Intellectual Property (IP) Team

Nitin heads the electronics and telecommunications patent services team at Brain League. As a patent manager, he supervises projects related to the electrical, electronics, communications and software sectors. He works with some of the leading companies in electronics and telecommunication sectors on patent searching, drafting and prosecution projects. Nitin also helps clients make decisions on product launch and strategy by providing FTO analysis, infringement analysis and technology landscaping reports.

Nitin is a member of the quality control team at Brain League and plays an important role in defining quality processes and standards. Before starting his career in patents, Nitin worked with companies in the US on projects relating to Radio Frequency and Communications.

Nitin has completed his Bachelors in Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunication from Bombay University and subsequently, pursued his Masters in Electrical Engineering, specializing in Radio frequency Engineering from Syracuse University, USA.

Supriya is the head of Chemistry and Pharma patent division. She works with a team of patent experts having doctorate degrees in chemistry, biotech and pharma fields for delivering a variety of patent projects to clients. Supriya works closely with pharma companies on patent search, drafting, filing and prosecution projects. Her speciality is freedom to operate reports and patent expiry advise.

Prior to her career in the field of Intellectual Property, Supriya was working with a pharmaceutical company. She started her career as an Analytical R&D analyst and has gained experience in and has knowledge of pharmaceutical procedures. During her work in the pharma sector she was involved in the analysis and method optimization of various drug formulations (orals, topicals and injectables), where she was required to work closely with the formulation development team. Her expertise was in Multivitamin formulations. During her work in the lab she was involved in method development and method optimization of multivitamin injectables and oral suspensions.

Supriya has a Masters in Biochemistry and has completed courses on IP from leading institutes. She is also a registered patent agent.

Nishant Kewalramani
Head- IP Consulting and Strategy, Brain League IP Services

Mr. Nishant Kewalramani heads the IP Consulting and Strategy Division at Brain League. He holds a Masters degree in Intellectual Property Rights, Commerce & Technology from Franklin Pierce, USA. He is a B.Sc. LLB (Honors) graduate from National Law University, Jodhpur. He is a registered patent and trademark agent.

During his career he has worked on a variety of Intellectual Property issues ranging from filings to strategic management of Intellectual Property. He has immense experience in Intellectual Property Portfolio Management and therefore has dealt with IP filing in various countries including the likes of USA, India and European Union.

As the head of the Consulting and Strategy Division at Brain League he has been a part of various corporate training programs. He also holds advanced certifications in Electronic Commerce and Intellectual Property from World Intellectual Property Organization.

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Vikram Pratap Singh Thakur

As the head of the Biosciences division at Brain League, Vikram leads a team of experts having Doctorate and Masters degrees in various fields such as chemistry, pharmacology and biotechnology. Vikram provides consultation services on various aspects of IP to Health Care, Biotech and Pharma companies. He works with some of the leading corporate groups on various issues relating to patents.

Vikram has experience of providing Patent Searching and Drafting, Infringement and FTO Analysis, Landscape analysis and Patent expiry services in health care, biotech and pharma domains. He has also been working closely with several companies on launching of Generic Products in multiple jurisdictions.

Vikram also worked with several companies on various Open Source license analysis and integration strategies and has research interest in the integration of Open Source concepts to Biotech and Pharma industry. He served as the Editor of IP Convergence (an IP Newsletter) and is also a guest faculty at NALSAR, Hyderabad.

Vikram has a Masters in Intellectual Property Rights from National Law University, Jodhpur and degrees in Bioinformatics and Biotechnology. He is a registered patent and trade mark agent.

Vintee (Mishra) Tiwari
Head – Strategic Alliance and Collaboration

Vintee heads the Strategic Alliance and Collaboration team at Brain League. She holds a masters degree in Intellectual Property Rights (LL.M.) from the National Law University, Jodhpur and is a double graduate in Law (LL.B.) and Management (B.Com (Honours) Management). She is also an Intermediate Clear Company Secretary and a Registered Trade Mark Agent.

Vintee has been associated with Brain League for the past three years and has worked with variety of clients across the industry domains on matters relating to all kinds of Intellectual Property.

She is tremendously experienced in delivering the consultancy services relating to Intellectual Property Licensing, Open Source Software License Analysis, making Intellectual Property Agreement related Strategies and Business Planning, Drafting and Reviewing of Intellectual Property Agreements, handling Intellectual Property Collaboration Consulting and Handholding, Intellectual Property Agreement Negotiations, helping companies in Intellectual Property Excavation and Management, conducting Intellectual Property Audits and Corporate Training Programs on Intellectual Property.

"Som heads the mechanical, manufacturing and prosecution division at Brain League. Som's practice is directed to preparing and prosecuting patent applications for the clients from Automobile, machinery and tools manufacturing, packaging, robotics Industries. He advises clients on prosecution related issues and strategies to be adapted to obtain broadest possible and varied scope of protection to the invention. His team of prosecution specialists coming from various technological backgrounds and having international patent expertise work with the specification drafting team at Brain League to ensure that the specification drafted facilitates effective prosecution at a later stage.

Som brings in around six years of prosecution and drafting experience. Prior to joining Brain League, Som worked in the US at a law firm specializing in patent law and was involved in drafting and prosecuting US patent applications.

Som holds a Master's Degree in Intellectual Property from Franklin Pierce Law Center, USA, and a degree in mechanical engineering.

Kumar Anjani leads Brain League's team at Mumbai. In addition to managing Brain League's Mumbai operations, Anjani works closely with clients on strategic IP planning, filing, prosecution and portfolio management. He specializes in international IP activities and has helped many clients file and acquire patent and trade mark protection across the world. Before moving to Mumbai, Anjani worked in various departments of Brain League where he gained experience and expertise with respect to various aspects of IP ranging from filing to management.

Kumar Anjani is a qualified IP attorney and a registered trade mark agent. He completed his PG Diploma in IP from National Law School of India University, Bangalore and his LL.B. from Bangalore University. He is also the founding member of the IP Club, SiNApSE, which has initiated a wide range of pathbreaking IP programs.