provisional patent applications.

One of the asserted goals of the Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property law is the promotion of legal

education and research. In fulfillment of the same the Legal Aid and IP Facilitation Clinic offers legal and IP

services by the faculty and the students. It not only provides a centre for practical professional training for

students of law, but more importantly, provides free legal services to the socially and the economically

backward sections of the society who have difficulty accessing the judicial system and much needed advice

regarding the protection of Intellectual Property to the IIT community in the campus.

The expertise of the students in their respective

fields of science, technology and medicine, give

them an edge in critical legal understanding.

Through modern classroom techniques and

dynamic teaching methods students integrate their

expertise in enhancement of their legal acumen.

Along with the academic focus the students engage

themselves in various activities of societies and

clubs like Socratic Society, Moot Court Society, Legal

Aid & IP Facilitation Clinic and Law & Business

Society.

The students have also won accolades in Moot Court

Competitions, Debating Events, national and

international Essay Competitions and also published

papers in leading journals.

The students have been actively involved in national

level projects like Ganga River Basin Management

Project. The students are further associated with

industry through projects like DARTS-IP which

provides them firsthand experienceand industry

exposure.

The current batch consists of students from varied

backgrounds. The major areas where students

graduate before joining RGSOIPL are;

§ Chemistry (Inorganic Chemistry, Organic

Chemistry)

§ Computer Science & Information Technology

§ Electrical and Electronics (Electronics and

Instrumentation, Electronics and

Communication, Electronics and

Telecommunication, Instrumentation & Control

Engineering)

§ Life Sciences (Biotechnology, Industrial

Biotechnology, Biomedical Genetics)

§ Mechanical Engineering

§ Business Administration (MBA)

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Also, many of the students are working as part-time IP

analysts for Long Bow Legal Service Pvt. Ltd, which is a

subsidiary of a Belgium based company called Darts-

IP.Darts-IP is a unique service provider for Intellectual

Property (IP) professionals, offering a complete

overview of European and US case laws. This project

runs in association with the Sponsored Research &

Industrial Consultancy body of IIT Kharagpur.

ABOUT BATCH

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CLASS OF 2010 -2013Ankush Verma 12

Sowmya Sundaram 13

Anuja Aiyappan 16

Avinash S Shankar 17

Esheetaa Gupta 18

Prakash Deb Roy 19

Prosenjit Mondal 20

Rajeev Gupta 21

Sriram Chakravarthy 22

Sunil Bhalchandra Phatak 23

Umang Srivastava 24

Abir Chattaraj 26

Aditi Ghosh 27

Miriam Divya Williams 28

Prerna Wardhan 29

Raghavendra Prasad 30

Amit Kumar Gupta 32

Ankita Susan Mathew 33

Harini Niveda N R B 34

Jogeshwar Krishna Prasad Mishra 35

Kartik Varier 36

Samarthgirish Niwas Pawaskar 37

Puneeta Bhatia 38

Shilpa Priyadarsini 39

Tahir Abdul Jabbar 40

Alakh Niranjan Pandey 42

Gaurav Choubey 43

Minakshi Verma 44

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CHEMISTRY

Education

June 2013 Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurLL.B. with Honors in Intellectual Property Law CGPA (till 4th Semester): 8.32

May 2009 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A.M.S., Chemistry & Chemical Biology CGPA: 3.53/4

May 2006 Hans Raj College Delhi UniversityM.Sc., Chemistr First Division: 66.81%

May 2004 Hans Raj College Delhi UniversityB.Sc., Chemistry with Honours First Division: 63.55%

Internships

June 2012 Sagar Chandra & Associates New-Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Drafted an application for trademark opposition and a complete specification for a patent

§ Researched extensively on copyright in engineering drawings and prepared legal opinions

May 2012 Lupin Research Park, Lupin Limited Pune

Project Trainee

§ Acclimatized to patent searching

§ Assisted in preparation of notes on infringement analysis

December 2011 Remfry and Sagar Gurgaon

Legal Intern

§ Exposure to Patent Prosecution Procedure at the Indian Patent Office

§ Analysis of FERs and Replies, Patent Prosecution Documentation

June 2011 Anand and Anand Noida

Legal Intern

§ Researched on patent revocation

§ Prepared flowcharts explaining the procedure for conducting clinical trials of pharmaceutical drugs

May 2011 Saran Suri, Advocate & Senior Partner, Lex Indis New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Exposure to Court Procedures and Rules by attending Trial Proceedings

December 2010 Walia & Co. New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Prepared case summaries and letters in respect of civil aviation matters

Work Experience

September 2009 Electrophysiology Research Foundation New Jersey, U.S.A.

June 2010 Clinical Research Scientist

§ Aided in production of progress reports on studies to inform management on the status of each study

§ Effectively managed multiple drug & device studies and evaluated data quality for acceptability

Research, Projects and Training

September 2006 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey New Jersey, U.S.A.

May 2009 Teaching Assistant

§ Conversant in multi-step synthesis and purification techniques

§ Knowledge of SciFinder, Beilstein and Chem Draw databases

§ Taught laboratory courses and held recitation sessions in general chemistry and organic chemistry

Moot Courts, Competitions, Seminars & Conferences

§ Delegate, Educational Summit, George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

§ Attended the American College of Cardiology 59th Annual Scientific Session in March 2010 and presented 2 posters titled “Impact of Treatment Strategies on Clinical Outcomes of Atrial Fibrillation Patients with Thyroid Disease” and “Impact of Individual Treatment Strategies on Composite and Individual Cardiovascular Outcomes in the AFFIRM trial”

§ Participated in a consultative workshop on “Ganga River Basin Management Plan”, IIT Kharagpur

§ Attended the First Indo-Italian workshop on Chemistry and Biology of Antioxidants, January 2006

Education


June 2010 Department of Chemistry University of Mumbai, Kalina CampusM.Sc. in Inorganic Chemistry First Class: 66.70%

June 2008 SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce University of MumbaiB.Sc. in Chemistry First Class: 76.38%

Internships

May 2012 TVS Motor Company Hosur

June2012 Project Trainee

§ Analyzed patents related to vehicle assembly

§ Created landscapes for representation of the data analyzed

December 2011 Hindustan Unilever Ltd Mumbai

Legal Intern

§ Worked on Trademark counterfeiting

§ Trademark infringement

§ Researched on parallel import of trademarked and copyrighted goods in India

May 2011 SciTech Patent Art Services Hyderabad

June 2011 Knowledge Scientist-Trainee

§ Conducted prior art search in the area of polymer chemistry

§ Analyzed patents on polymers and graphene and checked for relevancy

December 2010 Athreya Associates Mumbai

Legal Intern

§ Conducted a comparative study of the Copyright provisions prevailing in the Commonwealth countries

§ This was done in light of the Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010


May 2009 National Institute of Ocean Technology (CSIR Lab) Chennai

June 2009 Project Trainee

§ Worked on Bio-synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles

§ Submitted a project report on the properties of silver nanoparticles synthesized. The properties were studied by subjecting the silver nanoparticles to UV spectroscopic analysis, AFM and SEM studies

Achievements

§ Awarded 2nd position in inter collegiate Poster Presentation Competition at Ruia College, Mumbai (2009)

§ Won awards in light music competitions

Certifications and Courses

§ Cleared Level 4 and Level 3 of Japanese Language Proficiency Test

§ Cleared General Course on Intellectual Property from World Intellectual Property Organization

Ankush Verma Sowmya Sundaram

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COMPUTER SCIENCE /INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Anuja Aiyappan

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Avinash Shankar

Education


May 2006 LBS Institute of Technology, Trivandrum University of KeralaB.Tech. in Information Technology First Class with Distinction: 81.3%

Internships

May 2012 Wipro Technologies Bangalore


· § Analyzed inventions to understand their scope for patenting by evaluating the idea through discussions with inventors/business teams. Created rating system for inventions based on their patent potential and performed prior art analysis for the ideas identified

December 2011 Wipro Technologies Bangalore

Project Trainee

· § Researched on market and patent trends relating to manufacturing and retail industry. Activities involved analyzing the patent landscape and understanding the scope for patenting

· § Was exposed to patent analysis, patent search and idea conceptualization process

June 2011 Mr. Satish Parasaran, 'Parasarans', Advocate, Madras High Court Chennai

Legal Intern

§ Assisted in research on issues concerning copyrights, trademarks, patents arbitration and property matters

§ Attended the proceedings of the Madras High Court

May 2011 Mr. K.P. Dandapani, 'Dandapani Associates', Senior Advocate andPresent Advocate General of Kerala High Court Ernakulam

Legal Intern

§ Assisted in research on issues concerning constitutional, family, service and procedural matters.

§ Attended the proceedings of the Kerala High Court

Work Experience

August 2009 Infosys Technologies Pvt. Ltd Trivandrum

June 2010 Technology Analyst at Retail and Logistics Domain

§ Worked on design, development, testing and documentation of several modules for the enhancement and support management of the e-commerce website of the Sears Holdings Corporation

§ Was extensively involved in mentoring & performance management of junior team members.

