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30th November & 1st December 2023 | Hotel Taj West End | Bengaluru, India
Global Technology & IP Professionals, the opportunity to explore, network, and upscale your career horizons is here. Brace
yourself for GIPTCA 2023 –a power-packed 2-days Global IP and Tech Conclave and Awards 2023!
Conceptualized by Legal Era-Legal Media Group and Legal Era IP Lawyers Community, the Global IP and Tech Conclave
and Awards 2023 are scheduled for 30th November and 1st December 2023 amid the illustrious heritage and colonial
charm of Hotel Taj West End, Bengaluru, India.
Justice A K Sikri is a Judge of the Supreme Court of India. He has an excellent academic record. Justice Sikri conducted cases of all types with specialization in Arbitration and Commercial matters, Constitutional cases and Labour – Service Matters. He was Counsel for numerous Public Sector Undertakings, Banks & Financial Institutions, Educational Institutions, and various Private Sector Corporations. Justice Sikri was also part-time lecturer in Campus Law Centre, Delhi University (1984-89); Vice-President, Delhi High Court Bar Association in 1994-95; Member of the Governing Body of various colleges from time to time; Designated as Senior Advocate by Delhi High Court on September 30, 1997; and Appointed as Judge of Delhi High Court on July 7, 1999. As a Judge, Justice Sikri has dealt with all kinds of jurisdictions. He has sat on the Commercial Bench, IPR Bench, and Insolvency Bench for a number of years and gave many landmark judgments.
Justice Sikri was chosen as one of the 50 most influential persons in Intellectual Property in the world by a leading prestigious international organization for the year 2007 in recognition to his contribution to the growth of Intellectual Property Laws through his judgments.
Justice Sikri became the Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on October 10, 2011 and was elevated as the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court on September 23, 2012. Justice Sikri was elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court of India on April 12, 2013.
Senior Consultant (IPR Law), Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India
Amit Bhasin is the Chief Legal Officer & Group General Counsel at Marico Limited. As a part of the Executive Committee, he is responsible for legal and corporate affairs functions at Marico’s Indian and international markets and also leads the corporate social responsibility functions.
Anubhav Kapoor is the Director, Legal Affairs at Ford India, Pune. He is responsible for intellectual property rights, regulatory compliance and corporate governance practices and policies for the entities of the Company in India. As an in-house counsel, he has 29 years of experience, which spans various industries including information technology, automotive, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, food, banking and insurance software and engineering.
He has handled multifarious areas such as mergers and acquisitions, arbitration and litigation management, structuring large business contracts, intellectual property rights and global compliances. Passionate about innovation, he has assisted large corporates including Tata Technologies, Cummins, Domino’s Pizza India and Polaris in devising their intellectual property creation and monetisation strategies.
Anubhav has also handled contracts and litigations involving complex IP issues, including during mergers and acquisitions, spin-out and joint venture deals. Having done his Master’s in Law from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, he did his MBA in Finance & Information Technology from the Institute of Management Technology. He was listed in the Intellectual Asset Management Strategy 300 among the World’s Leading IP Strategists and was awarded the Star General Counsel (2017) of the Year by Legal Era. He also figured among the top 100 General Counsels in India by Business World (2021). He was a part of the Elite BW Legal World Top 100 General Counsels of India by Business World (2021). He was awarded the CSR Leadership Award 2018 by World CSR Congress. Best Automotive Lawyer – Individual Category by India Business Law Journal In-house Counsel Awards - Dec 2021. Best Leading Lawyer 2022 by World Intellectual Property Forum Intellectual Professionals LLP -Jan 2022.
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Opening Address by - Pravin Anand, Managing Partner, Anand and Anand (Chairperson)
Address by - Shri G. R. Raghvendra, Senior Consultant (IPR Law), Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India
Address by - John Cabeca, United States Intellectual Property Counselor for South Asia U.S. Embassy - New Delhi, India
Address by - Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar, European and German Patent and Trademark Attorney
Boehmert & Boehmert
Address by - Hon. Justice B. N. Srikrishna, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
Address by - Hari Subramaniam, Managing Partner, Subramanium & Associates
Key Speakers:
Hari Subramaniam, Managing Partner, Subramanium & Associates
Jyotsna Ghoshal Global Lead, International Forums, Johnson & Johnson
Debolina Partap, Group General Counsel, Wockhardt Ltd.
