Intellectual Property

Our Intellectual Property (IP) practice offers holistic legal services across the full IP lifecycle—from protection and prosecution to commercialization and enforcement. At KBD Partners, we combine legal precision with commercial insight to help clients identify, protect, and maximize the value of their IP assets across jurisdictions.

We work with clients across diverse industries to draft and negotiate licensing and collaboration agreements, assess IP risks in commercial contracts, and support IP-related aspects of business transactions. Our team also advises on strategic brand protection, copyright and trademark infringement, and trade secret misappropriation— ensuring that innovation and creativity remain secure and marketable.

Our Capabilities

• Trademark, copyright, and design registration and portfolio management
• IP audits, strategy, and advisory for brand protection and commercialization
• Drafting and negotiation of IP licensing, assignment, franchising, and collaboration agreements
• Advising on IP elements in mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
• Contractual risk assessment for distribution, manufacturing, sponsorship, and agency agreements
• Enforcement of IP rights, including opposition, cancellation, and infringement proceedings
• Trade secret protection and dispute resolution strategies
• IP due diligence and documentation in cross-border transactions

Select Experience

• Advised a French fashion concept store with flagship operations in New York and Paris on brand protection and global IP strategy
• Filed and managed multi-class trademark applications for a prominent Canadian quick-service restaurant chain
• Represented a UK-based Michelin-starred Spanish restaurant in trademark opposition proceedings
• Supported a Jordanian-Romanian fashion designer with brand structuring and documentation
• Assisted a U.S.-based pizza chain with IP portfolio management, including trademark registrations and assignments in India
• Advised a SaaS provider on securing and enforcing trademark rights in India
• Represented an Australian coffee liqueur brand before the Intellectual Property Rights Office in registration, opposition, and enforcement proceedings
• Assisted a renowned musician and disc jockey of international fame in having his trademark and logo registered in India and opposing an infringing brand
• Represented a South Korean machinery maker in a patent and trademark infringement matter in the High Court of Delhi
• Represented an Italian film producer over unauthorized telecast of film in India over a cable network
• Successfully defended a client conducting a famous beauty pageant in a trademark infringement suit filed by another leading group conducting its own beauty pageant