I'm Renju Harikumar

ABOUT ME

Renju Harikumar is an attorney with around 20 years of experience in the field of Intellectual Property. She is currently working with Accenture as the Vice President, Intellectual Property for the APAC region. In this role, she is responsible for defining and implementing business relevant strategy for IP generation & monetization and managing any IP issues arising out of the region. Prior to joining Accenture, she worked as Sr. IP counsel at GE Healthcare for about 10 years, responsible for their South Asia region. During that period, in addition to the IP management, she was the lead for Research agreements and the legal lead for Technology, Mergers & Acquisitions. She was also instrumental in developing and rolling out Data Leakage prevention policy. She also has the rich experience of working with some of the prominent IP firms in India, K&S Partners Bangalore and DePennning & DePenning Chennai. She brings in a wealth of experience in patent preparation, prosecution, portfolio management, IP transactions, Research agreements, Data leakage prevention, IP litigation and Open Source. She is also a known IP speaker and an avid writer on IP related topics. In 2017 World Intellectual Property Forum recognised her amongst the Top 100 Powerful Women in Law. She is an Electronics & Communication Engineer with a bachelor’s degree in Law.