About Us

ABOUT BAALU ASSOCIATE

Baalu Associate is a leading Law & IP Firm in India, Specialized in Intellectual Property Rights. Established in the year 2001, the firm has competed over 25 years of committed to excellence in the Service of Intellectual Property Rights interests of corporate and individual clients. The Firm handle work of the most prestigious organizations in and around the world. The office is situated at Coimbatore, Tamilnadu , INDIA . Baalu Associate is headed & Managed by Professionals Experts who has more than 25 years of Experience and provide specialist advice and assistance to clients in the field of Intellectual Property Management. Our expert team supports you to protect your Trademarks, copyright, patent and design across India and abroad ranging from filing for registration to suing before courts for protection.

Additionally, most of the firm’s professionals have formative degrees in natural arts or business, prior to qualifying as lawyers, which is useful while navigating complex IP and techno-legal issues.

Look after General Consultation on IPR Matter, Brand Registration ,Copyright , Design and Patent , Registration , Advice Litigation Matters, Handling Seminars, Workshops and IPR Awareness program.

Issued in public interest

INDIA	TRADE SECRET	PATENT	COPY RIGHT	TRADEMARK	DESIGN	G I
Duration	As long as it remains a secret	25 years	Life of author 60 year	10 years and further renewal in perpetuity for terms of 10 years	15 years and further renewable for term of five years	10 years and further renewable perpetuity for termsof 10 years
Prohibited Acts	Misappropriation	Make,use or sell process	Copying / substantial similarity	Like hood of confusion	Using imitation of design on articles	Misleading about geographical origin of goods
Injunctive proctection	Stop use by those misappropriating	Right to exclude	Copying of particular expression	As log as used	Right to exclude other from using the design	Exclusive right used
Interested Protected	Business information	Inventions	Expression of ideas	Consumer recognition of Brand , avoid confusion	New & Original design applied to articles	Names indicating goods originate from a particular geographical area
Criteria for obtaining	Not generally known , Economically valuable	New, useful non-obvious	Original	First to use in commerce	Original	Goods should originate from a geographical area and have outstanding qualities specific to that area
Time to act	Before disclosure	Before disclosure of the invention of the invention to public	Anytime but must register before lawsuit	Upon intent to use or actual use	Upon creation and before disclosure	Upon intent to use or actual use
Registration	No registration	Controller of patents	Indian Copyright office	Register of Trademarks	Controller of Designs	Registrar of Geographical indications

Our Professional Team

Adept at end to end prosecution of Trade Mark, Patent, Copyrights and Courts of Law. She also has vast knowledge in analyzing innovation disclosure, conducting prior art search, Filing & prosecution of Applications for Trademarks, Patents, and Designs & Copyrights.