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NALSAR UNIVERSITY OF LAW

Accredited in 'A++' grade with a score of 3.52 on a four point scale by NAAC in Cycle 2

Anindya Sircar - IPR Chair

Innovative, profit oriented personnel with demonstrated success in setting up and streamlining all IP activities in multiple industry domains, achieving cost reductions and improving client satisfaction in customer-facing operations in large, diverse organizations. Expertise in IP acquisitions, management and implementation of complex corporate acquisition and successful organizational integrations. 

Talent for analyzing competitive landscape, providing IP/research inputs and aligning product outputs with customer requirements. Reputation as a change agent with the ability to analyze issues, devise continuous process improvements and incorporate business process initiatives to increase efficiency, streamline operations and decrease aggregate expenses with limited resources. 

Actively associated with academics in several capacities at multiple institutes – teachings. paper setter, examination & evaluation from undergraduate to PhD level.

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS    

AWARDS

 

➢ IP Leadership Award – IPR Gorila, Singapore for contribution in the field of IP (2019).

➢ Excellence Award for establishing an Open Source Management system for the organization and its subsidiaries (2015).

➢ XIA Business Leader of the Year from St. Xavier’s College Calcutta Alumni Association (2014).

➢ Excellence Award for establishing an IP Licensing system for the organization and its subsidiaries (2013).

➢ Outstanding Team Contribution Award for a record number of patent filings for the Biocon Group (2003).

➢ Important Contribution award for initiating and building a Good Patent Regime within the Company (1999).

➢ Outstanding Team Contribution Award for developing a process in meeting International Specifications for Lovastatin (1998).

➢ Fellowship for Doctoral Research from UGC, New Delhi (1994).

➢ Qualified in GATE (1994).

➢ Special Seminar Prize from Indian Biophysical Society (1993).

➢ RBI Golden Jubilee Scholarship (1986 – 1988).

 

ACHIEVEMENTS

➢ Figured in IAM Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists 2021.

➢ Figured in IAM Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists 2020.

➢ Figured in IAM Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists 2019.

➢ Figured in IAM Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists 2018.

➢ Figured in Top 100 IP Leaders in India – World IP Forum 2018.

➢ Figured in IAM Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists 2017.

➢ Figured in the Lex Witness’s Hall of Fame – Top 50 as a prominent player in the India’s legal sector in 2010.

➢ Structured, streamlined and optimized all IP activities for Infosys and its subsidiaries.

➢ Set-up in house Intellectual Property and Patents (IPR) department for the Biocon Group of Companies.

  • CPVA (Certified Patent Valuation Analyst) – 2011.

  • Ph.D. (Law) from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. Thesis Title: “Legal regime of patent protection in biotechnology”; under the supervision of Prof. (Dr.) Ranbir Singh (2007).

  • DL – 101 (General Course on Intellectual Property) administered by WIPO Academy, Geneva (2001).

  • Registered Patent Agent (No IN/PA 407) from February, 2001.

  • Ph.D. (Microbiology) from Osmania University, Hyderabad. Thesis Title: “Studies on the production of Clavulanic Acid by Streptomyces clavuligerus through solid state fermentation”; under the supervision of Dr. (Mrs.) Padma Sridhar. (1997).

  • M.Sc. (Biochemistry) from the University of Calcutta (1993).

  • B.Sc. with Chemistry (Honors), Physics, Mathematics and English from St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta (1991).

  • Patents

  • IP Management and Strategy

  • IP Prosecution

  • IP Valuation and Due Diligence

  • Cyber Law

  • Data Privacy and Security

PUBLICATIONS – Articles

Phalguni Mahapatra & Anindya Sircar, SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES’ UNFAIR LICENSING TERMS: A CAUSE OF WORRY FOR USERS?, The Journal of World Intellectual Property (JWIP) [ISSN(E): 0975-1076; ISSN(P): 0971-7544] – 4 JWIP 27, 446–462 (2024). 

Ambika Aggarwal & Anindya Sircar, WHY 50?: ‘INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION’ LIMITATION IN INDIAN COPYRIGHT-DESIGN INTERFACE, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice (JIPLAP) [ISSN(E): 1747-1540; ISSN(P): 1747-1532] –  19 JIPLP 8, 629-638 (2024). 

Ambika Aggarwal & Anindya Sircar, JURISDICTIONAL CHANGES IN INDIAN PATENT ENFORCEMENT – COMMENT ON THE ERICSSON V CCI DECISION, International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (IIC) [ISSN(E): 2195-0237; ISSN(P): 0018-9855] –  55 IIC 6, 954–972 (2024).

