Mr. Swarup Kumar

Swarup Kumar is an IP Attorney and a registered Patent Agent with an experience of over two decades in the profession. He works closely with Fortune 500 multi-nationals as well as start-ups building their IP portfolio (Patent, Trademark, Design etc), protecting, defending and enforcing their IP rights. Swarup counsels clients, associates, as well as in-house attorneys of reputed chemical, pharma, biotech and telecom multi-national companies including from India, EP, US, JP, AU, China on critical IP matters.

Swarup’s specialization lies in handling and/or supervising, inter alia, drafting of patent specifications, filing and prosecution of patent applications across all technology verticals, working of patents, renewals etc. He regularly renders opinion and/or advice on various patent related matters including on patentability of inventions, freedom to operate (FTO) matters, assignments and licensing of inventions, searches, oppositions, revocations as well as patent litigation etc. He is experienced in dealing with high-stake Appellate Board (IPAB) and Court matters – filing appeals, writs etc, acting as briefing counsel, appearances as arguing counsel before requisite forums etc.

Besides supervising searches, preparation, filing and prosecution of Design and Trademark applications, Swarup has also dealt with TM opposition matters including drafting legal notices, arbitrating towards a fruitful settlement etc.

Swarup is the Deputy Secretary General of FICPI elected in Cannes in 2022. He was the Chair of CET 7 (Enforcement and Alternative Dispute Resolution) Group of FICPI. He is also the elected Secretary as well as the Delegate of FICPI-India. In the past, he acted as the elected Executive Committee Member of FICPI-India for two consecutive terms.

Swarup has published several research papers, articles, pieces about Indian patent law and practice in leading IP journals, publications, magazines such as LSIPR, Intellectual Property Magazine (IPM), Intellectual Property Watch, SCRIPTED etc. He attends/has attended various IP conferences including INTA, FICPI, APAA, AIPPI, MARQUES, AIPLA etc.

Swarup speaks quite regularly on IP as well as practice management related issues on national and international platforms such as LES, FICPI, FICPI-China, BIPF, FICPI-India etc.

Advocate, Bar Council of Delhi

Patent Agent, Indian Patent Office