§ Extensive training on Technology (Java, J2EE, Struts, Hibernate, Drools etc.) and Quality standards

September 2007 Infosys Technologies Pvt. Ltd Bangalore

July 2009 Senior Software Engineer at Retail and Logistics Domain and Enterprise Solutions Unit

§ Was involved in requirement analysis, design, development and testing of the Graphical User Interface using Tibco GI and the integration of the frontend interface with the backend Tibco CIM in the Master Data Management (MDM) implementation project for Sysco Corporation

July 2006 Infosys Technologies Pvt. Ltd Bangalore

August 2007 Software Engineer at Retail and Logistics Domain and Enterprise Solutions Unit

§ Worked on design, development, testing and documentation of middleware interfaces for integrating ERP system with the legacy systems using IBM-WBI Message Broker for Sysco Corporation

Achievements

§ Selected for working with Darts-ip, LongBow Legal Service Pvt. Ltd. on legal analysis project of United States Patent Office cases on part-time basis (2012-ongoing)

§ Student Coordinator, CRY Chapter, IIT Kharagpur (2010-2011)

§ Awarded 'On the Spot Award' twice for the excellence in project performance by Infosys Technologies Ltd.

§ Won the gold medal for been the College topper for graduation in B.Tech. - Information Technology from LBS Institute of Technology under the University of Kerala in 2006

§ Won the second position for the state level technical paper presentation on “Grid Computing” conducted by the Computer Society of India, Trivandrum Chapter in 2005

Education


June 2010 Silicon Institute of Technology Biju Patnaik University of TechnologyB.Tech. in Information Technology CGPA: 7.77

Internships

May 2012 ABB Global Industries and Services Limited Bangalore

July 2012 Legal Intern§ Performed prior art searches

§ Worked on a Freedom to Operate search

§ Wrote patentability assessment opinions for PCT applications in light of International search reports

§ Drafted patent applications relating to mechanical field and computer implemented inventions

§ Presented and wrote a paper on Human Machine Interface and patent protection

December 2011 Krishnamurthy and Co. Bangalore

Legal Intern

§ Worked on trademark prosecution and licensing, assisted in drafting notice of opposition and counter statements and trade mark licenses

§ Provided litigation support for cases relating to copyright infringement and arbitration

§ Wrote a note on IP issues related to e-publishing

§ Worked on employment contracts and Labor Law

§ Did research on Information Technology Law relating to digital and electronic signature, digital marketing and VOIP communication

June 2011 Software Freedom Law Center New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Worked on software patents and the stance in Europe, China, Russia, United States and United Kingdom

§ Worked on pre-grant oppositions

§ Was involved in patent research and patent analysis so as to understand how software patents are drafted in the Indian context

May 2011 R.N.Acharya, High Court of Orissa Cuttack

Legal Intern

§ Worked on property disputes

§ Received Hands on experience of court practice and obtained a basic understanding of the court procedures and rules along with practical exposure of drafting methods


§ Successfully completed Campus Connect Program conducted by Infosys from January to April, 2008

Moot Courts, Competitions, Seminars and Conferences

§ Presented a paper on “Internet Disconnection and Regulation Policies” in the International Conference, Managing Intellectual Property and Strategy, 2012 themed IP for Development, the emerging paradigm at Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay in February 2012

§ Was selected to present a paper on “Three Strikes Mechanism for Copyright Infringement” in the Cyberculture Global Conference, 2012

§ Presented a paper on “Competition Issues in Platform Technology and Standards” as a part of my coursework seminar

§ Was part of the team responsible for designing and managing the website of Noesis 2010, technical festival of Silicon Institute of Technology

§ Participated in the inter-college level of Aspirations 2020, a programming contest organized by Infosys

§ Participated in paper presentation in Sankalp 2008, technical festival of NIST

§ Participated in Robotix in Kshijtij 2007, the manual robotics event organized during technical festival of IIT Kharagpur

§ Quarter- finalists in robotics contest in Sankalp 2007, technical festival of NIST

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Esheetaa Gupta Prakash Deb Roy

Education


May 2010 University Institute of Engineering & Technology Maharishi Dayanand University, HaryanaB.Tech. in Computer Engineering First Class with Honors: 75.42%

Internships

May 2012 Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan Attorneys New Delhi

July 2012 Legal Intern

§ Real time exposure to Invalidation Analysis process and drafting of the Invalidation Report

§ Conducted research on the technology related to the revocation of the patent, prior art search and mapping of the claim elements

§ Conducted research on the landmark Indian Patent law cases and made a database of case laws

§ Presented the case 'Olusegun Falana v. Kent State University and Alexander J. Seed' in the Case Law Discussion session in the firm

§ Conducted research on 'Important Procedural Aspects of Trademark Registration in India’

December 2011 Wipro Technologies Bangalore

Legal Intern

§ Conducted research on the First to File system introduced in the latest America Invents Act in US

§ Conducted research on Indian Copyright Act (Provisions related to IT industry), International Copyright treaties (Principles and Scope of Protection) and analysis of its relevance with regard to Wipro

§ Conducted research on Assignment and Licensing in Indian Trademark Act, 1999

§ Presented on the topic 'International Copyright treaties, DMCA provisions and Trends in India’

May 2011 Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan Attorneys New Delhi

June 2011 Legal Intern

§ Exposure to Prior art and Invalidation search in sectors of Mechanical and Computer technologies

§ Gathered basic knowledge of Indian and US Patent Act, Patent Drafting

§ Presented on the topic 'Basics of Copyright Law'

§ Prepared articles on the topic 'Idea Expression Dichotomy in Copyrights' and 'Infringement Analysis in Copyrights'

June 2011 Amarchand Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co. New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Exposure to Prior art search in sectors of Communication and Information technologies

§ Prepared a research paper and presentation on the topic 'Patentability of Computer Programs in US, UK, Europe and India'

December 2010 Adv. B.S. Chauhan, CEO, Indus Law Firm New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Exposure to Court Procedures and Rules by attending proceedings in Supreme Court

§ Exposure to Drafting methods and para legal work

Research, Project & Training

January 2010 Nucleus Software Exports Ltd. Noida


§ Worked on the project 'Cognos ReportNet & Loan Management System' and 'FinnOne Software' and was responsible for testing of the software, drafting reply to reports by using tool Cognos ReportNet, Audit of the reports prepared by foreign clients

Achievements

§ Awarded two Gold Medals and Certificate of Merit from Maharishi Dayanand University for standing first in Diploma Course in French for two consecutive years

§ Received Letter of Appreciation from Project Manager of the team during internship at Nucleus Software Exports Ltd.


§ Successfully completed two years Diploma Course in French with 76% from Department of English & Foreign Languages, Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana in 2010

Education


June 2010 Dumkal Institute of Engineering & Technology West Bengal University of TechnologyB.Tech. in Computer Science & Engineering DGPA: 7.97

Internships

June 2012 Tata Consultancy Services Mumbai

May 2012 Legal Intern

§ Internship work included drafting of IPR Polices & guidelines of copyright policies

§ Work on the use industrial designs to protect computer science inventions & IPR Management

§ Exposure to due-diligence of contractual issues & negotiations related to IP ownership in commercial contracts

December 2011 K&S Partners Gurgaon

Legal Intern

§ Exposure to drafting of patents, replying to FER & hearing notices, allied patent prosecution works

§ Internship work also involved FTO reporting, prior art searching & reviewing patentability of an invention

June 2011 Software Freedom Law Center New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Internship work included the Free Software license compliance

§ Exposure to software patent research & pre - grant opposition of patent

§ Research on the status of software patenting phenomenon in different jurisdictions

§ Working paper on the impact of Utility Model trend worldwide

December 2010 Piyush Kumar & Associates New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Internship work included legal research involving both manual and electronic sources for litigation support. Learned the process from filling to disposal of petition in Courts

§ Exposure to Work on matters relating to taxation laws and explored the various avenues of indirect taxes


December 2011 Sponsored Research & Industrial Consultancy (SRIC), IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur

Present

§ Working as an analyst for Darts-IP, Belgium. Presently working in the analysis of US patent cases

August 2008 IBM-ACE Kolkata

June 2008 Technical Intern

§ Project based Industrial training on Core Java in “IBM-ACE, BARRACKPORE”, followed by a “College Payroll Management” project

January 2008 IBM-ACE Kolkata

Technical Intern

§ Vocational Training - Worked as vocational trainee at the “IBM-ACE, SALT LAKE”, on RDBMS with ORACLE concepts


§ Participated in Workshop on “Basics of Patent and University IP Policy” organized by Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (IIT Kharagpur) (March 5, 2011)

§ Participated in Microsoft Corporation India & Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (IIT Kharagpur) two day Workshop on “Whether the Public Funded Intellectual Property Bill would facilitate intellectual property based economic development in India” (January 10 & 11, 2011)

§ Participated in a seminar on “Free Software movement & its issues” by Mr. Richard Matthew Stallman, founder of GNU project & pioneer of copyleft at Ashutosh College, Calcutta University, Kolkata.(December 23, 2008)

Achievements

§ Core team member of “The Verdict”, National Moot Court Competition, Kshitij'12, Kharagpur

§ Member of Moot Court Society, Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (IIT Kharagpur) (2011-2012)

§ Member of Wall Journal team, Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (IIT Kharagpur) (2010-2011)

§ Twice successfully participated in the inter-school international quiz event named QUANTA, organized by the CITY MONTESSORI SCHOOL, Lucknow (2004,2005)

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Prosenjit Mondal Rajeev Gupta

Education


June 2000 Information Technology National Institute of Technology, DurgapurB.Tech. in Information Technology First Class, CGPA: 6.81

Internships

May 2012 Ubq Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore


§ Exposure to due diligence and drafting of Software license Agreements and Software as a Service (SAAS) License Agreements

§ Exposure to searching for proposed trademark

§ Exposure to advising on availability for registering the trademark

§ Exposure to overseeing all procedural details and monitored existing trademarks

December 2011 K & S Partners Gurgaon

Legal Intern

§ Exposure to drafting of Patents for filling at the Indian Patent Office

§ Exposure to drafting FER replies

§ Exposure to preparation of Hearing notice

§ Exposure to reviewing the Patentability of the inventions

June 2011 Software Freedom Law Centre New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Exposure to Free Software License Compliance

§ Researched on the Patentability of software across different jurisdiction e.g., E.U., U.S. and U.K.

