Hemant Singh

Inttl Advocare (India)

Hemant Singh is an IP litigator, Founder and Managing Partner of Intellectual Property Law Firm INTTL ADVOCARE. He is also a registered patent agent. He was admitted to Bar in 1984 and handled over 2500 IP litigations in various courts all over India involving contentious and complex issues in the field of intellectual property such as claim construction and coverage vis-à-vis disclosure as well as inventive step and test of obviousness in the field of Patents; concept of prior use vis-à-vis overseas brand owner and Indian prior user; trade mark usage vis-à-vis fair use in the field of trade mark infringement including use of trade mark by ancillary industry and in comparative advertising; protection of shape marks as well exclusion of functional and utilitarian shape as trade mark; injunction against parallel import of goods; estoppel in respect of prosecution history of trade marks, patents etc.

His area of law practice includes trade marks, patents, designs, copyright, trade secrets, geographical indications, competition laws, IT laws, etc. With world-wide diverse clientele, he represents several of Fortune 100 and 500 Companies in the field of pharmaceuticals, foods and beverages, liquor, garments, cosmetics, FMCG, fashion accessories, computer software, telecommunication, media, electronics, automobiles, biotechnology etc.

He has been actively participating in the growth of valuable jurisprudence in the field of IP through various amicus briefs as well as through leadership of various IP committees of various international IP associations globally. He represents INTA as counsel in their first ever Amicus brief before Supreme Court of India in the case involving Parallel Import issue.