Anindya Sircar & Bhavya Sharma , PROSTHETICS: THE IP LANDSCAPE, < https://origiin.com/prosthetics-the-ip-landscape/ > (December 23, 2023).

Harsha Phatak & Anindya Sircar, IDEA EXPRESSION DICHOTOMY: CHALLENGES TO COMPUTER PROGRAMS, IJALR [ISSN(E): 2582-7340] – (2023) 3 IJALR 4, (May, 2023). 

Gandala Bhargava Sai & Anindya Sircar, AUTHORSHIP ATTRIBUTION IN AI-DRIVEN CREATIVE WORKS: A CHALLENGE BUT NECESSARY TASK, DSNLU JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND LAW [ISSN(E): 2583-1208] – (2023) 3 (1) DSNLU J. SCI. TECH. L. 1, 1-30. 

Ambika Aggarwal & Anindya Sircar, THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO OUTER SPACE PATENTS, Air and Space Law [ISSN(E): 1875-8339; ISSN(P): 0927-3379] – (2023), 48, Air and Space Law, 6, 559-580. 

Niharika Salar & Anindya Sircar, TAXATION OF NON FUNGIBLE TOKENS: AN EMERGING LEGAL CHALLENGE FOR TAXING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN VIRTUAL DIGITAL ASSETS, Economic & Political Weekly [ISSN(E): 2349-8846; ISSN(P): 0012-9976] – (2023) 58 Economic and Political Weekly, 9, 18-23

Phalguni Mahapatra & Anindya Sircar, THE PRIVACY PARADOX: PROTECTING CREATIVITY WITHOUT IP PROTECTION, European Intellectual Property Review (EIPR) [ISSN(P): 0142-0461] – (2022) 44 E.I.P.R., 11, 679-688. 

Ambika Aggarwal & Anindya Sircar, AI TRENDS IN IP: ARE MACHINES THE NEW AUTHORS?, NLU Assam Journal of Intellectual Property Rights [ISSN(E): 2583-8121] – (2022) 1 NLUA JIPR, 1, 1-32.

Vijay Kumar Sattiraju, Ravi Pandey, Ramjee Pallela, Anindya Sircar, Virendra S Ligade, Pradeep M Muragundi & Manthan D Janodia, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS POLICY OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS (HEIS) IN INDIA: A CROSSECTIONAL STUDY, Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management [ISSN(P): 2053-4620] – (2021), JSTPM, 13, 4, 837-848.

Anindya Sircar, রাইট ব্রাদার্সরা কি ভুল করেছিল?, আ-মরি বাংলা, দ্দৃতীয় বর্ষ, তৃতীয় সংখ্যা, কার্তিক ১৪২৪, ৫-১২, A-Mori Bangla, October, 2017, 5-12. 

Anindya Sircar, ইলেক্ট্রিক বাল্ব আসলে কার আবিষ্কার ?, আ-মরি বাংলা, দ্দৃতীয় বর্ষ, দ্বিতীয়া সংখ্যা, শ্রাবন ১৪২৪, ২-৮, A-Mori Bangla, July, 2017, 2-8. 

Anindya Sircar, DID THE WRIGHT BROTHERS GO WRONG?, IP ERA, IP Era, July-August, 2017, 16-19. 

Anindya Sircar, IP TRANSACTIONS – THE RIGHT RECIPE, LEGAL ERA, Legal Era, May, 2017, 34-37. 

Anindya Sircar, A STITCH IN TIME, IP ERA, IP Era, March-April, 2017, 22-25. 

Anindya Sircar, WHOSE ELECTRIC BULB IS IT ANYWAY? IP ERA, IP Era, February, 2017, 32-35. 

Anindya Sircar, AS 2005 DRAWS NEAR, EXPRESS PHARMA PULSE (2003).

Anindya Sircar, PATENTABILITY, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY, EXPRESS PHARMA PULSE (2001).

Anindya Sircar, ABSURDITIES OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, PHARMARY, 11:1-4 (2000).

Anindya Sircar, Padma Sridhar & Parichay K Das, OPTIMIZATION OF SOLID STATE MEDIUM FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CLAVULANIC ACID BY STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS, PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY [ISSN(E): 1873-3298; ISSN(P): 1359-5113], 33: 283-289 (1998).

A Sircar & M K Chattopadhyay, ANTIBIOTICS – PAST AND PRESENT, EXPRESS PHARMA PULSE (November 27, 1997). 

Sailaja Rani G, Sarnda I, Anindya Sircar & Padma Sridhar, DEVELOPMENT OF INDICATORS FOR CEPHAMYCIN BIOASSAY, INDIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY [ISSN(P): 0019-5189], 34: 816-817 (1996).

