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He focuses on patent, trademark and copyright prosecution, a range of contentious and non-contentious IP matters, including litigation, intellectual property due diligence and strategic intellectual property portfolio management.
He is professionally active in IP forums both locally and internationally. He has been involved in drafting the curriculum for introduction of IP law courses in colleges and universities across Pakistan and has also been involved in conducting training sessions for judiciary in relation to IP laws.
He served as the President of Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA), Pakistan Group from 2010 till 2012. He was the Delegate of Independent Members of Pakistan and Kazakhstan of International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) from 2011 till 2015.
Chambers & Partners 2014 finds him to be "professional at all times" and "very commercial in the way he deals with things."
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| 2021 | Pharmaceutical Trademarks 2021
Lexology-Getting The Deal Through
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| 2019 | Patent Litigation - Pakistan
Chambers Practice Guide - 2019
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| 2018 |
Comparative Legal Guide - Intellectual Property - Pakistan
The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer
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| 2018 | Pharmaceutical
advertising-Law and Practice-Pakistan
Chambers Global Practice Guides
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| 2011 | Industry Update:
The Competition Act of Pakistan Corporate
INTL - October 2011
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Partner
Abdul Aziz is a Partner at Bharucha & Co and is an advocate. He has been with the firm since 1964.
He supervises the patent department and his practice is mainly focused on patent prosecution and litigation. He is very active in the profession locally and acts as a voice of the IP profession before the Patent Office.
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Partner
Asma Noor Ahmed Bharuchi is a Partner at Bharucha & Co. She is a Patent Agent as well as a Registered Trade Marks Agent.
Counsel Advocate
Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh is associated with the firm since 1998. He is an advocate of the Sindh
High Court.
He has been an Examiner of Trade Marks in the Trade Marks Registry from 1976-1989. Thereafter, he was promoted and posted as Assistant Controller in the Department of Controller of Insurance, Government of Pakistan. In 1990 he was transferred to Export Promotion Bureau, Government of Pakistan as an Assistant Director and then in the year 1994 he was again transferred to the Pakistan Trade Marks Registry, as an Assistant Registrar of Trade Marks which he continued until 1996. He was then promoted as Deputy Director, to Export Promotion Bureau, from where he took an early retirement in 1998 and joined the firm.
He has good knowledge and command on the law in respect to trademarks and is well versed with the workings and operations of the Trade Marks Registry. His practice focuses on the areas of trademark, copyrights and design. He also represents clients in district and high courts covering matters involving patent and trademark litigation.
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| 2015 | Establishment of
IP Tribunals
Corporate INTL - End of year review
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Patent Counsel
Dr. Mohammad Mansoor Ali is a Patents Counsel and is associated with the firm since 2004.
He obtained his Ph.D. in Environmental Health from Open International University of Sri Lanka. He has served several government research institutions and units of state-owned corporations of Pakistan as Senior Scientific Officer/Manager/Senior Manager in the fields of Research Management, Quality training in the field of Quality Management for over 30 years. He had undergone training in the field of Quality Management at Fulmer Research Institute, England under UNIDO fellowship. He is a qualified Lead Auditor for ISO 9000 Quality Management System and also author of a book on ISO 9000 Quality Management System.
Dr. Mansoor assists clients with patent portfolio management, infringement and invalidity analyses, patent risk management, and IP due diligence. He provides patent counseling in various fields of science and technology.
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Senior Associate Advocate
Qamar Uddin is an
advocate of the Sindh High Court. He has been with
the firm since 1989.
He focuses his practice on trademark prosecution, counseling, enforcement and licensing, as well as providing trademark litigation support. He has been instrumental in dealing with complex IP matters before the IP offices and courts. He has represented and counseled clients on a broad range of intellectual property matters. .
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Associate Advocate
Farzana Rustom is an
advocate of the Sindh High Court. She has been with
the firm since 2001.
She practices IP law focusing on trademark
prosecution and litigation. She has extensive
experience in overseas filing and dealing in complex
trademark opposition cases, mergers & acquisitions,
disposals and domain names. She strives to give
clients practical and cost-effective advice for the
trademarks and copyright matters.