§ Exposure to analysis of number of Software patents filled in India within the period of 2008-2011

§ Exposure to drafting of Pre-grant opposition

§ Exposure to technical analysis of Patents for filling pre-grant or post-grant objections

May 2011 Piyush Kumar and Associate New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Exposure to various avenues of indirect taxation such as Custom and Central Excise laws

§ Drafted plaint, notice and other miscellaneous applications required for filling of petition before a court

December 2010 P.R. Mondal Kolkata

Legal Intern

§ Visiting various sections of High Court

§ Attended High Court proceedings

§ Attended conferences with senior counsels

§ Learned the process from filling to disposal of petition in courts


§ Successfully completed certification on “Linux TCP/IP Administration” course designed and developed by IBM, conducted by Moniba Compu Academy Pvt. Ltd. from 5th June, 2008 to 21st July, 2008

§ Short Term Training Course on “Embedded Systems” organized by Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur at CMERI, Durgapur from September 10-28, 2007


§ Attended Workshop on “Copyright, Patents and other IP for Software/IT Professionals” organized by IPFACE, NCL Innovation Park, Pune on 27th August, 2011

· § Attended Workshop on “Whether the Public Funded Intellectual Property Bill would facilitate intellectual property based economic development in India” organized by Microsoft Inc. at IIT, Kharagpur on 11-12th January, 2011

· § Member of organizing committee “The Verdict”, National Moot Court Competition, Kshitij'12, Kharagpur

§ Member of organizing committee “Aarohan 2k8”, Technical Fest, NIT Durgapur

Achievements

§ Qualified in GATE, 2009 for Computer Science and Engineering

§ Participated in “Inter NIT Volleyball Tournament”, Annual Inter NIT Sports meet, NIT Jaipur

Education

June 2013 Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law Indian Institute of Technology, KharagpurLL.B. with Honors in Intellectual Property Law CGPA (till 4th Semester): 6.81

December 2010 Associate Member (Computer Science) IETE, New DelhiCGPA: 7.4

Internships

May 2012 Reliance Industries Ltd. Mumbai


§ Assisted in Drafting of Master Supply Level Agreement, Non-disclosure Agreement and Service Level Agreement in Purchaser-seller relationship

§ Identifying Online Advertisement & Monitoring, Interception & Decryption Laws/rules/regulations for ISP

December 2011 Oil & Natural Gas Corporation New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Prepared a report on legal issue pertaining to TAPI Project for stakeholders namely (GOI, Designated Operator GAIL & ONGC)

§ Prepared legal inputs for implementation of ISMS & IP Portfolio Management Cell

§ Assisted in legal drafts on Arbitration, Special Procurement Contracts, Industrial labor disputes

May 2011 Prem Shankar & Associates New Delhi

Legal Taxation Intern

§ Prepared due diligence report of foreign investment via FIPB/RBI route for a client

§ Visited & assisted in replying to show cause notices for service tax, income tax matters at ITO

December 2010 Adv. Inder Kumar & Associates New Delhi

Legal Litigation Intern

§ Exposure to Court Procedures and Rules of Delhi High Court & Supreme Court

§ Exposure to Drafting methods and Research into cases relating to Competition Commission of India

Work Experience

March 2008 Ashwani Great Web Solutions Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi

July 2010 Project Manager

§ Project evaluation & requirement for software & websites development

June 2006 Community Operations in Society Empowerment-NGO Mumbai & New Delhi

February 2008 Project Coordinator

§ Project Development & also assist in Fund raising

March 2004 Rajdhani Iron Mumbai

May 2006 Raw Material & Product Manager

§ In charge for inspection & forwarding of steel goods being imported through Mumbai Customs

§ Identifying buyers for purchase of the steel goods to be imported


§ International Conference on Mobile Law held at New Delhi, February 2012-Attended & paper accepted 'Balancing Online Privacy with the growth of M-Commerce'

§ A Mighty Pen- Journalism Contest at Spring fest Kharagpur, January 2012 Won the 1st prize for the event

Achievements

§ Student Coordinator, Legal Aid Society, RGSOIPL

§ Student Member, Wall Journal, RGSOIPL

§ Student Welfare Group, Hall Counselor, IIT KGP

§ Qualified Preliminary & Mains Civil Services Exam held by UPSC

Publications

§ 'The Eroding Scenario of State and the Claim of Fundamental Rights: A Critique'- Published in SSRN'

§ 'Intellectual Property Rights Vs. Human Rights: A need to re- examine the relationship between the two to enhance Social Being'-Published in SSRN

§ 'E-Commerce: Opportunity & challenges for Consumers'- Awaiting Publication in ICACCT 2012 with technical sponsors of IEEE & IETE

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Sriram Chakravarthy Sunil Bhalchandra Phatak

EducationJune 2013 Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

LL.B. with Honors in Intellectual Property Law CGPA (till 4th Semester): 7.37

May 2007 St. Joseph's College of Engineering Anna UniversityB.E. in Computer Engineering Percentage: 71%

Internships

May 2012 Frank's International Mumbai

Jun 2012 Legal Intern

§ Worked on the cost related issues pertaining to the IP-portfolio of the organization identifying redundant costs involved in the transaction

§ Analyzed the various metrics involved in the Cost tracking of the IP- portfolio of the organization so as to reduce costs

§ Involved in the preparation of the Inventor Cost Analysis Report

December 2011 Centre for Intellectual Property Research and Advocacy, NLSIU Bengaluru

Research Assistant

§ Researched on the patentability of Software and business methods in India

§ Critically analyzed Bilski v. Kappos' case

§ Worked on the WIPO standing committee reports to understand the position of India and analyzed the evolution of Patent policy especially in the areas of subject matter and licensing of Patents in India

May 2011 Lakshmi Kumaran and Sridharan – Attorneys New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Worked on issues relating to Parallel Imports and Exhaustion of rights in Trademarks in United States, European Union (E.U.) and India

§ Assisted the litigation team in drafting Plaints and Counter-Statements on cases pertaining to Patents and Copyrights

§ Made a presentation on Protection of IP-related data protection and the remedies for breach of confidence

Work Experience

June 2009 Infosys Technologies Pvt. Ltd Chennai

June 2010 Senior Systems Engineer/Module Lead, Systems Integration

§ Promoted as a Senior Systems Engineer in Infosys Technologies Limited

§ Worked as a Module Lead for the two modules of the project and worked in liaison with the Onsite team for finalizing the requirements of the same

§ Worked extensively in the development of Publish/Subscribe and Reconciliation Service solution of the project with the Principal Architect and Senior Technical Architect and formed the CPR-Core group to incorporate the same

§ Led the project in the critical phases of System Testing and ensured the smooth completion of the project

October 2007 Infosys Technologies Pvt. Ltd Chennai

May 2009 Software Engineer, Systems Integration

§ Part of the CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway) portal construction project from the initial phase

§ Worked from the initial phase of the project and was a part of the Technical Experts team of the project that finalized the Business Requirements Document (BRD)

§ Worked in the development phase of the project and worked extensively in Microsoft .NET and Sharepoint Server technologies for the project

§ Worked with the Regression testing team and worked in fixing new issues raised by the Testing team

Achievements

§ Participated in the Nirma University Moot Court Competition on Cyber Laws and was the fourth best speaker in the Competition

§ Stood first in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering for the Project and Viva voce dissertation securing 198/200

§ Two – time recipient of the MVP (Most Valuable Player) award in the Unit for creating generic software solutions, which enhanced better software re-usability

Education


June 2000 Goa College of Engineering Goa UniversityB.E. in Computer Engineering First Class with Honors: 62.92%

Internships

May 2012 Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. Mumbai


§ Exposure to Intellectual Property Management at TCS

§ Drafting of IP Management Policy, Analysis of Controller Decisions in Patent Application Hearings, Research on Software and Patent Laws, Software and Copyright Law across jurisdictions, Research inputs for IP Management Processes

December 2011 K & S Partners Gurgaon

Legal Intern

§ Exposure to Patent Prosecution Procedure at the Indian Patent Office


Work Experience

Summary

§ 9 Years and 10 Months of Work Experience as Telecom R&D Professional in Core Telecom and Mobile Devices Industries

§ 2 years of handling Software IP Management activities, 6.5 years of planning and executing Core Telecom R&D Projects, 2.5 years of planning and executing Mobile Devices and Smartphones projects and 5 years of working with Linux and Open Source in Core Telecom and Mobile Handsets domains

§ Strong analytical abilities, proven leadership capabilities, excellent communication skills and cross-cultural understanding, ability to adapt to change and an eagerness to learn new skills

February 2008 Motorola India / Azingo Soft Systems India Pvt. Ltd. Pune

June 2010 Manager Engineering (Motorola), Tech Lead (Azingo)

§ IP Management Coordinator working on Intellectual Property and License Compliance for managing Open Source License obligations, restrictions and conflicts within Azingo products

§ Was responsible for conducting Software Source Code Audits, Binary Audits, identifying and tracking issues, tracking FOSS usage, managing Product & License Inventory database and management reporting

§ Tech Lead of Services team, Led a 14-member team in integration of Azingo Mobile Linux stack on various target chipsets and boards

§ Was responsible for Client interaction, Task Planning & Schedules, Delivery, Quality Management, Task Allocation & Progress supervision and Mentoring and Performance Management of team members

September 2000 Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. / Tata Infotech Ltd. Mumbai

