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Intellectual Property
Protecting, managing, enforcing and monetising trade marks, patents, copyright, designs and trade secrets, in India and for Indian businesses abroad.
BRB Legal · New Delhi
Counsel for the ideas that move India.
A New Delhi law firm for intellectual property, technology, data protection, commercial and corporate law, working for clients across India and around the world.
The firm
A boutique built around intellectual property.
BRB Legal advises on the legal architecture of innovation. We act for Indian businesses, multinational companies, foreign law firms seeking Indian counsel, startups and public bodies on intellectual property, technology and commercial matters. Our partners are registered patent and trade mark agents before the Indian Patent Office and the Trade Marks Registry.
Practice areas
Where we work.
Intellectual property at the core, and the technology, data, contract, corporate and dispute work that grows around it. Every practice page sets out the Indian law that applies and answers the questions clients ask most.
What the film shows
- Every idea starts as a risk.
- Founder: protecting a new brand.
- Developer: launching an app under the DPDP Act.
- Protect it early.
- Researcher: patenting a university invention.
- Creator: licensing a music catalogue.
- The law keeps moving. New Delhi, 13 November 2025: DPDP Rules notified; data duties to phase in over eighteen months. New Delhi, 21 November 2025: four Labour Codes take effect across India. Brussels, 1 August 2024: EU Artificial Intelligence Act enters into force. Geneva, 24 May 2024: WIPO members adopt treaty on genetic resources and traditional knowledge. New Delhi, March 2024: Law Commission proposes a law to protect trade secrets.
- Read the fine print. Then write it.
- General counsel: negotiating a supply contract.
- Product team: reviewing a data processing agreement.
- HR head: moving to the Labour Codes.
- Plain answers. Clear next steps.
- From New Delhi, across India.
- BRB Legal. Intellectual property, technology, corporate. www.brb-legal.com
The film plays without sound until you turn it on. The people shown are from licensed stock footage and illustrate the kinds of questions clients bring; they are not clients of the firm. The headlines are summaries of public developments set in our own design, not newspaper clippings.
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IP Licensing & Monetisation
Turning IP into revenue: licensing, assignments, technology transfer, franchising, royalty structures, valuation and IP-backed transactions.
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Corporate Practice
Corporate advisory, commercial contracts, data protection, technology and media, fintech agreements, employment, and commercial disputes and arbitration.
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Data Protection & Privacy
DPDP Act readiness, privacy notices and consent, breach response, processor contracts, cross-border transfers and CERT-In compliance.
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Commercial Contracts
Drafting, negotiating and reviewing the contracts businesses run on: supply, services, technology, distribution, franchise, confidentiality and more.
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Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Domestic and international arbitration, mediation and the enforcement of awards, from drafting the clause to defending the award in court.
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Technology, Media & Entertainment
Software and AI, platforms and intermediaries, e-commerce, online gaming, film, music and OTT, advertising and influencer marketing.
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Employment & Labour
Employment contracts and policies, compliance with the new Labour Codes, POSH, workforce restructuring and employee disputes.
Sectors
Industries built on ideas.
We focus on the sectors where registering, protecting and licensing intellectual property decides commercial success, and where regulation changes fastest.
Technology, Media & Telecom
Software, SaaS, AI, platforms, gaming, OTT and telecom businesses whose value sits in code, content, data and brand.
Life Sciences & Healthcare
Pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices, diagnostics and digital health, where patents, licensing and data decide market access.
Consumer, Retail & Brands
FMCG, fashion, beauty, food and beverage, D2C and e-commerce brands, franchising, crafts and geographical indications.
Financial Services & Fintech
Payments, lending and other fintech businesses, built on partnerships with banks and lenders, proprietary technology and customer data.
Manufacturing, Engineering & Automotive
Industrial, automotive, electronics and engineering businesses whose edge lies in process know-how, product design and patented technology.
Education, Research & Startups
Universities, research institutions, edtech and early-stage companies turning research and ideas into protected, investable assets.
India’s IP map
Where Indian IP is filed and decided.
Indian intellectual property runs through a handful of offices and courts. Knowing which one handles what saves clients time and money.
4Patent Office locations: Kolkata (head office), Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai
5Trade Marks Registry offices: Mumbai (head office), Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Ahmedabad
4High Courts that have notified rules for Intellectual Property Divisions: Delhi, Madras, Himachal Pradesh and Calcutta
249Languages this website can be read in, from Hindi and Tamil to Swahili and Welsh
Free legal health checks
Find out what you don’t know about your own legal position.
Three short self-assessments on intellectual property, data protection and contracts. Answer the questions, and our team sends a written, personalised report within two working days.
