SUJATA CHAUDHRI
Founder and Managing Partner
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Sujata Chaudhri is the firm’s founder and owner. Formerly an equity partner at Cowan, Liebowitz and Latman , P.C, a leading IP law firm in New York City, Sujata relocated to India in the year 2011. Sujata has extensive experience in IP litigation, enforcement, prosecution and transactions in the United States and India (particularly in the area of trade marks). She is involved in all practice areas at the firm.
Sujata was formerly an adjunct professor at the Franklin Pierce Centre for Intellectual Property, University of New Hampshire Law School, and has served on the advisory board of the law school. She has also co-taught a seminar course on international trade marks at the New York University (NYU) School of Law. In India Sujata has delivered lectures on practice-based topics at Jindal Global Law School.
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Education
Lady Shri Ram College for Women, B.A. (Hons) Economics
Campus Law Centre, Delhi University, LL.B.
Franklin Pierce Law Center (now University of New Hampshire Law School), New Hampshire, United States of America, LL.M. (Intellectual Property)
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Professional Associations
International Trademark Association (INTA)
Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG)
European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA)
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Awards
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Recognized in the Silver Category in “Enforcement and Litigation” & “Prosecution and Strategy”
by WTR 1000 - The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2025 -
Recognized in the Intellectual Property: Litigation practice area in Band 4
by Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific Guide 2025. -
Recognized in the India Super 50 Lawyers 2024 by Asian Legal Business
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Recognized as a “Recommended Individual” in Trademarks by the Who's Who Legal, 2024
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Recognized amongst the leading IP practitioners in India by WIPR Leaders 2024
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Recognized as a trademark star for 2024 by Managing IP.
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Recognized as a ‘Litigation Star’ for the Intellectual Property Practice Area
by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific in 2024 -
Acknowledged as a Leading Individual by Legal 500 Asia Pacific in 2024
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Recognized as ALB India’s Top IP Lawyer in the December 2023 edition by Asian Legal Business
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Recognized by Women's Entrepreneurs India in November 2023 by Digital Magazine
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Acknowledged as a ‘Recommended Individual’ in the WTR 1000 - The World’s Leading
Trademark Professionals 2024. -
Recognized for Intellectual Property Enforcement by IBJL in 2023.
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Included in WWL: IP 2023 by WWL.
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Recognized as the Managing Partner of the Year in 2023 by ALB India
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Inclusion in Who's Who Legal: IP 2023
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ALB Top IP Lawyer 2022 by ALB India
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Designated as a Trademark Star by IP Stars in 2022
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Acknowledgment as a leader in intellectual property by WIPR in 2022
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Recognition as an Influential Woman in IP by World Intellectual Property Review in 2022.
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Publications
Advertising of banking and financial offerings: Limitations and requirements under Indian law, Bar and Bench, April 2022
Future of Indian IP rights in the Metaverse, Asia Business Law Journal, March 2022
India chapter of Asia Business Law Journal’s Special Regional Guide to NFTs Laws, December 2021
Domain Name Parking – Sufficient to Show Use of a Trade Mark in India?, LegitEye, April 2021