Lall & Sethi

Amity Delhi 2011 alumni Abhinav Hansaria, Archit Virmani and Tushar John started up corporate law firm Optimus Legal in Delhi, in May.

Boutique intellectual property (IP) firms Lall & Sethi and Singh & Singh have merged to form the nine-partner, 27-lawyer firm SIngh & Singh Lall & Sethi effective 1 April, reported Bar & Bench.

Lall & Sethi managing partner Chander Lall told B&B that “the new firm can now handle both IP litigation and prosecution. We have truly become a composite boutique powerhouse in intellectual property. We can now cover all areas of intellectual property with a litigation experience, which is unmatched”.

Singh & Singh was founded by Pratibha Singh and her husband Maninder Singh in 1997. Both are now senior counsel, with Maninder Singh having been appointed additional solicitor general last year. In 2012, as the sole proprietor of the firm had sued Singh & Associates in the Delhi high court for passing off her firm’s name.

This is the third reported law firm merger in 2015, after Dhruva Vox and V Law and DH Law.

Gurgaon intellectual property (IP) law firm Lall, Lahiri & Salhotra’s (LLS) senior partner Amar Raj Lall passed away on 6 September, close to the age of 90.

Spicy IP’s Prashant Reddy pays a tribute to the man who played a key role in the evolution of the doctrine of trans-border brand reputation for trademark owners in Indian IP law in the landmark Whirlpool judgement of the SC, scoured the countryside to catch Coca-Cola trademark infringers and bring an action against them, and maintained a ‘Blanco White’ law library open for free public access.

In the world of workaholism and gargantuan egos, it is the rare event to find a senior partner who thinks it necessary to actually strike a conversation with an intern but it is the little things like this which add up to wonderful person that was Mr. Lall.

 

A few years ago Mr. Sagar had stated “Mr. Amar Raj Lall (now a Senior Partner at the IP firm Lall Lahiri & Salhotra) was a great influence. I had the privilege of working very closely with Mr. Lall for over a decade. He was a person who taught me to get in to detail and depth of a matter. He would say, “Assume nothing, see it for yourself”. [Spicy IP]

IP firm Lall, Lahiri and Salhotra partners Anuradha Salhotra and Rahul Chaudhry critique the proposed amendments to the Copyrights Act shortly before the upcoming parliamentary sessions.

Heinz India led by Lall Lahiri Salhotra (LLS) has won a trademark infringement case against PepsiCo, which was advised by Singh & Singh Advocates before the Delhi High Court over the use of Pepsi's trademarked tagline, "Rehydrate, Replenish and Recharge".

A senior associate has rejoined Lall & Sethi Advocates as partner after a two-year stint at Luthra & Luthra.