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Mr. Lalit Ambastha is an IP Attorney with more than 13 years of experience in the field of Intellectual Property. Lalit is empanelled as speaker and faculty with Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India, for IP Awareness Programmes organized by the Ministry. He is also empanelled as IP Consultant with Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India.
Lalit has rich experience in IP Prosecution, Research, Management, Reporting, Analysis and Consulting. He has been dealing with patents across all major fields of invention for Indian and Overseas Clients. He has serviced applicants like the leading innovation developers across the Board with a specialized focus on General Utility, Chemical, Medical, Immunological, Biochemical, Herbal, Agriculture, Biotechnological, Pharmaceuticals, Mechanicals, IT and Electronics patents on novel products and processes.
Post gaining learning experience during his association with leading IP Law firms, Lalit founded Patentwire, a Patent and Technology Consulting firm, in 2008. Lalit holds Post Graduate Degree in Science and has LL.B. Degree. His strong commitment towards high quality services and his team building capabilities enabled firm establishment of Patentwire in the core area of high end patent and technology services.
In addition, Lalit is a Guest Faculty at IITs, Jamia Hamdard, NIESBUD, NIFT, ICSI and NIIPM and a regular speaker at various conferences organized by Public and Private Institutions.
Specialties: Intellectual Property Advisory, Patent Drafting and Prosecution, Opposition, Prior Art Search, Freedom-to-operate, Technology Transfer Agreement, IP Valuation, IP Due Diligence, IP Audit, Commercialization, Trademark and Design Prosecution.
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