Leena Desai is the Managing Associate and Trademark Team Lead of the Firm’s highly regarded and growing Trademark & Domain Name Group. Prior to joining Royzz & Co, Leena was associated with WNS Global Services and Kochhar & Co. Leena manages a wide range of Indian and International Trade Mark portfolios and she has extensive experience in the prosecution of Indian and foreign trademarks, clearance searches, multi-jurisdictional recordal projects, transactional matters, and contentious actions. Leena regularly appears before the Trade Marks Offices in India and is highly experienced in drafting various IP agreements and infringement suits. Leena’s practice incorporates clients from a broad range of industries including consumer electronics, technology, automobiles, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, aquaculture, fashion, and FMCG, to name a few. Leena is known for her extensive experience in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious IP matters. She regularly advises clients on matters including IP portfolio management, trademark availability search, and clearance opinions, registration, enforcement, domain name dispute matters, drafting and negotiating agreements related to intellectual property rights, drafting of cease & desist notices, infringement suits, and briefing counsels on various IP infringement suits and commercial arbitration matters. In addition, Leena also has experience in counseling and assisting clients on general corporate law matters, employment matters, commercial contracts, real estate agreements, compliances under local laws, and RBI. Education & Membership B.COM LL.B and PG Diploma in IPR and Diploma in Cyber Laws. She was admitted to the Bar in 2012 and is a member of the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa.
Achievements
• Awarded “IP Practitioner Of The Year” by Global Lex Falcon Awardee 2022 at Singapore, LexTalk World Conference.
• Global Lex Falcon Award 2022 in the category of “Intellectual Property & Corporate Law” at Dubai, LexTalk World Conference
• Business Mint Nation Wide Women Excellence Awards 2022 for Outstanding Professional
• Recommended Lawyer Asia Pacific for IP -Legal 500 Magazine 2022
• Woman Leaders Forum, Asia's Biggest Women Dominance Conference 2022 for Leadership
• GlantorX Women Leadership Award 2022
• Indian Women Talent Awards-Legal Category 2022.
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