February 2008 I.T. Analyst

§ R&D Engineer working in Core Telecom R&D and Embedded Linux domains in various roles from Trainee to Module Leader of 12-member team and Subject Matter Expert

§ Experienced in all areas of Software Product Lifecycle including development, verification testing, system engineering, sustenance, bug resolution and maintenance

§ Worked with international clients and extensively involved in client facing roles. Worked at client locations in Richardson, USA and Ottawa, Canada based on project needs

§ Handled leadership roles since 2005, extensively involved in mentoring & performance management of junior team members

§ Regularly involved in cross-functional areas including Quality and Information Security Management

§ Extensive training on Technology and Quality standards


§ Successfully completed 1-month Certificate Course in Laws of Patents & Other Intellectual Property conducted by Indian Law Society, Pune conducted in September 2009 with 'Outstanding' grade

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Umang Srivastava

ELECTRONICS/COMMUNICATION/

INSTRUMENTATION

Education

June 2013 Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurLL.B. with Honours in Intellectual Property Law CGPA (till 4th Semester): 7.69

June 2010 School of Computer Sciences VIT University, VelloreB.Tech. in Computer Science & Engineering CGPA: 8.6

Internships

May 2012 ABB Global Industries & Services Ltd. Bangalore

July 2012 Trainee

§ Assisted in drafting Patent Applications

§ Performed Novelty and Non-Obviousness Assessments based on Invention Disclosure Forms

§ Performed Novelty and Clearance Searches for various projects

§ Made Patentability Assessment Reports based International Search Reports

December 2011 Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan Attorneys New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Assisted in Prosecution of PCT Applications at National Phase

§ Drafted written objections for revocation and opposition applications

§ Contributed short notes and case synopsis on contemporary IP issues

June 2011 Software Freedom Law Centre New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Learned substantive laws on Software Patents across Jurisdictions (E.g. India, UK, USA, EPC, Singapore)

§ Studied Patent Applications published on the CGPDTM Portal (www.ipinidia.nic.in)

§ Familiarized myself with nuances of Patent Licensing

§ Researched on Utility Models and there potential future in India

May 2011 Advocate Mukesh Anand (Standing Counsel, Delhi High Court) New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Exposed to miscellaneous drafting (legal notices, application for condonement of delay)

§ Familiarized myself with Customs and Central Excise Laws

December 2010 Advocate Abha Sharma (Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court) New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Familiarized myself with Practices and Procedures followed at the Supreme Court of India

Research, Projects & Training

May 2008 IBM India Private Limited Gurgaon

June 2008 Technical Intern

§ Exposed to the Software Development Scheme followed at IBM Innovation Center

§ Attended in-house workshops/ seminars on IBM proprietary products


§ Quarter- Finalists in 8th Nani Palkiwala Tax Moot conducted at Government Law College, Mumbai; secured 3rd Position in the Researchers Test

§ Participated in 11th Surana & Surana Corporate Law Moot organized at J.S.S. Law College, Mysore

§ Participated in a Workshop on Copyright, Patents and other IP for Software/ IT Professionals organized by IPFace, NCL Innovation Park, Pune

§ Pursued a Short-term Course on Windows Server 2003 administration organized by Centre for Technical Support, VIT University

§ Attended a Seminar on Data Warehousing and Open Source by Infosys & Novell in Confer' 08, VIT University

§ Attended a Workshop on Mainframe Server Architecture & DB2 by IBM in PHREAK' 0.7, VIT University

Achievements

§ Secured 1st Position in Shastraarth (Parliamentary Debate) organized during Samanjasya, Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur

§ Secured 1st Position in Legal Quiz on Research Scholars Day '12, Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT Kharagpur

Publications

§ The Cybersource Case and the Ultramercial Case – Continuing Confusion in the Federal Circuit, http://www.lslaw.in/News-and-Publications/Publications/IPR/The-Cybersource-case-and-the-Ultramercial-case-Continuing-confusion-in-the-Federal-Circuit

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Abir Chattaraj Aditi Ghosh

Education

June 2013 Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur


June 2010 Techno India, Salt Lake, Kolkata West Bengal University of Technology

B.Tech. in Electronics & Instrumentation First Class with Honors: 79.4%

Internships

May 2012 PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt. Ltd. Gurgaon


§ Drafted a variety of agreements pertaining to the beverage division of PepsiCo South Asia including brand and trademark enforcement drive in Northern Market region

§ Assisted in research for several projects under Taxes, Corporate laws, Competition laws etc.

§ Conducted detailed plant audits for PepsiCo Beverages Plants

December 2011 Welspun Infratech Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai

Legal Intern

§ Conducted research and prepared legal drafts on non-disclosure agreements and service level agreements, arbitration disputes etc.

§ Assisted in researching various provisions related to labour laws in India & United Kingdom

§ Handled Cyber Crime cases and trademark litigation

May 2011 Pricewaterhouse Coopers India Pvt. Ltd. Kolkata

July 2011 Taxation Intern

§ Conducted research and prepared legal drafts on show-cause notices regarding indirect tax matters

§ Real time exposure to auditing and legal nuances of indirect taxes of several companies

§ Gained valuable insight by representations to Commissionerate of service taxes on behalf of companies

December 2010 Fox Mandal Kolkata

Legal Intern

§ Researched and prepared legal papers on Trademarks and contract law including service agreements, as well as disputes relating to computer software patents

§ Worked on the applicability of industrial laws to disputes related to trade unionism and age related matters of companies

§ Contributed in preparation of MoA & AoA of Companies


July 2009 Gas Authority of India Limited Kanpur

Technical Intern

§ Worked as technical trainee in plant operations in both polymers as well as chemicals division

§ Assisted to provide inputs on plant data graph analysis with both plc as well as dcs software

§ Researched and prepared a paper on efficiency of industrial systems in industrial automation as well as plant operations

Achievements

§ Participated and secured 2nd Position in Extempore Competition organized in Research Scholars Day in Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT Kharagpur

§ Assisted in drafting and editing the book “Corporate Governance in India Vol. 1” Edited By: Dr Indrajit Dube, RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur. (Expected Publication: July 2013)


§ Successfully organised the 1st National Moot Court Competition In Kshitij 2012 named “The Verdict” In association with All India Bar Association & Westlaw

Publications

§ Chattaraj. Abir “Justice Delayed-Justice Denied- the Right to Speedy Trial in India.” India Law e-Journal Vol. 49Sept 2011. Also available at [http://ssrn.com/abstract=1919493]

Education



June 2008 Army Institute of Technology University of Pune

B.E. in Electronics & Telecommunications First Class with distinction: 66%

Internships

May 2012 Siemens Technology and Services Ltd. Bangalore


§ Drafted patent applications for the Indian and European Patent Office and response to examiner's report from EPO during patent prosecution under the guidance of former European Patent Examiner

§ Worked on a Trademark Infringement case

§ Worked towards spreading IP awareness in employees, performed quick novelty searches for ideas, prepared patentability reports, interviewed inventors, participated in an Indo-German event - 'Urban Mela' and presented an IPAB decision on patentability of business methods

December 2011 Khurana & Khurana Advocates and IP Attorneys Greater Noida

Legal Intern

§ Performed prior art searches - FTO, Invalidity searches, Patentability and Infringement analysis

§ Drafted claims for a patent application and drafted responses to office actions from USPTO

§ Worked on litigation cases with Senior Partner related to internet domain name and software piracy

May 2011 Global IP Services Bangalore


§ Exposed to patent searching - prior art, infringement and invalidity searching, patent search mapping, patentability analysis

§ Worked on patent application drafting, patent prosecution, office action and first examination report for under the guidance of US patent attorney and was involved in client interviews

December 2010 Deepak Bhattacharjee, Advocate & Legal Advisor, AP High Court Bangalore

Legal Intern

§ Attended court proceedings of District Court - Civil and Criminal courts and received practical exposure to drafting pleadings and legal notices and was engaged in direct client interactions

Work Experience

July 2008 Infosys Technologies Pvt. Ltd Pune

June 2010 Software Engineer

§ Worked on a British Telecom project for 1.5 yrs. - worked with Operating Systems Solaris 8, 9 and 10, Redhat Linux, SuSe Linux and HP-UX, server building, troubleshooting and maintenance of servers of various platforms

§ Managed Offshore data centre activities located at Glasgow which included procurement, power usage designing, analyzing and approving floor plan of server room



Present

§ Content preparation project - “Development of Multimedia Based IP Courseware for college students to be implemented by IIT Kharagpur”

§ Legal analysis project Darts-IP - analysis of European Patent Office cases and their classification based on point of law

§ Completed a project on Invalidity Search

December 2007 Kuka Robotics Pune

January 2008 Student Intern

§ Developed an Automated Guided Vehicle with stereo vision under the guidance of German trainers

Achievements

§ Delegate for Educational Summit at George Washington University Law School at Washington DC, USA (July, 2011)

§ Awarded meritorious candidate under National Scholarship Scheme in class XII and class X, CBSE

§ Sun Certified System Administrator (SCSA) Solaris 10

§ Student Coordinator, Training & Placement Cell, RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur

§ Student Coordinator, Legal Aid and Intellectual Property Facilitation Clinic, RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur

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Miriam Divya Williams Prerna Wardhan

Education



June 2010 Reva Institute of Technology and Management Visvesvaraya Technological University

B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering First Class with Distinction: 76.67%

Internships

May 2012 Texas Instruments (India) Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore

July 2012 Patent Intern

§ Drafted several patent applications

§ Performed patent related research

§ Worked on several patent proof reading exercises

§ Exposure to patent search exercises

§ Participated in patent related meetings

December 2011 Krishna and Saurastri Bangalore

January 2012 Legal Intern

§ Drafted description of invention for two patents and assisted in the drafting of two patents