Anindya Sircar, DRUG SYNTHESIS BY GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MICROORGANISMS, PHARMARY, 8:7-13(1995).

Anindya Sircar, GENETIC MANIPULATION OF ANTIBIOTIC PRODUCING STRAINS, PHARMARY, 7:51-54 (1995).

PUBLICATIONS – Book Chapters

Anindya Sircar, EMERGING INTERFACES OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY, EMERGING INTERFACES OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY, July 2024, Bloomsbury Publications [ISBN: 978-93-56409-86-6] – Chapter 01, Pages 3-24. 

Phalguni Mahapatra & Anindya Sircar, RISE OF DEEPFAKES - IS THE EXISTING LEGAL FRAMEWORK READY FOR IT?, THE CONTOURS OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION, March 2024, Bloomsbury Publications [ISBN:978-93-56407-11-4 ] – Chapter 04, Pages 43-55.

Phalguni Mahapatra & Anindya Sircar, CHANGING ECONOMICS OF IP IN THE GLOBALIZED WORLD, GLOBALIZATION, LAW AND COMMUNITY, February 2023, Satyam Law International [ISBN: 978-81-19119-00-4] – Chapter 02, Pages 11-24.  

Ambika Aggarwal & Anindya Sircar, IP DISPUTE RESOLUTION WITH INCREASED GLOBALISATION, GLOBALIZATION, LAW AND COMMUNITY, February 2023, Satyam Law International [ISBN: 978-81-19119-00-4] – Chapter 03, Pages 25-39. 

Anindya Sircar, RASGULLA WITH A TAG, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS – CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS, January 2020, Thomson Reuters [ISBN: 978-93-89891-50-8] – Chapter 30, Pages 471-482. 

Anindya Sircar, PATENTING OF LIFE FORMS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS – CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS, January 2020, Thomson Reuters [ISBN: 978-93-89891-50-8] – Chapter 19, Pages 275-289. 

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Phalguni Mahapatra & Anindya Sircar, EMERGENCE OF PRIVATE ORDERING: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO THE CURRENT IP SYSTEM? ATRIP (INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY); July 09 - 12, 2023.

Phalguni Mahapatra & Anindya Sircar, SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES’ UNFAIR LICENSING TERMS: CREATING COMPLEXITIES FOR USER-GENERATED CONTENT. IPRE 2023 (IP Researchers Europe Conference 2023), WIPO, Geneva (Annual Congress Tokyo; June 29 - 30, 2023.

Phalguni Mahapatra & Anindya Sircar, AUTOMATED COPYRIGHT ENFORCEMENT – FRACTURING THE FAIR USE DOCTRINE OF THE IP LAW, Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference 2023 (Ulster University’s Magee campus in Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK); April 04-06, 2023. 

Anindya Sircar & Padma Sridhar, EXTRACTION AND PURIFICATION OF CLAVULANIC ACID FROM  STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS FERMENTATION BROTH USING ORGANIC SOLVENTS, 37th Annual Conference of AMI, Chennai (1996).

PUBLICATIONS – Books

Anindya Sircar (Edited), EMERGING INTERFACES OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY, July 2024, Bloomsbury Publications [ISBN: 978-93-56409-86-6].

Bindu Sharma & Anindya Sircar, NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & PATENTS, December 2023, Origiin IP Solutions LLP. 

Bindu Sharma & Anindya Sircar, USING PATENTS TO REDUCE R&D EFFORTS, April 2016, Origiin IP Solutions LLP.

Anindya Sircar (Reviewed), CREATING AND SAFEGUARDING A STRONG INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PORTFOLIO, 2015, adelphi. 

PATENTS

MANUFACTURE AND PURIFICATION OF CYCLOSPORIN A. US 10/220226 dated August 29, 2002. Patent No: US 7,176,001. 

MANUFACTURE AND PURIFICATION OF CYCLOSPORIN A. EP 00914350.4 dated August 29, 2002. Patent No: EP 1 261 732.

MANUFACTURE AND PURIFICATION OF CYCLOSPORIN A. DE 60023189 August 29, 2002. Patent No: DE 60,023,189 D1.

MANUFACTURE AND PURIFICATION OF CYCLOSPORIN A. AT 9143502000 August 29, 2002. Patent No: ATE 306,558 T1.

MANUFACTURE AND PURIFICATION OF CYCLOSPORIN A. CA 2,401,700 dated August 29, 2002. Patent No: CA 2,401, 700 A1.

MANUFACTURE AND PURIFICATION OF CYCLOSPORIN A. AU 3574300 dated August 29, 2002. Patent No: AU 3,574,300 A.

