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*I want to know about firms that will actually aid my understanding of IPR and not just CV value. *How is the current pay for freshers at IP firms?
*Any other advise regarding IP law is also welcomed :)
In the same breath, when market leaders like Anand and Anand, Saikrishna, Fidus, Singh and Singh, etc. don't revise fresher salaries for several years, the baseline gets set at rock bottom. Smaller firms pay even lower sums, amounts which are unfit to be labelled as a 'salary' -> it is more akin to a 'stipend'.
The situation is grim and unlikely to get better anytime soon. The Tier 1 firms that have IP teams pay marginally better (save for Trilegal and AZB who in my limited knowledge pay at par with their corp. associates). I would strongly recommend that you specialize in laws that pay better (unless, of course, you are not concerned with pay).
AFAIK, Trilegal does not have an IP team
+ You want to learn IP, then do it in a small firm. Understand the basic procedures of prosecution and opposition first. Then choose big firms for internship