Stage 02 · Own
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IP Prospecting

What are we sitting on that nobody has thought to protect — and how do we get it registered?

Most of what a business could own never reaches a lawyer. It sits in a process improved on the shop floor, a dataset, a recipe change, a piece of internal software, a name used in the market for years and never filed. Prospecting is the deliberate hunt: we work through your products, R&D notes and operations with the people who actually do the work, and come back with a shortlist of what is protectable, what is worth protecting, and what is better kept quiet. Then we file it — trademarks, patents, designs and copyright, prepared and prosecuted through to registration. Before anything is filed we agree what is being covered and what is deliberately being left out, so the scope of the application matches the shape of your business rather than a template. Every date that matters afterwards goes into a calendar you keep.

What you walk away with

  • Disclosure list — everything the hunt surfaced, one line each
  • Protectability screen — what is filable, what is not, and what should stay a trade secret
  • Filing strategy note — what to file, in what order, and what to skip
  • Prepared and filed application set — drafted, filed, and tracked
  • Prosecution timeline — your dates, your responsibilities, our responsibilities

Where this sits

  • Stage 02 · Own — Turn it into something you own.
  • Entry product — IP Prospecting & Filing Package
  • One firm throughout — you are not handed to another firm at the next rung.
Fee — scoped to your business, quoted in writing before you commit. No rate card, no hourly meter: the number you agree to is the number you pay.
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Questions people ask

The things clients ask at this rung.

Can I trademark my brand name in India? What documents do I need to file a trademark in India? How much does a trademark cost in India? How long does trademark registration take in India? What happens after I file a trademark application? Do I need a lawyer or agent to file a trademark? What is the difference between ™ and ®? What is a provisional patent application? Should I register a design or a trademark for my product's look?
How it played out

Cases where this decided everything.

Public IP disputes, read for what they teach. These are not our clients — they are the record.

PhonePe v BharatPe — You Cannot Own the Generic Part Satyam Infoway v Siffynet — Domain Names as Trademarks in India Apple v Samsung — When Registered Designs Were Worth Millions
Further reading

From the practice.

Longer pieces by Nayan Rawal, first published on LinkedIn.

The Missed Fortune Sitting on India’s Sports Fields
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