MANUFACTURE AND PURIFICATION OF MYCOPHENOLIC ACID. US 10/220225 dated August 29,2002. Patent No: US 6,927,047.

MANUFACTURE AND PURIFICATION OF MYCOPHENOLIC ACID. EP 00911239.2 dated August 29, 2002. Patent No: EP 1 259 631.

PRODUCTION AND CLEANING OF MYCOPHENOLSÄURE. DE 60023187  dated August 29, 2002. Patent No: DE 60,023,187 D1.

PRODUCTION AND CLEANING OF MYCOPHENOLSÄURE.  AT 9112392000  dated August 29, 2002. Patent No: ATE 306,557 T1.

MANUFACTURE AND PURIFICATION OF MYCOPHENOLIC ACID. CA 2401699 dated August 29, 2002. Patent No: CA 2,401, 699 A1.

MANUFACTURE AND PURIFICATION OF MYCOPHENOLIC ACID. CZ PV 2002 – 2913 dated August 29, 2002. Patent No: CZ 2002-2913.

MANUFACTURE AND PURIFICATION OF MYCOPHENOLIC ACID. JP 2001-563619 dated August 29, 2002. Patent No: JP 2003-525052.

MANUFACTURE AND PURIFICATION OF MYCOPHENOLIC ACID. AU3322500 dated August 29, 2002. Patent No: AU 3,322,500 A.

MANUFACTURE AND PURIFICATION OF CYCLOSPORIN A. IN/PCT/2002/01245/CHE dated August 12, 2002 Patent No: 198647.

METHODS OF PRODUCING ESTERS OF MYCOPHENOLATE. US 09/857,579 dated June 07, 2001. Patent No: US 6,709,846.

METHODS OF PRODUCING ESTERS OF MYCOPHENOLATE. US 09/857,579 dated June 07, 2001. Patent No: US 6,709,846.

METHODS OF PRODUCING ESTERS OF MYCOPHENOLATE. EP 99964770.4 dated May 29, 2001. Patent No: EP 1 137 795.

PRODUCTION AND CLEANING OF MYCOPHENOLSÄURE. AT 96477099 dated May 29, 2001. Patent No: ATE 307,892 T1.

PRODUCTION AND CLEANING OF MYCOPHENOLSÄURE. DE 69928002 dated May 29, 2001. Patent No: DE 69,928,002 T2.

PROCEDURES OF PRODUCTION OF YOU COVER WITH MATS OF MICOFENOLATO. ES 99964770 dated May 29, 2001. Patent No: ES 2,252,995 T3.

METHODS OF PRODUCING ESTERS OF MYCOPHENOLATE. AU 3073200 dated May 29, 2001. Patent No: AU 3,073,200 A.

METHODS OF PRODUCING ESTERS OF MYCOPHENOLATE. DK 99964770 dated May 29, 2001. Patent No: DK 1,137,795 T3.

METHODS OF PRODUCING ESTERS OF MYCOPHENOLATE. CA 2,354,554 dated June 04, 2001. Patent No: CA 2,354,554.

A NOVEL PROCESS FOR PREPARATION AND PURIFICATION OF COMPACTIN. PCT/IN00/00049 dated April 27, 2000. Publication No: WO 01/81611.

A NOVEL PROCESS FOR PREPARATION AND PURIFICATION OF COMPACTIN. AU 5,563,300 dated April 27, 2000. AU 5,563,300.

MANUFACTURE AND PURIFICATION OF MYCOPHENOLIC ACID. PCT/IN00/00017 dated February 29, 2000. Publication No: WO 01/64931.

MANUFACTURE AND PURIFICATION OF CYCLOSPORIN A. PCT/IN00/00018 dated February 29, 2000. Publication No: WO 01/64935.

METHOD OF PRODUCING ESTERS OF MYCOPHENOLATE. PCT/IN99/00070 dated December 09, 1999. Publication No.: WO 00/34503.

METHOD OF PRODUCING LIPSTATIN AND ITS HYDROXY DERIVATIVES. 2755/MAS/98 dated December 09, 1998.

METHOD FOR PRODUCING MYCOPHENOLIC ACID. 2753/MAS/98 dated December 09, 1998. Patent No: 188410.

METHOD OF PRODUCING ESTERS OF MYCOPHENOLATE. 2754/MAS/98 dated December 09, 1998. Patent No: 188985.

 

IP & Cyber Law

  • Responsible for teachings, paper setter, examination & evaluation from under graduate to PhD level at multiple Law Schools and other institutes.

  • Member of Board of Studies and Governing Council in multiple Law School.

  • Workshops / Seminars / Conferences.

  • IP awareness & trainings.

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