DK LALWANI & CO.
The firm was established in the year 1998 and is engaged in providing services for – search, registration and protection of trade marks, copyrights, design; corporate and commercial law matters.
The Founder's Profile
The founder of the firm, DEV K. LALWANI, is a Commerce Honours Graduate, Post Graduate in Business Administration, Fellow Member of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Qualified Lead Assessor – ISO-9002, and Law Graduate – practicing as an Advocate.
Prior to practice as an Advocate, Mr. Lalwani had worked over 15 years in reputed industrial houses and got very wide experience in IPR, joint ventures, corporate-secretarial, legal and various commercial matters.
Global trademark registration: India joins Madrid Protocol
India has joined the Madrid Protocol which will enable domestic companies to obtain cost effective global trade mark registration. The Madrid System for the global registration of trade marks will come into effect in India on 08.07.2013.
The international trademark registration system is governed by two treaties, namely, the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (1891) and the Madrid Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (1989).
The total number of members of the international trademark registration system has now reached to 90, including India. Under the WIPO-administered Madrid system, a trademark owner may protect a mark in over 100 countries plus the European Union, by filing one application, in one language.
Applicants wishing to use the Madrid system must apply for trademark protection in a relevant national trademark office before seeking international protection. An international registration under the Madrid System produces the same effects as an application for registration of the mark in each of the contracting parties designated by the applicant. If protection is not refused by the trademark office of a designated contracting party, Such registration can be maintained and renewed through a single procedure.
The founder has networking with IP Firms and has associates worldwide which helps filing direct applications in various jurisdictions and engage such firms for dealing with office actions for International Applications.