§ Drafted a response to a PCT office action

§ Drafted first examination report response for a trademark application

§ Drafted a land lease agreement

§ Prepared an opinion on patentability of business method patents

§ Researched and prepared reports on Arbitration Act, Patent litigation and cases in India and on Patent Prosecution Strategies in India

May 2011 Central Information Commission Delhi


§ Drafted Summary Judgments and Show Cause Notices to various Public Authorities

§ Gathered firsthand experience on legal research especially in relation to the interpretation of the exception clauses in the Right to Information Act 2005

§ Prepared case summaries in relation to the role of Right to Information and Investigating Agencies

December 2010 Senior Adv. Subba Rao Bangalore

Legal Intern



§ Presented a paper on “Internet Disconnection and Regulation Policies” in the International Conference, Managing Intellectual Property and Strategy, 2012 themed IP for Development, The Emerging Paradigm at Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay in February 2012

§ Selected to present a paper on “Three Strikes Mechanism for Copyright Infringement” in the Cyberculture Global Conference, 2012 to be held at Czech Republic

Achievements

§ The “Best Outgoing Student” for the 2006-2010 batch at Reva Institute of Technology and Management

§ Represented the college in the Young Achievers Program held by ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad in October 2009

§ Cultural Convener of REVAMP-2010, a national-level techno-cultural college fest, held at Reva Institute of Technology and Management

Education



June 2010 Sobhasaria Engineering College Rajasthan Technical University

B.Tech. in Electronics & Communication Engineering First Class with Honors: 77.38%

Internships

May 2012 Larsen & Toubro Mumbai


§ Prepared a project for finding competitive insight in switchgear technology. Project included analysis of patenting trend, technology trend, competitors' strategy and upcoming technologies in switchgear

§ Evaluated several patent database and patent analytical tools

§ Exposure to patent filing at Patent Office, Mumbai

December 2011 Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co. Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Exposure in drafting replies to office actions and drafting patent applications

§ Prepared and submitted a research paper on “Recent trend in Patent System in US”

May 2011 Law Firm of Naren Thappeta (IP Horizions) Bangalore

June 2011 Legal Trainee

§ Conducted legal research and prepared notes for hearing before the Controller of patents

§ Exposure to patentability and infringement search

§ Generated EOUs (Evidence of Use)

December 2010 Agarwal Law Associates Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Exposure to court practice and procedure followed at the Supreme Court of India, High Court and for trial proceedings

§ Legal research work


April 2012 Darts-IP in association with Sponsored Research & Industrial Consultancy (SRIC), IIT Kharagpur

§ Analysis of US patent office cases and their classification based on the point of law

June 2009 Tele Communication of India Ltd. Delhi

Technical Intern

§ Worked on live project “Pan Africa e-network”, a VSAT based star network designed to link the Indian Universities and Super Specialty Hospitals for Tele-Education and Telemedicine to Universities and Hospitals of Africa


§ Research paper selected for presentation in 2nd IPR Confluence at IIT Mumbai (SJSOM) on “Current Judiciary vs. IPR Judiciary”, 2011

§ Presented technical poster on “Wireless Sensor and Actor Network” in National Conference at BITS, Pilani (National Conference on Virtual and Intelligent Instrumentation ' 09)

§ Presented technical paper on “Audio Spot Light” in Covergence'09 ( in paper presentation competition) at Sobhasaria Engineering College, 2009

§ Presented technical paper on “Emerging Trend in Wireless Communication” in Blue-Prints (a national level paper presentation competition), 2008

Achievements

§ Secured 1st position in VIVITRI (a national level case study competition) at IIT Kharagpur, 2011

§ Won first prize in Hardware Competition in Convergence' 09, a national level Tech cum Cultural fest of Sobhasaria Engineering College

§ Won second prize in debate competition at college level (2009) and first position at high school level (2005)


§ IBM certified database associate (DB2)

§ Successfully completed 1-month Training in Robotics and Embedded 'C' conducted by Robosapiens in association with IIT, Guwahati

§ Participated in Neuron'09 workshop on Mobi-Botriks conducted at MNIT, Jaipur

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LIFE SCIENCES/BIOTECHNOLOGY

Raghavendra Prasad

Education



June 2007 JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida UP Technical University

B.Tech. in Instrumentation & Control Engineering First Class: 66.54%

Internships

May 2012 TVS Motors Company Hosur

July 2012 Project trainee

§ Exposure to patent analysis, Patent Landscaping

December 2011 Khurana & Khurana Advocates and IP Attorneys Greater Noida

Legal Intern

§· Patent drafting, Exposure to Patent Prosecution Procedure at the Indian Patent Office

§ Prior Art searches, Patent analysis, Infringement searches and mapping, Freedom to operate and Invalidity searches, Patent strategy


May 2011 Honeywell Bangalore

June 2011 Management Trainee

§ This experience consists of Patent Portfolio Analysis, Novelty Searches, Landscape Searches, Freedom to operate and Invalidity searches.

§ Also supported in Due-Diligence Project of Automatic Control Systems-Divisions of Honeywell International.

§ Conducted prior art search in business lines of Aerospace & Automatic Control System for patent applications

Work Experience

January 2008 Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited RasayaniApril 2010 (A Govt. of India Undertaking)

Instrument Engineer

§ Field and Engineering Maintenance of signal communication from field instruments to ABB MOD300, Honeywell TDC 3000DCS & YOKOGAWA CENTUM CS3000

§ Supervision & maintenance of flow, level, pressure and temperature switches, transmitters, I/P Converters, Control Valves and Interlocks

§ Process Instrumentation Design, Transducers and Measuring Instruments , their installation, Process industry Practices and commissioning of plants


April 2012 Longbow Legal Services Pvt. Ltd. Kolkata

Continuing Case Analyst

§ Analyzing the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) cases to find out various legal issues and points of laws involved therein

December 2011 Creation of Multimedia Based Courseware on Intellectual Property. RGSOIPL-IITKGPContinuing Sponsored by Dep't. Of Information technology (Govt. of India)

Content Developer

§ Development of content for courseware on Intellectual Property

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Amit Kumar Gupta Ankita Susan Mathew

Education


LL.B. with Honors in Intellectual Property Law CGPA (till 4rd Semester): 5.92

June 2000 CET-IILM-AHL Uttar Pradesh Technical University

B.E. in Biotechnology First Class with Honors: 67%

Internships

June 2012 Biocon Limited Bangalore

Legal Intern

§ Drafting and review of confidentiality agreement, consultancy agreement, comission agreement, Service agreement, Power of Attorney, Supply Agreement and Presentation on “Internet Censorship”

December 2011 Zeus IP Advocates, Jangpura Extension New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Exposure to Patent Application Procedure at the Indian Patent Office

§ Conducted Legal Research and Studies on Post-Grant opposition of Patents

December 2010 Legal Shebang New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Gathered knowledge of the court procedures and rules along with practical exposure of drafting exercises.


June 2009 Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute(VPCI), University of Delhi New Delhi

July 2009 Intern

§ Worked in the Biochemistry department of the Institute

§ Completed the project on “studies on transacetylase role of calreticulin”

July 2008 Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited Gurgaon

Intern

§ Worked in the Analytical Department of Research and Development center of the Company.

Achievements

§ Worked in the organizing team of Parliamentary Debate, held at RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur

§ Worked as a Group leader for the project undertaken in Final Year of B. Tech and Co-ordinate the team of three people

§ Cleared the Intermediate Level in English Language at British Council, New Delhi

§ Attended the satellite symposium on Clinical Genomics, by Institute of Genomics and Interrogative Biology Held at India Habitat Center

§ Attended the Interdisciplinary science conference-2009 on Interface between Chemistry and Biology held on October 8, 2009 by Jamia Hamdard

§ Attended the International Symposium on Cancer Chemoprevention and translation research, December 21, 2009 JNU School of Life Sciences

Education



June 2009 SRM University SRM University, Chennai

B.Tech. in Biotechnology CGPA: 9.22

Internships

May 2012 W.S Kane & Co. Mumbai


§ Researched on various topics in Patent Law, Trademark law and other fields of law

§ Assisted in filing Trademark Applications and conducted Trademark searching

§ Assisted in drafting Trademark Opposition application and other related office actions

§ Assisted in conducting prior art search and patent opposition matters

§ Analyzed Trademark Examination Reports and drafted replies

§ Attended and assisted in court proceedings

December 2011 Zeus IP New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Researched on various topics in Patent Law

§ Assisted in Filing Patent Applications, Design Applications

§ Conducted Patent Mapping

§ Conducted research towards filing GI Application and assisted in filing the application

May 2011 Whirlpool of India Ltd. Gurgaon


§ Conducted research on topics in Trademark Law

§ Conducted extensive research and submitted report on Ambush Marketing

§ Understanding Comparative Advertisement strategies and Madrid Protocol

§ Understanding of the nuances of Trademark Searching

December 2010 Pradeep S. Jelty, Advocate, High Court of Bombay Mumbai

Legal Intern

§ Legal Research on Tax matters, Conducting due diligence

§ Exposure to Court Proceedings

§ Research, Projects and Training

December 2009 GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Mumbai

June 2010 Graduate Apprentice

§ Worked in Clinical Operations Department

§ Assisted with the management and execution of clinical research studies

§ Assisted with routine data verification and quality control, ensuring data integrity and consistency with prescribed study protocol

§ Performed literature searches, research and overall administrative assistance

April 2012 LongBow Legal Service Pvt. Ltd. in association with IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur

Ongoing Analyst

§ Analysis of US patent office cases and their classification based on the point of law

Achievements

§ Was Student Coordinator, Moot Court Society and Member of the Organizing Committee of “The Verdict – National Moot Court Competition 2012” held in association with All India Bar Association at IIT Kharagpur in January 2012

§ Qualified GATE 2009 with 90.42 percentile

§ Acquired a Diploma in Clinical Research from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai in 2010 with 'A' Grade

§ Awarded Performance based Scholarship at SRM University for the year 2008-09

§ Won First place in poster presentation in the National Conference on Recent Trends in Environment Biotechnology (Organized by SRM University)

Publication

§ Looking Beyond Hart vs. Fuller: Law and Morality in Contemporary Indian Society,http://ssrn.com/abstract=1917342

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Harini Niveda N.R.B Jogeshwar Krishna Prasad Mishra

Education



June 2010 School of Chemical and Biotechnology SASTRA University

B.Tech. in Biotechnology (Honors) First Class with Distinction: 8.72

Internships

June 2012 Anand & Anand Advocates Noida

Legal Intern

§ Drafted responses to First Examination Reports (FER) in relation to the inventions in the field of Pharmaceutical technology, Biotechnology and Chemistry

§ Drafted Legal Opinion to client with respect to FER

§ Performed Patent searches including Landscape searches

May 2012 Biocon Limited Bangalore

Project Trainee

§ Drafted and reviewed Confidentiality Agreements, Power of Attorney, Service Agreements, Supply Agreements.

§ Prepared Schedule of Agreements

§ Presentation on Injunctive Relief: A comparative study of the State Laws of the United States

December 2011 Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co. New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Executed research and analysed the liability of Internet service providers in view of Ad words and keyword triggered advertising

§ Research on legal protection of Trade Secret and Confidential information in India

June 2011 Krishna & Saurastri Associates Bangalore

Legal Intern

§ Assisted in drafting of a writ petition as a part of trademark Infringement litigation

§ Exposure to the Practices and Procedure of the District court of Bangalore

§ Effectuated research and due diligence tasks in areas of restrictive covenants in trade practices in continental law systems

May 2011 ALMT Legal, Advocates & Solicitors Bangalore

Legal Intern

§ Engaged in research and analysis of “Whether Fonts/Typefaces are protected under Copyright Law? Is there any protection available for the same under Trademarks? ”

§ Conducted research and submitted report on Ownership issues with respect to assignment and licensing in light of the Indian Copyright Act


December 2009 University Of Madras Chennai

February 2010 Research Assistant

§ Studied the “Effect Of Naringenin in m-RNA Expression of JNK players and VDAC in Carbaryl Induced Neurotoxicity in Neuro 2A cells”

November 2007 Shreedhar Bhat's Laboratory Bangalore

December 2007 Project Trainee

§ Hands on experience in r-DNA technology

Achievements

§ Delegate to Educational Summit at George Washington University Law School, Washington DC, 2011

§ Event Lead of Shaastrarth - Parliamentary Debate, IIT Kharagpur, 2011

§ Semifinalist in Parliamentary Debate, IIT Kharagpur, 2010

§ Top 3 % in a batch of 2000; Secured Director merit list cash award for consistent performance, SASTRA, 2010

§ Secured Third rank amongst batch of 200 students in University Examination and awarded certificate of merit, SASTRA, 2009

§ Secured First rank amongst 200 students in Genetic Engineering, Pharmaceutical technology & Environmental Biotechnology, SASTRA, 2009

Education


LL.B. with Honours in Intellectual Property Law CGPA (till 4th Semester): 7.65

May 2009 SBCBE VIT University, Vellore

M.Sc. in Biomedical Genetics CGPA: 9.33

May 2009 College of Basic Science & Humanities OUAT, Bhubaneswar

B.Sc. with Honours in Microbiology First Class Honours with Distinction: 75.67%

Internships

May 2012 Natural Remedies Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore

July 2012 Trainee

§ Conducted prior art searches and prepared patentability assessment reports

§ Prepared a patent landscaping report on a competing corporate house

§ Completed a freedom to operate analysis and prepared a report therefrom

§ Assisted in drafting a patent application

§ Conducted public searches on various trademarks and prepared opinion reports therefrom

§ Drafted a response to an examination report from the office of the Registrar of Trademarks

December 2011 Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co. New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Researched on procurement and financial policies of different states in India

§ Researched and prepared notes on corruption in government contracts, regulatory framework of legislations made on concurrent list subjects, food SEZs in India and video photography laws in India

§ Researched and prepared a note on parliamentary laying procedure for statutory rules and orders

§ Submitted a research paper on the scope of formulating a policy for performers' rights in India

May 2011 Advocate Rabindranath Acharya Cuttack


§ Worked on cases requiring interpretations of various provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and other civil acts

§ Prepared reports on cases pending at the second appeal stage and attended the hearings

December 2010 Advocate Rabindranath Acharya Cuttack

Legal Intern

§ Attended the District & Sessions Court, Cuttack and the Orissa High Court. Gathered basic knowledge of court procedures and rules

§ Learnt the basic principles of filing a civil suit and researched on civil matters, gaining an insight into the procedures and practices of civil jurisdiction


January 2009 VIT University Vellore


§ Researched and submitted a thesis on non-synonymous Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the human Pituitary Tumor Transforming Gene (hPTTG1)

§ Researched on non-synonymous Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the human Retinoblastoma Gene (Rb1)

§ Researched on cation-pi interactions in immunoglobulins

§ Researched and presented a paper on Carbon Ion Radiotherapy


§ Participated in the International Conference on Biotechnology, VIT University, Vellore, 6-8 February 2008

§ Compered and assisted in organising the 10th Orissa Bigyan Congress, organised by the Indian Science Congress Association - Bhubaneswar Chapter, 4-5 November, 2006

Achievements

§ Awarded “Merit Scholarship for Best Academic Performance” for the academic year 2008-2009, VIT University, Vellore, 6 April 2009

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Kartik Varier Samarthgirish Niwas Pawaskar

Education



June 2010 School of Biosciences and Technology VIT University


Internships

May 2012 Frank's International Mumbai


· Worked on IP Portfolio of the organization and got trained at Portfolio Management

· Worked on cost related issues of the IP Portfolio and identifying redundant costs

· Conducted Cost Tracking Analysis of the Portfolio so as to reduce costs

· Involved in the preparation of Inventor Cost Analysis Report

December 2011 W.S Kane & Co. Mumbai

January 2012 Legal Intern

· Exposure to Patent Prosecution Procedure

· Analysis of FERs and Replies, Patent Prosecution Documentation

· Conducted Prior Art Searches

· Involved in drafting replies and objections in Patent Opposition matters

· Miscellaneous research pertaining to various fields of law

· Conducted due diligence pertaining to Technology Transfer and Technical Assistance Agreements

June 2011 V. Mattha & Co., Chartered Accountants Bhopal

Intern

· Understanding basics of auditing and financial accountancy

· Understanding Company and Tax law matters

May 2011 Saikrishna and Associates Noida

Legal Intern

· Got trained in drafting Licensing Agreement templates

· Assisted in drafting opinion and conducting due diligence in media law matters

· Conducted extensive research on copyright and patent law issues

· Miscellaneous research into various fields of law

· Miscellaneous drafting exposure in copyright matters


§ Quarter-finalists at the 8th Nani Palkhivala National Tax Moot Competition, hosted by Government Law College, Mumbai from October 13th-15th, 2011

§ Participated in the Surana and Surana National Corporate Law Moot Competition, 2012, hosted by JSS Law College, Mysore from February 10th-12th, 2012

§ Secured First Position in Legal Quiz organized on occasion of Research Scholars Day on 30th March 2012, at Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT Kharagpur

§ Participated in Model UN Summit hosted by VIT University, Vellore in September 2009 as Delegate (General Assembly)

§ Participated in lecture workshop “Plant Genetic Resources: Mapping, Utilization and Conservation” held at VIT University, Vellore from 23rd-25th July, 2009


§ Successfully completed short term training in Analytical Instrumentation at Technology Business Incubator, VIT University, Vellore in April 2009

§ Successfully completed certificate course in French (Elementary Level) from School of Social Sciences and Languages, VIT University, Vellore in April 2008

§ Cleared Japanese (Elementary Level) course from School of Social Sciences and Languages, VIT University, Vellore in December 2008

Publication

§ Looking Beyond Hart vs. Fuller: Law and Morality in Contemporary Indian Society,http://ssrn.com/abstract=1917342

Education



May 2010 Kolhapur Institute of Technology Shivaji University, Kolhapur

B.E. in Biotechnology First Class with Distinction 70%

Internships

May 2012 Philips Innovation Campus, Philips Electronics India Ltd Bangalore

July 2012 Intellectual Property and Standards Intern

§ Created Patent Search Result Re-ranking Algorithm and Tool

§ Performed landscaping on a particular non-conventional energy generation instrument

§ Made a report on comparison of European Patent Office and International Search procedure

December 2011 Piramal Healthcare Pvt. Ltd Mumbai

Legal Intern

§ Assisted legal team in researching on topics of Orphan Drugs, Drugs & Cosmetics Acts and Rules, Defamation and remedies thereof in USA, Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) Regulations, Company Bill 2011, etc.