IP Health Check
For businesses whose brand, content, designs, inventions or know-how are part of what makes them valuable.
Start the checkDPDP Readiness Check
For any organisation that holds personal data of customers, users, employees or vendors in digital form.
Start the checkContract Health Check
For businesses that sign commercial contracts and are not entirely sure what those contracts say.
Start the checkInsights
Indian law, explained.
Analysis of new laws, rules and judgments, written for the people who have to act on them.
India’s Draft Trade Secrets Bill: What It Would Change, and What to Do Before It Arrives
The DPDP Rules, 2025: What Applies Now, What Applies in November 2026, and What Applies in May 2027
Unstamped Contracts and Arbitration after In re Interplay: What Changed, and What Did Not
Our professionals
The people on your matter.
Two partners lead every matter, working with our of counsel and a senior patent consultant. You work with them directly, from the first call to the final filing.
Abhinav BhallaManaging PartnerPatents · Patent drafting and prosecution · Trade marks
Vanessa SinghPartnerCorporate advisory · Commercial contracts · Contract negotiation
Soni SinghOf CounselIP prosecution · IP enforcement · Copyright
Garv MalhotraOf CounselInternational arbitration · Domestic arbitration · Commercial disputes
Sonam SrivastavaSenior Consultant (Patents)Patent drafting · Patent prosecution · Patentability and FTO searches
Across India
One office. Matters across India.
From our office in New Delhi we file before every branch of the Patent Office and the Trade Marks Registry, appear before courts and tribunals, and act for clients from Mumbai to Chennai and around the world.
01 · Our officeNew Delhi
Our only office, in Hauz Khas. Most of our filings, hearings and client meetings happen within a short drive of it, and we act for clients across India and abroad from here.
- BRB Legal, Z-29, Block Z, Hauz Khas
- Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (headquarters, Dwarka, since February 2025)
- Delhi High Court and its Intellectual Property Division
- Supreme Court of India
- Patent Office and Trade Marks Registry (Delhi branches)
- Copyright Office and Semiconductor Layout-Design Registry
02 · Trade marks · CommerceMumbai
The head office of the Trade Marks Registry and India’s commercial capital. Many of our trade mark matters, and many of the commercial agreements we work on, pass through Mumbai.
- Trade Marks Registry (head office)
- Patent Office (Mumbai branch)
- Bombay High Court
03 · Patents · DesignsKolkata
The head office of the Indian Patent Office, where every design application in the country is examined.
- Patent Office (head office)
- Designs examination for all of India
- Trade Marks Registry (Kolkata branch)
- Calcutta High Court and its Intellectual Property Rights Division
04 · Geographical indications · IP DivisionChennai
Home to the Geographical Indications Registry, which registers every GI in India, and to the Madras High Court’s Intellectual Property Division.
- Geographical Indications Registry
- Madras High Court Intellectual Property Division
- Patent Office (Chennai branch)
- Trade Marks Registry (Chennai branch)
05 · Trade marksAhmedabad
The Trade Marks Registry’s branch for western India, handling applications from Gujarat, Rajasthan and nearby Union Territories.
- Trade Marks Registry (Ahmedabad branch)
- Gujarat High Court
- Textile, chemical and engineering businesses
06 · Technology clientsBengaluru
India’s technology capital, home to many of the software, SaaS and deep-tech businesses whose code, data and brands we protect and license.
- Software, AI and SaaS companies
- Startups and research institutions
- Karnataka High Court
07 · Life sciences clientsHyderabad
A centre of India’s pharmaceutical, biotech and technology industries, where patents, licensing and data protection decide market access.
- Pharmaceutical and biotech companies
- Global capability centres
- Telangana High Court
08 · Heritage · CraftsAgra & Jaipur
India’s heritage is also its intellectual property: crafts, textiles and traditions protected as geographical indications, such as Jaipur’s blue pottery and Sanganeri hand block printing.
- Geographical indications for crafts and textiles
- Brand and design protection for heritage businesses
- Rajasthan High Court and Allahabad High Court
09 · International filingsThe world
From New Delhi we file into India for overseas clients and take Indian clients’ rights abroad, working with trusted associates in other countries.
- PCT national phase in India
- Madrid Protocol trade mark designations
- Paris Convention priority claims
- Foreign filing permission for Indian inventors
Careers
Real matters, from your first week.
Associates and interns at BRB Legal research, draft and file on live intellectual property and commercial matters, working directly with the partners.
Contact
Write to us.
Z-29, Block Z, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
info@brb-legal.com · +91 11 4058 2711