He has been counsel in several landmark IP cases, including those involving the first Anton Piller order (HMV); first Mareva injunction order (Philips); first Norwich Pharmacal order (Hollywood Cigarettes); moral rights of artists (Amarnath Sehgal); first order under the Hague Convention (Astra Zeneca); and several significant cases for pharmaceutical clients such as Merck, Novartis, Pfizer and Roche. He received the National Innovation Foundation Award from the Indian government in recognition of pro bono work for rural innovators at the grassroots.
Mr Anand is coauthor of the two volumes of Halsbury’s Laws of India on intellectual property and author of the India chapter in Copyright Throughout the World. He also serves on the editorial board of several international IP journals – including many leading journals on IP jurisprudence – and international legal magazines such as CTLR, PLC – Life Sciences, Asia IP, The Patent Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal – Patents and Lexis Nexis Asia IP Guide.
He has spoken extensively at various forums, including the World Intellectual Property Organisation, International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), International Trademark Association, Licensing Executives Society, International Bar Association, LAW ASIA and the UN Conference on Least Developed Countries in the Digital World.
Practice area/industry focus: Intellectual Property, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Career highlights: Pravin Anand, managing partner of Anand and Anand, completed his law studies in New Delhi in 1979 and has practised as an IP lawyer since then.
Network Memberships:
- Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) Sub-Committee on Intellectual Property Rights
- Chair of National Council on Intellectual Property Rights at Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
- Technical Committee Member, Legal Services Sectional Committee Bureau of Indian Standards
- Honorary Member to the Managing Committee PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
- INTA Board of Directors (2006-2008)
- Past President - AIPPI Indian Group
- Past President - APAA Indian Group (1994-2003)
- Past President - FICPI Indian Group
- Chairman, Sub-committee on Intellectual Property Rights - Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) (Beginning May 2021)
- Chairperson, National Council on IPR - The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) (March 2022 to March 2023)
- Technical Committee Member, Legal Services Sectional Committee SSD-17 - Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
- Honorary Member to the Managing Committee - PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PDHCCI) (October 2021 - September 2022)
- Member, INTA Enforcement Committee (2022 - 2024)
- Member - AIPPI Standing Committee (January 2022 to December 2024)
- Former President of Indian Groups of AIPPI, APAA and FICPI
- Ex-member of INTA Board of Directors.