§ Reviewed agreements related to Distribution

June 2011 DBT-ICT Centre for Energy Biosciences, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

IP Management & Technology Commercialisation Cell Intern

§ Exposed to patent searching – prior art search in detail

§ Made a Patent Analysis and Technology Development Report on Biofuel Generation

December 2010 Adv. Kiran Mahajan Kolhapur

Legal Intern

§ Got exposure to Court Procedures and Rules by attending Court Proceedings under Industrial Disputes, Negotiable instruments Act

Research Projects and Training

March 2012 Longbow Legal Services Kolkata

Present Patent Case analyst

§ Analyzing Patent cases under different jurisdictions, e.g. European Patent Office and USPTO

June 2009 A B Mauri India Pvt. Ltd. Ratnagiri

Trainee

§ Got exposure to Quality Assurance and Quality Control procedures and had a quick look at Baker's Yeast mass production

December 2008 Manish Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd Mumbai

Trainee

§ Got exposure to actual working of Pharmaceutical Drugs mass production

Achievements

§ Secured 1st position in Parliamentary Debate, Samanjasya – 2010, VGSOM, IIT Kharagpur

§ Secured 1st and 2nd positions respectively for Mock Parliament and Quiz at Manthan -2009, Rotract Club Kolhapur

§ Organised Blood Donation camp for more than 100 individuals in at Kolhapur Institute of Technology in 2009

§ Lead the college team in National Level Debate 'Youth for Political Reforms', Loksatta Movement – 2008, Mumbai

§ Represented IIT Kharagpur as Adjudicator in 1st National Debate Competition 2011 at National Law University Delhi


§ Presented paper on 'Alzheimers' disease and Antibody Cure' at National Level technical paper presentation competition PIONEER 2009

§ Attended workshop on 'Entrepreneurial Skill Development' by Ministry of Small & Medium scale industries, Government of India, Dec 2009

§ Attended workshop on 'Bioinformatics' at I2IT (Finolex Institute), Pune 2009

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Puneeta Bhatia Shilpa Priyadarsini

Education



July 2010 Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth

M.Tech. (Integrated) in Biotechnology First Division with distinction: 80%

Internships

May 2012 Philips Electronics India Ltd. Bangalore

July 2012 Project Trainee

§ Conducted analysis of patent filing trends by Indian applicants in different jurisdictions in the last ten years. The analysis was carried out to understand the patent filings by Indians in India in comparison to other parts of the globe

§ Prepared landscape of Indian patents filed by Indian residents and non-Indian residents who are filing only in India, to provide insights for technology trends for lighting and healthcare. The landscape included patents where protection has been sought for products as well services in lighting as well as healthcare

December 2011 National Chemical Laboratory (NCL Innovations/IP Group) Pune

Project Intern

§ Exposed to patent searches, analytics, twinning in with technology development and commercialization strategy and interacting with inventors

§ Performed “freedom to operate” searches for silk fibroin based biomedical products in India

§ Provided insights for technology development and commercialization for silk fibroin based biomedical products on analysis of the Patent landscape for the same in India as well as United States of America in the last 20 years

May 2011 Rajeshwari and Associates Gurgaon


§ Exposure to Court Procedures and Rules by attending Civil Proceedings

§ Performed prior art searches, novelty searches and Freedom to operate searches for chemical compounds

§ Conducted legal research for Bayer vs Natco with respect to compulsory licensing and licensee estoppels. Prepared case briefs


July 2009 National Institute of Immunology New-Delhi


§ Worked on a project titled “The Consequences of radiation insult on replication proteins in cultured human cells”

May 2008 National AIDS Research Institute Pune


§ Completed six weeks internship on the amplifications, cloning, characterization and sequence analysis of p-17 region (matrix protein) of gag gene of HIV-1


§ Successfully completed General Course on Intellectual Property conducted by WIPO Worldwide Academy from October 1 to November 10, 2009

§ Successfully completed 15 days Certificate course in Molecular biology and Recombinant DNA technology, conducted by Sangene Institute of Biosciences, Bangalore in May, 2007

Publications

§ Coauthored a paper on “An analysis of the Legal Status of Nutrition Rights”, Nutrition Society of Nigeria(NSN), 41st Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference 2010, Theme: Strategies for improving maternal and child nutrition, Arewa House, Kaduna, 21-25 September, 2010. Book of Abstracts, pp 10-11

§ Coauthored a paper on “An Introductory Discourse on the Concept of Patents for the Nigerian Researcher Nutritionists” (Nutrition Society Nigeria), presented at 41st Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference, 2010

§ Coauthored a paper on “Intellectual Property Rights: Frequently Asked Questions (Nigeria Association of Pharmacists in Academia)”, presented at 4th Annual Scientific Conference, 2010, Ahmadu Bellu University, Zaria

§ Coauthored a paper on “Intellectual Property Rights: An Explanatory Guide for Nigerian Biotechnologist.” Presented at 22nd Annual Conference. Biotechnology Society Nigeria, Zaria, 2009

§ Coauthored a paper on “Genetically Modified Organisms: The concept of Biosafety and dimensions of Biosafety law.” Presented at 22nd Annual Conference. Biotechnology Society Nigeria, Zaria, 2009

Education


LL.B. with Honours in Intellectual Property Law CGPA (till 4th Semester): 6.86

June 2009 ICFAI Institute of Science & Technology ICFAI University, Uttaranchal


Internships

May 2012 Piramal Healthcare Limited Mumbai

June 2012 Trainee

§ Learned the various processed related to patent searching and various aspects thereof

§ Prepared a patent landscape report related to certain 'New Chemical Entities (NCE)'

§ Assisted in filing PCT applications in the national phase

December 2011 Sagar Chandra & Associates New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Worked on filing of provisional and complete patent applications

§ Researched for various patent infringement suits

§ Researched on a research paper for numeral trademarks

June 2011 Delhi Legal Services Authority New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Studied the legal aid system at place in Tihar Jail

§ Assisted in filing bail applications for convicts at the Delhi High Court

§ Researched for appeals for parole and furlough

May 2011 Advocate Rabindranath Acharya Cuttack

Legal Intern

§ Attended the District & Sessions Court, Cuttack and the Orissa High Court. Gathered basic knowledge of court procedures and rules

§ Learnt the basic principles of filing a civil suit and researched on civil matters, gaining an insight into the procedures and practices of civil jurisdiction

§ Worked on cases requiring interpretations of various provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and other civil acts

§ Prepared reports on cases pending at the second appeal stage and attended the hearings

December 2010 CiTran Consultancy Services Bhubaneswar

Legal Intern

§ Worked on the applicability of patent licenses in India

§ Worked on the applicability of the patent system in the field of traditional medicines and related products in India

§ Prepared a research paper on 'IPR issues in the Ginger based Rural Products'


December 2008 BARC (F), IGCAR Kalpakkam

May 2009 Project Intern

§ Researched on scientific literature pertaining to radio-resistivity of various bacteria

§ Prepared various morphologies of 'Deinococcus radiodurans'

§ Prepared a research paper titled 'Quantification and Characterization of DNA from the species of Deinococcus radiodurans'

Certifications & Courses

§ Successfully completed 'DL-101 General Course on Intellectual Property', offered by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), October 2011-November 2011

§ Successfully completed P.G. Diploma In Clinical Research from Department of Bioinformatics, University Of Pune, December 2009

Achievements

§ Awarded the Rajya Puraskar as a Governor's Guide by THE BHARAT SCOUTS AND GUIDES

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Tahir Abdul Jabbar

MECHANICALENGINEERING

Education



June 2006 St. Peter's College of Engineering Anna University

B.E. in Industrial Biotechnology First Class with Honors: 70%

Internships

June 2012 Biocon Limited Bangalore

Project Intern

§ Exposure to drafting of Confidentiality Agreement, Lease Agreement, Power of Attorney, Service Agreement, Supply Agreement and License Agreement

May 2012 Anand and Anand Advocates, Mr. Devinder Singh Rawat, Sr. associate, Noida

Legal Intern

§ Research report on Biosimilar products in India and Foreign Countries

§ Report on U.S FDA guidelines on regulation and approval of Biosimilar products

§ Report on Biosimilar regulatory and approval pathway in India

§ Report on 'Preposition of law' of IPAB cases (2010-2012)

§ Report on 'Preposition of law' of High Court and Supreme Court Patent cases (2010-2012)

§ Report on 'Authorities and powers of Principal officers/Authorized person under CPC,

§ Companies Act and Delhi High Court Rules

December 2011 Center for Intellectual Property Research and Advocacy, NLSIU Bangalore

Research Intern

§ Report on the WIPO - Standing Committee Report (2003) on “Utility' & “Industrial Use” on Patents

§ Report on 'Non- Literal 'Copyright Infringement & the test for Infringement

June 2011 King & Partridge, Mr. Prem Kumar, Partner Chennai


§ Drafted Counter statements, Legal opinions, Civil Petition and Lease agreements


§ Research work (Admiralty Jurisdiction of Indian courts, Maritime laws & Sea port management, Authority and obligation of Board of Directors in accordance with Companies Act, 1956, Order 5A, Madras High Court Original Side rules)

Work Experience

March 2007 Enviroo World (P) Ltd. Bangalore

March 2010 Project Engineer

§ Drafting Client Specific Requirement Models

§ Site inspection of Effluent treatment plants

§ Meet potential clients and explain scope, advantage, and benefits of ISO & OHSAS certification

§ Preparing work plan and execution models

§ Preparing corporate presentations and addressing audience on commercial & technical aspects involved in a project

Achievements

§ Selected for the Indian Navy as Permanent Commissioned Officer in Logistics Cadre through SSB (Service Selection Board) on March 2009

§ Participated and secured 1st Position in Shastraarth (Parliamentary Debate) organized in Saamanjasya-2010 at Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur

§ Participated in the National Debate Competition, NLU-Delhi, 2010

§ Participated in Poster presentation in International Conference on Stem Cells and Cancer (ICSCC-2010) on

§ Legal Ramification of Stem Cell Therapy: Achilles' Heel? (Poster:38)

§ Attended workshop on “Whether the Public Funded Intellectual Property Bill would facilitate Intellectual Property based economic development in India” organized by 'Microsoft Centre of Excellence in IP Research and Technology Policy' and 'RGSOIPL', IIT Kharagpur, January 2011

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Gaurav ChoubeyAlakh Niranjan Pandey

Education



June 2010 R.K.D.F. Institute of Science & Technology Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya

B.E. in Mechanical Engineering First Class: 72.72%

Internships

May 2012 3M India Limited, Corporate Office Bengaluru


§ Assisting the attorneys with contract drafting and review

§ Reviewed the Privacy Policy and Employee Manual of the company

§ Analyzed amendments in various laws and provided compliance suggestions

§ Drafted legal notices, opinions and briefs

December 2011 Piyush Kumar & Associates New Delhi

Legal Intern

§ Exposure to court procedures & tax laws

§ Drafting of legal documents including notices, petitions etc.

