I'm Safir Anand

ABOUT ME

Safir Anand senior partner and head of trademarks, entertainment and contractual intellectual property at Anand And Anand, a leading law firm of advocates founded in 1923. A strategist for several IP portfolios, Mr Anand also advises on issues including trademarks, franchising and licensing agreements, sports law, contractual law and commercial intellectual property, entertainment and media law, packaging and advertising law, competition law, internet law, character merchandising, IP audits, IP issues in mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, oppositions and rectifications, IP laws involving individuals and copyright law. He is a member of the Bar Council of India, INTA, APAA, Asia-Pacific Lawyers Association, SAARCLAW, AIPPI, International Bar Association, LIMA India Advisory Committee, Luxury Society, The Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel, The International Franchising Association and Centre for International Legal Studies. Also, He is on the board of directors of IFMA and committee member of Marques – Brand and Marketing Team and Marketing to Kids Team, INTA's Trademark Office Practice Committee and Famous and Well-Known Marks Committee Also, he is a part of the Andhra Pradesh Govt Task force, Dept of Information Technology, Electronics and Communications Dept to work on setting up India's first CYBER school. The Govt of Israel is also a part of this prestigious assignment. Mr. Anand has recently been ranked as “World's Best Trademark and Licensing Lawyers for the year 2016 “ by Asia Law Leading Lawyers and won the accolade of ‘Highly regarded leading individual’ in the field of intellectual property in India in Chambers and Partners (Asia-Pacific) 2016. He recently won Wockhardt Foundation Youth Popular Award under the category ‘Best Lawyer for 2016’