Archana Shanker

Archana Shanker is the senior partner and head of Anand and Anand’s Patents and Designs practice. Archana has been recognised as an institution in herself when it comes to complex patent prosecution. She is credited with shaping the patent jurisprudence of India. Archana advises the government on IP matters with same assiduity with which she has been working on progressive development of patent jurisprudence of the country.

Behind her is 29 years of dedicated practice in prosecution, litigation and opposition across industries from pharmaceuticals to life sciences, software, ICT, telecom, mechanical, electronics and biodiversity.

Speaking of Archana, IAM says, “Archana Shanker’s ability to advise on patent matters of near infinite variety sets her apart as one of the best-rounded private practitioners. She has a faculty for complex prosecution and litigation, and has cultivated strategic wisdom having handled many matters of first impression in India”.

She is a leading patent attorney for IP strategy, patents and designs prosecution and contentious. She also actively litigates in adversarial proceedings before the patent office, Intellectual Property Appellate Board and Courts.

Big-ticket domestic and international clients rely on her matchless experience and prowess with she leads her team.

She has been a lead counsel in noteworthy judgements involving Monsanto’s Supreme Court judgement, matters involving PREVNAR, Pioneer overseas Corporation (case which paved the way for DNA fingerprinting in case of disputed IPR in plant varieties), Novo Nordisk, Roche, Merck, Sterlite and many more.