§ Researching on cases relating to tax laws & helping in the preparation of briefs

§ Attending court proceedings and client meetings

May 2011 Global IP Services, PLLC. Bengaluru


§ Exposure to prosecution of Utility patent applications (US, India & PCT)

§ Understanding the prior arts related to the invention and the rejections and objections cited thereof

§ Formulating a strategy in responding to rejections

§ Assisting in drafting replies to office actions from USPTO and PCT

§ Research, Projects and Training

June 2008 Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology Bhopal

July 2008 Technical Intern

§ Understanding plastics processing & molding with various machines

§ Worked on Machines including Microprocessor/CNC controlled and automatic & Semi-automatic injection molding machines, Compression molding Press & Automatic Blow molding machine

§ Understanding conventional machining processes on Lathe machine

§ Understanding creation of 2D models in AutoCAD

June 2009 Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. Workshop, Bhopal Bhopal

July 2009 Technical Intern

§ Understanding models of Maruti Suzuki and their working

§ Understanding working of various components of an automobile

§ Understanding the technological differences in engine, transmission & steering systems

§ Understanding technical problems in various components & their maintenance


§ Quarter-finalists in the 8th Nani Palkhivala National Tax Moot Court Competition, 2011

§ Participated in the 11th Surana & Surana National Corporate Law Moot, 2012

§ Attended Seminar on Diesel Emissions organized by SAEINDIA, Northern India Section

§ Participated in Workshop on Automotive Design organized by SAEINDIA

§ Participated in Workshop on All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) organized by SAEINDIA, Western India Section

Achievements

§ Led a team named Mecharocks Racers in designing & developing an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) in SAE BAJA Virtual Design Challenge, 2009

§ Got a special merit award in National Youth Parliament Competition organized by Pandit Kunjilal Dubey National Parliamentary University, Bhopal

Education


LL.B. with Honors in Intellectual Property Law CGPA (till 4th semester): 6.97

June 2010 Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani BITS-Pilani

M.B.A. in Engineering & Technology Management CGPA: 7.33

June 2008 University Institute of Technology Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal

B.E. in Industrial & Production Engineering Percentage: 68.84%

Internships

May 2012 TVS Motor Company Hosur


§ Worked in R&D Department with IP team

§ Analysed a patent pool of more than 800 patents of competitors for strategic assistance to R&D Division

December 2011 ALMT Legal Mumbai

Legal Intern

§ Worked in litigation department

§ Did research and drafting of legal document for cases related to competition law, international law, corporate law, property law, taxation laws, etc.

§ Attended and assisted in client and counsel meetings

§ Attended and assisted in court proceedings in the High Court of Bombay

May 2011 MetaYage IP Strategy Consulting Bangalore

June 2011 Legal Trainee

§ Drafted full patent applications including drawings, for both provisional and final applications, for Indian & U.S. Patent offices, for inventions from multiple domains including mechanical and software (business methods) inventions

§ Worked on office action, pre-grant opposition and patentability searching

§ Assisted in client meetings including IP consulting and inventions disclosure meetings

§ Also worked on drafting and interpretation of different IP related agreements including copyright agreements, non-disclosure agreements and other IP related international agreement for standard submission

§ Assisted Mr. Arjun Bala, founder & CEO of the organization, in Marketing and Business Strategy Planning, and represented organization in a few conferences



Present § Working as an IP Analyst for Darts-IP

§ Darts-ip, a Belgium based company, is a unique service provider for Intellectual Property (IP) professionals, offering a complete overview of European IP case law

January 2010 Bridle Information and Technology Solutions (Bridle IT) Pvt. Ltd. Chennai

June 2010 (Now acquired by Edserv Softsystems Ltd.)

Management Trainee (Six months Practice School under curriculum of M.B.A. at BITS-Pilani)

§ Worked under co-founder and CEO (Marketing) of Bridle IT, Mr. Hari Krishnan

§ Assisted CEO in negotiation of a channel partnership agreement with a giant in similar business area getting a hands-on experience on top management level negotiation on the terms of agreement

§ Assisted CEO in marketing strategy planning and execution, and represented organization in various conferences and business meetings

§ Got exposure to various top management decision making and execution in marketing, operations and business strategy planning

Achievements

§ Student coordinator, Training and Placement Committee, RGSOIPL (IIT Kharagpur), 2011-12§ Stood Semi-Finalist in the Parliamentary Debate Competition in 'Samanjasya 2010', at Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT-Kharagpur§ Founding member of Moot Court Society, RGSOIPL (IIT Kharagpur), 2010-11§ Served as Head, Human Resource Club of Management Association at BITS Pilani for year 2008-09§ Event Coordinator for 'TechnoEdge', an all India technical festival held at UIT-RGTU, Bhopal§ Aired many programs as an anchor at All India Radio


§ Attended workshop on Social Entrepreneurship, conducted by Nirmaan and CEL (Centre for Entrepreneurial Leadership), in Refulgence'09, at BITS Pilani.

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Minakshi Verma

Education



June 2009 Azad Institute of Engineering & Technology Uttar Pradesh Technical University

B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering First Class: 65.88%

Internships

May 2012 Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solutions Limited Bangalore


§ Attached with the IP Team

§ Drafted claims for Indian Patent Application

§ Performed prior art searches using their database

§ Prepared patent portfolio for Bosch Patents

§ Completed Web based training in Patent Law, Contract Law, Product Liability, Product Engineering, Origin of goods, Preferences and Antitrust Law

December 2011 Mahindra & Mahindra Limited Mumbai

Legal IP Intern

§ Attached with the IPR & Knowledge Management Team

§ Drafted patent application for Provisional & Complete Specifications

§ Performed prior art searches using Thomson Innovation

§ Drafted technical response for Office Action / FER

§ Worked on IP cell Functions

May 2011 Khaitan Jayakar Sud & Vohra (KJSV) New Delhi


§ Attached with the Litigation Sector

§ Drafted revision petition on behalf of respondent

§ Gathered basic knowledge of Court procedures and rules along with the Court visit

§ Researched on various procedure and substantive Laws

December 2010 Adv. Nandit K. Srivastava (Lucknow bench, Allahabad High Court) Lucknow

Legal Intern

§ Legal internship aimed at leveraging my legal acumen with the matters concerning Civil & Criminal Litigation procedure

§ Researched on Property Law, Procedural Laws and assisted in drafting arguments and petitions


May 2008 Tata Motors Limited Lucknow


§ Understanding Six Sigma Procedures in an Automobile Engineering

§ Prepared a book on Six Sigma technology

May 2007 Central Institute of Plastic Engineering & Technology (CIPET) Lucknow

Project Trainee

§ Understanding of Plastic Processing, Testing, Design & Tooling


§ Successfully completed IBM CEIS Certified Database Administrator Course conducted by IBM-CEIS Centre, Kolkata from June 2009 till February 2012 with A Grade

Achievements

§ Campus Ambassador for Nurture Talent Academy Community Starpreneur Program

§ Member of Library Committee of Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law at IIT Kharagpur for 2011-2012

§ Participated in 4th National IT Aptitude Test held by NIIT in January, 2009

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RECRUITMENT

Law Firms

Corporate Houses

LPOs / KPOs

Consultancy Firms

The school has a student run placement cell, under overall guidance of the professors-in-charge. This runs under

the aegis of Training & Placement Section, IIT Kharagpur. Requirement of a distinct cell arises from the unique

nature of the course and the professions that flow from it.

The placement cell is a student run cell, where participation is voluntary. A team of students led by team of

professors coordinate with the Training & Placement Section, IIT Kharagpur and conduct the placement activities.

The students from the previous batchers have enjoyed successful placements, being recruited by prominent law

firms and corporate houses. The students have been well received by the industry and always been appreciated

for their legal acumen.

In the three years since the first batch passed out of the school, alumni of the school have been associated with

various corporate houses, LPOs/KPOs, law firms and consultancy firms, a few of which have been listed below

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co., Anand & Anand, Remfry & Sagar, Chadha&Chadha, AZB

Partners, Fox Mandal, LallLahiri&Salhotra, Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan, Lex Orbis

Reliance Industries Ltd., TVS Motors, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto, Honeywell

Technology Solutions, Siemens Information Systems, Crompton Greaves Ltd., Wipro, Venus Remedies Ltd.,

Avesthagen Ltd., Natural Remedies Pvt. Ltd., Novo Nordisk, Bharat Biotech International Ltd.

Longbow Legal Services Pvt. Ltd., Bodhi Global, E-Value Serve

Frost & Sullivan

RGSOIPL Placement Brochure - Batch of 2013

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