Dr. S.K. Murthy, Patent Counsel, Intel India
Shamim Ahmad, Head IP & Legal, Aurigene Oncology Ltd.
| Group A | Group B |
| A1 | B1 |
| The 5G Technology & the Massive Licensing Opportunities: Licensing & Technology Transfer | Patent Litigation |
| Panellists Tabrez Ahmad, Group Director Government Affairs & Public, Dell Technologies Chitra Iyer, Head of Intellectual Property & Standards - India (IP & S), Philips India Limited Munish Sudan, Head, Intellectual Property & External Research Collaborations, Tata Steel Bharat Mehta, EVP, Regional General Counsel and Ethics & Compliance Officer - India & APAC, Capgemini | Panellists Indran Shanmuganathan, IP Litigator & Partner, Shearn Delamore & Co. Dr. BP Singh, Former Chairman In-Charge & Technical Member- Patents Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB), Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India Arshad Jamil, Chief IP Counsel - Global Head, IPR BIOCON Faiz Rahman, IP Head & Assoc Vice President Infosys Smitha Chandrashekar, Legal Director HARMAN International Alpesh Shah, Sr. General Manager-Packaging, Intas Pharmaceuticals |
| Group A | Group B |
| A2 | B2 |
| Industry 4.0: Innovation, Strategies, Challenges & Protection | The Centrality of Open Source as AI Takes Wings |
| Panellists Anubhav Kapoor, Director of Legal Affairs, Ford India Private Limited Dr. Aravind Chinchure, Founder & CEO, QLeap Academy Subhadip Sarkar, Vice President - Legal and Corporate Affairs, Cognizant Technology Solutions Zameer Nathani, Group General Counsel, CarDekho Manisha Singh, Founder and Partner, LexOrbis Anoop Jain, Assistant Chief IP Counsel, Head IPR Function, Ather Energy | Panellists Aahit Gaba, Senior Counsel, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Biju K. Nair, Founding Partner, Legalitech |
Group A | Group B |
| A3 | B3 |
| Patent Infringement and Second Medical Use Claims: A Problem That Is Not a Problem? | IPR for the Networked Enterprise - Getting Value from Supply Chains and Customer Relations |
| Panellists Meera Vanjari, Director Legal, Abbott Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. - India Dr. Mahendra B. Thakre, Senior IP Counsel (Associate Vice President) – IPR Legal, VIATRIS (Mylan Laboratories Limited) |
A4 | B4 |
| Blockchain & IP - Due Diligence of IP in the Era of Blockchain & Artificial Intelligence & The Impact of Blockchain in the World of IP | Patent Enforcement Strength in 52 Countries Worldwide: Implications for your Patent Filing Litigation Strategies |
| Panelists Sujith Subramanian, General Manager, Samsung Electronics Persis Hodiwalla, Managing Partner, JP Legal Corp | Panelists Hari Subramaniam, Managing Partner, Subramaniam & Associates (SNA) Taranpreet Singh Lamba, Vice-President and Head-Portfolio Planning and IP Litigation, SUN PHARMA Rajiv Chandan, Global General Counsel & Company Secretary, Tata Chemicals Limited |
A5 | B5 |
| IP & Metaverse | Web 3.0 Roadmap - Regulatory Framework & Impact |
| Panelists Jyothi V K, General Counsel & Sr. Vice-President (Legal), Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited Lakshminarayanan Ramachandran, Director & Head - IP & Innovation, Samsung R&D - Bangalore Mamta Rani Jha, Senior Partner, Inttl Advocare Anoop Jain, Assistant Chief IP Counsel, Head IPR Function, Ather Energy Dr. BP Singh, Former Chairman In-Charge & Technical Member-Patents Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB), Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India Persis Hodiwalla, Managing Partner, JP Legal Corp | Panelists Nilesh Puntambekar, Sr. Manager Innovation & Intellectual Property-India & South East Asia, Middle East & Africa, Emerson Prof. (Dr.) Tabrez Ahmad, Senior Executive Director, Chandigarh University Meenu Chandra, Managing Director-Office of General Counsel, Head Legal Asia Acceleration Centers, PwC Acceleration Centers |
A6 | B6 |
| Anti Counterfeiting: Measures to Conqure Infringement in a Contentious World | IP & VUCA World |
| Panelists Amit Bhasin, Chief Legal Officer, Marico Limited Pankaj Monga, CEO & General Counsel, SPAN Consulting Pvt. Ltd. Shridhaar Parundekar, Head of Legal Affairs, Compliance, Intellectual Property & Brand Protection, Ashirvad Pipes | Panelists Tabrez Ahmad, Group Director Government Affairs & Public, Dell Technologies Senthil Kumar, Global Senior Counsel, IP, Hitachi, ABB Power Grids Mohammed Faisal, General Manager & Global IPR Head, Tata Motors Group Pranay Prabhu Gaonkar, Founding Partner, Menezes Gaonkar LLP Siddharth Karkhanis, Head of Intellectual Property, Bosch Global Software Technologies Private Limited |