She regularly contributes to different national and
international IP forums and has been listed as one
of the two recommended lawyers in The Legal 500 Asia
Pacific- TMT Pakistan from Bharucha & Co.
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| 2017 | Trade Marks 2017
The International Comparative Legal Guide – 2017
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Associate Advocate
Saira Osman Bhatty is an
advocate of the Sindh High Court. She has been with
the firm since 2009.
She practices IP law focusing on trademark prosecution and litigation. Her contentious work involves opposition, infringement, invalidity, revocation actions and litigation matters focusing mainly on well-known and reputed trademarks.
She has vast expertise in advising and rendering opinions to the clients on the protection of brand names and managing the IP values in competition business.
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| 2020 | Pakistan Business Brief
WIPR Annual - 2020
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| 2017 | Trade Marks 2017
The International Comparative Legal Guide – 2017
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| 2015 | Pakistan Business Brief
WIPR Annual 2015
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Associate
He supports the Trademark team to provide a high level of service to clients. This includes the application, prosecution, grant and renewal of clients’ Trademark rights.
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Associate
Zeeshan Nazeer is an
advocate. He has been with the firm since 2006.
He practices IP law with focusing on trademark prosecution including searches, examination and hearing matters. He also looks after litigation cases.
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Associate Attorney
Hameeda Asif is a Patent
Associate Attorney. She joined the firm in 2005.
She is primarily involved in dealing with matters relating to Patents and Industrial designs and has extensive experience in advising national and international clients in both legal and technical matters, prosecution and contentious matters especially relating to pharmaceutical, chemical and biotechnological sectors.
She regularly contributes to different national and international IP forums
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| 2020 | Pakistan Business Brief
WIPR Annual - 2020
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| 2019 | Patent Litigation-Pakistan
Chambers Practice Guide - 2019
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| 2011 | Pakistan Business Brief
WIPR Annual 2011
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| 2009 | Backing innovation in Biotech
WIPR November/December 2009
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Patent Associate
Anila Gulzar is a Patent
Associate. She has been working in the firm since
1998.
She is a registered Patent Agent. She primarily deals with matters relating to patent annuity and looks after the acceptance, grant and post-grant issues and managements of patents.
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Patent Associate
Samina Naz Siddiqui is a
Patent Associate. She has been with the firm since
2008.
She has an extensive experience in dealing with Patent prosecution matters and is involved in advising clients regarding Patents’ filing, examination Reports, drafting of claims, general correspondence, assignments and searches.
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| 2019 | Patent Litigation-Pakistan
Chambers Practice Guide - 2019
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| 2018 | Comparative Legal Guide -
Intellectual Property - Pakistan
The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer
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| 2018 | Pharmaceutical
advertising-Law and Practice-Pakistan
Chambers Global Practice Guides - 2018
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| 2012 | Jurisdiction
Report-Pakistan
WIPR 2012
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Patent Associate
Samreen Khan is a Patent
Associate. She joined the firm in 2013.
She deals in prosecution matters, specifically matters relating to examination of applications and their response filing.
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| 2015 | Pakistan
Business Brief
WIPR Annual 2015
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Associate
Rida Nisar is an
Associate and has been part of the firm since 2013.
She works on range of corporate and IP matters including corporate matters, rendering opinions, drafting & vetting of agreements, research and trademark matters.
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| 2021 | Pharmaceutical Trademarks 2021
Lexology-Getting The Deal Through
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Advocate
Mohsin Kidwai is an advocate and has been a part of the firm since 2020.
He specializes in a wide range of corporate, commercial and litigation affairs, advising both local and foreign clients on a variety of matters relating to IP, IT, Cyber, Competition and Commercial law. Prior to joining the firm he has had experience of advising Fortune 500 and local companies on a wide range of matters related to IP, Corporate and Commercial Law and has represented clients before the Sindh High Court, Competition Commission, Intellectual Property Tribunals and District & Sessions Courts of Pakistan.
