Jayant Kumar
Jayant Kumar is the Managing Partner of the Firm whose practice focuses on intellectual property laws, litigation & arbitration.
He has significant experience with enforcement actions and litigation pertaining to trademark infringement and passing off, trade name disputes, false advertising, trademark dilution and trademark debasement, domain name disputes, infringement of copyright and related rights, piracy, misappropriation of confidential information, breach of confidentiality, misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, cyber-squatting, unfair trade and anti-competitive practices. In addition to this, he also advises and assists in litigation matters involving patent infringement and invalidity, design piracy and other species of IP.
He has also successfully represented several domestic and international clients in domain name administrative proceedings under the INDRP and UDRP. He has also acted as a Sole Arbitrator in more than 25 domain name dispute complaints.
Jayant works closely with the clients in devising effective and aggressive enforcement strategies, which includes enforcement litigation before various forums, conducting use and entity investigations, drafting and issuing Legal Notices, conducting raids with local officials, registering IP rights with custom authorities, sending notices to ISPs (Internet Service Providers), etc. He also advises clients in strategizing the negotiations carried out with the adversary and on the possibilities of successful and profitable settlement, licenses and also assists in drafting undertakings and settlement agreements.
He has also served as a visiting faculty with Indian Institute of Sustainability, Gujarat University for the year 2022-23 and 2023-24.
Education:
LL.M.
GWU Law School, USA
B.Sc., LL.B. (Hons.)
National Law University, Jodhpur
Diploma in Arbitration Laws
COUART, New Delhi
Major Publications
- Competition Law in India, (Eastern Law House, 2018).
- Restorative Justice: Existing Policies and Procedures in Various Countries in Crime, Victims and Justice: An Introduction to Restorative Principles, (P. Madhava Soma Sundaram et al. eds., Serial Publications, 2008) (chapter in book).
- Insurance Coverage in Intellectual Property Litigation, 13(3) JIPR 234 (2008).
- Intellectual Property Securitization: How Far Possible and Effective, 11(2) JIPR 98 (2006).
- Securitization: Multiple Facets of Same Coin, 68(1) Sebi & Corporate Laws 52 (2006).
Speaker
- “Turning Young Lawyers into Dignified Lawyers” in Seminar organized by Bar Council of Rajasthan (2009)
- “Theory of Economic Regulation and Intellectual Property Rights” in All India Law Teachers Congress (2006).
- “Judicial Activism vis-à-vis Judicial Restraint: Music Having the Noise” in All India Seminar on Judicial Reforms (2005).
- “Internal Security of the Country with reference to Police and Policing” in XXVIII All India Conference of Indian Society of Criminology (2005).
- “Existing Policies and Procedures of Restorative Justice” in International Conference of Indian Society of Victimology (2004).