Key Speakers:
Hon. Justice A. K. Sikri, Former Judge Supreme Court of India
Jyoti Pawar, Group General Counsel Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft
Sanjukta Kulkarni, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited (LTI)
Key Speakers:
Navita Chaubal, General Counsel & Senior Director Target
Neha Mahyavanshi, Head of Legal, Syngene International Limited
Joginder Yadav, Director, Legal & General Counsel, Cisco
Sonal Basu, Vice President & Global Head - Legal & Compliance, LTIMindtree
Kavitha Gupta, Director Compliance Officer, SAP
Group A | Group B |
| A7 | B7 |
Protecting our most valuable assets - Cybersecurity | Evolving Fintech - Latest Trends & Challenges |
| Panellists Chinmoy Roy, Senior Legal Officer, Antrix Corporation Limited, (Commercial Arm of ISRO under the Dept. of Space, Govt. of India) Deepa Krishnamurthy, Vice President, Legal, NTT Data Douglas Graham, CEO, Global Ideation Inc. Harish Suryavanshi, Legal Head – Global, ColorTokens | Panellists Sameet Gambhir, Vice president (Corp. Law) & Company Secretary, DCM Shriram Limited Sumitraa Srinivasan, Vice President - Legal, Deutsche Bank Global Services Shilpa Malhotra, Group Head Legal, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) Shahana Chatterji, Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. Shilpa Mankar Ahluwalia, Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. |
A8 | B8 |
| E Pharma & Digital Health | IP & Artificial Intelligence |
| Panellists Vandana Seth, VP- Legal, Tata 1mg Seema Manku, Senior Vice President Legal, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited Sormistha Ghosh, Group General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer, Strides Pharma | Panellists Kavitha Gupta, Director Compliance Officer, SAP Renju Harikumar, Global Innovation Protection Lead, Accenture (INDIA) |
A9 | B9 |
| Litigation Strategy in a Changing Protection Management Landscape - What's your IP Strategy? | 360 Degree Startegy on Brand Protection in Digital World |
| Panellists Kanaiya Thakker, Senior Vice President Head-Legal, Adani Enterprises Limited Philip Abraham, Senior Principal (Litigation & Trademarks), Subramaniam & Associates Mohammed Faisal, General Manager & Global IPR Head, Tata Motors Group Taruna Gupta, Head, IP Governance, Training & Assessment, Tata Consultancy Services | Panellists Jyothi V K, General Counsel & Sr. Vice-President (Legal), Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited Anubhav Jain, Brand Protection Head, India, Jockey International, Inc. Roopa Vikram, Senior Associate General Counsel, ITC Limited Sumati Uppal, Corporate Counsel, The LEGO Group (Singapore) Dhwani Rao, Head IP Legal Counsel, Nestle India Limited (India Panduranga Acharya, General Counsel, Zepto (India) Arpita Sen, Head of Business Legal, Associate General Counsel, Intel India Chhavi Jain, IP Lead Counsel, UltraTech Cement |
A10 | B10 |
| Competition and IPR | Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 |
| Panellists Archana Gupta, General Counsel and Ethics and Compliance Officer, Capgemini India and ME Lakshmi Menon Nair, Director and Associate General Counsel, Head of Legal - India Geo, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Prof. (Dr.) Prabuddha Ganguli, CEO, Vision-IPR Amit Kumar Agrawal, Senior Product Manager, Patent Specialist, Master Innovator, Motorola Mobility Vikramsinh Yadav, Legal Head-Business Partner, Consumer Health & Radiology, Bayer Pharma | Panellists Vasanthika Srinath, Former Vice President, Concentrix Yawar Usmani, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary, Stellapps Technologies Private Limited Deepalakshmi Vadivelan, General Counsel & Vice President Legal, Global DPO, Quess Corp Nagaraja Bengaluru Subbarao, Principal Consultant (Global Data Privacy Compliance), Protiviti India Member Firm Muthukumaran Devarajan, Director-Licensing, GE |
A11 | B11 |
| Patent Monetization - An Integral Part of Strategy | |
| Panelists Muthukumaran Devarajan, Director-Licensing, GE |
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