Background
ANAND, PRAVIN was born on May 5, 1955 in New Delhi, India.
ANAND, PRAVIN was born on May 5, 1955 in New Delhi, India.
Delhi University (Bachelor of Science Chemistry, 1976. Bachelor of Laws, 1979). Spoken languages: Indian and English.
Worked at Anand and Anand, Advocates (New Delhi) specializing in Patent, Trademark and Copyright Litigation & Prosecution, Transfer of Technology. Admitted to the bar, 1979, India. Author: "Licensing of Technology and Intellectual Property Rights," read in 19th Biennial Conference International Business Alliance, October, 1982, published in International Business Lawyer, September, 1983.
"Licensing of Technology," read at WIPOUNDP-LAWASIA Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, March, 1983.
"Conservation of Environment - An Indian Approach," read in International Law Association Conference 1982, published in ILA Seminar papers for 1982. "Criminal Provisions in Intellectual Property Right Legislation - A Comparative Analysis," read in 20th Biennial Conference International Business Alliance, Vienna, September, 1984.
"Doing Business in South Asia - Legal Aspects (TRADEMARKS)", Joint Regional Conference of International Business Alliance, LAWASIA and Bar Association of India, Bombay, February, 1986. "North South Cooperation and Developing Countries," Vienna, June 1986.
"Legal Protection of Computer Software and Integrated Circuits," Conference of Trademark Owners Association, Bombay - February 1987.
Company-Author: "Regulatory Issues in Computer and Video Software," United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, September 1987. Distinctiveness and Registrability of Marks. The Use, Assignment and Licensing of Marks - World Intellectual Property Organization Training Course, Canberra, February 1988.
Technology Transfer - Legal Guidelines and Contractual Practices, LES Conference, Sydney - April 1988.
Franchising and Trade Mark Licensing - Paper read at Seminar on Licensing and Technology Transfer Arrangements, World Intellectual Property Organization-FICCI, New Delhi, November 24 to 26, 1988. Speaker at World Intellectual Property Organization Technology Transfer Seminar at Hanoi, Vietnam, April 1989.
Industrial Property Rights in Developing Countries - International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property Congress, Amsterdam, June 1989. Contributor, Chapter on India in "Protecting Intellectual Property in Asia-Pacific," Longman Professional, 1989.
"Arbitration in the Context of Technology Transfer Agreement," New Delhi, 5th to 7th January, 1990, International Conference on arbitration organized by Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London and Hong Kong.
Speaker: Science Applications International Corporation seminar on protection of trade names - Beijing, China, May, 1990. Speaker at Symposium on Industrial Designs organized by World Intellectual Property Organization at Amboise, France, October 4-5, 1990. Speaker at the SAARCLAW Conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1991 and at the Indian Pharmacist Association Congress at New Delhi in January 1992.
Speaker at APAA, Chiang Mai, Thailand (1992) and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1993).
Speaker at Conference on "Doing Business with the New India," organized by the Institute of International Law and Business, New York (April 14 & 15, 1994). Speaker at Conference on "Doing Business with the New India," organized by EURO Forum, London (April 18 & 19, 1994).
Contributor, Chapter on India in "Worldwide Trade Secrets Law," Clark Boardman Callaghan. Speaker at Conference on "Intellectual Property Rights and Space Activities," organized by European Space Agency, Paris, December, 1994.
Speaker at International Symposium on "The use of the Patent System for Technological and Economic Development (Computer Technology)" organised by World Intellectual Property Organization, Beijing, March, 1995.
Speaker at "regional Training Course on Intellectual Property for Developing Countries for Asia & the Pacific," organised by World Intellectual Property Organization, Sri Lanka, July, 1995. Speaker at Asian Trademark Summit "How to protect and enforce your trademarks in Asia," organised by Asia Law & Practice, Hong Kong, March 1996. Speaker at National Symposium on Copyright and Neighboring Rights for Judges. organised by World Intellectual Property Organization, Nigeria, October, 1996.
Have appeared before Joint Parliamentary Committees (JPC) with regard to Copyright (Second Amendment) Bill 1992 and the Trade Mark Bill, 1993 and represented India as a Delegate at the World Intellectual Property Organization Asian Regional Seminar on Trade Marks Strategies and Management at Beijing in 1993.
Position: Committee on Paris Convention, constituted by FICCI-May 1986. Reporter of ILR (Delhi High Court), 1983-1984.
Editorial Board of Intellectual Property Asia (1988) and Asia Law & Practice (1989), Entertainment Law (1990), Software Protection (United States of America). Member, Expert Group on Foreign Collaboration and Arbitration constituted by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and Resource Group on Industrial Property formed under the auspices of Indo-American Chamber of Commerce.
Expert group appointed by World Intellectual Property Organization for considering the applicability of arbitration to intellectual property, Member Expert Group for Amendment of Patent Rules, constituted by the Government of India.
Member: Bar Council of India. Delhi High Court Bar Association. International Bar Association.
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (Secretary, Indian Group, 1996), Secretary APAA (Secretary, Indian Group, 1994).
APLA; American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Member, Expert Group on Foreign Collaboration and Arbitration constituted by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and Resource Group on Industrial Property formed under the auspices of Indo-American Chamber of Commerce. Expert group appointed by World Intellectual Property Organization for considering the applicability of arbitration to intellectual property, Member Expert Group for Amendment of Patent Rules, constituted by the Government of India. Member: Bar Council of India.
Delhi High Court Bar Association.
International Bar Association. International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (Secretary, Indian Group, 1996), Secretary APAA (Secretary, Indian Group, 1994).
APLA. American Intellectual Property Law Association.