The Women's IP World Annual 2019/2020

INDIA
Name: Manisha Singh
Law firm name:
LexOrbis
Country: India
Position: Co-Founder & Partner
Website: www.lexorbis.com
Manisha Singh is Co-Founder and Partner
at LexOrbis, India’s premier Intellectual
Property Firm, providing end-to-end
IP services and solutions starting from
ideation to monetisation including,
procurement, protection, maintenance and
enforcement of all forms of IP rights and
assets and other legal services.
She has been advising and handling
dispute resolutions for a wide range
of clients including global technology,
pharmaceutical companies, public sector
enterprises, Government of India and
Department of Non-Banking Companies, to
name a few. She regularly represents clients
as their litigating counsel at the Supreme
Court of India and various High Courts and
has over 20 years of litigation experience
practicing at all forums including at the
Supreme Court of India, High Court, District
Courts and other Tribunals.
Manisha studied law from one of India’s
premier law schools, The Law Faculty of
Delhi University, after completing her
Master’s degree in Economics from Patna
University.
Manisha is ranked amongst the top and
leading lawyers in IP and dispute resolution
segments of Indian legal practice by leading
law journals and publications. She is known
as one of the prominent thought leaders
in these segments and liked for providing
proactive, out of the box, business-oriented
counseling, and representation.
She founded LexOrbis in 1997 with a set of
like-minded lawyers to bring an international
perspective to the Indian intellectual
property right laws, that were in the process
of being integrated with the International
IP systems post-signing by India of TRIPS
Agreement in 1995. She worked closely
with the policymakers, judiciary, and other
stakeholders to establish a robust and level
playing IP regime in India, and she continues
to work on critical and high-stake policyrelated
cases.
Her in-depth understanding and knowledge
of all the aspects of IPR is reflected in her
prolific academic and research-based writing
in renowned publications worldwide and
she has been routinely invited to author
articles and commentaries on contemporary
IP policies and issues by national and
international publications including
Managing IP, World Intellectual Property
Review, Indian Business Law Journal, IP
Frontline, Marques, Mondaq, Asialaw, etc.
Manisha is member of many significant IP
forums and professional bodies in India
and abroad, including the International
Trademark Association (INTA), International
Association for the Protection of Intellectual
Property (AIPPI), American Intellectual
Property Law Association (AIPLA),
Intellectual Property Owners Association
(IPO), Licensing Executives Society
International (LESI), Asian Patent Attorneys
Association (APAA), European Communities
Trade Mark Association (ECTA) and
Pharmaceuticals Trade Marks Group (PTMG).
Manisha has been widely recognised for her
work in the IP space by various national/
international associations.
Some of her latest accolades include her
recognition for Patent prosecution work
by the IAM Patent 1000, 2019; IP Strategist
by IAM 300, 2019; Managing Intellectual
Property, 2019, recognising as an IP Star;
IP Star Women of the Year, 2019 by Legal
Media Group; 2019 GIPC- Award for
Excellence for invaluable services in the field
of IP; Recognised amongst India’s Top 100
Lawyers, The A-List by India Business Law
Journal; Recognised as Leading Lawyer for
IP by Asialaw 2018; Managing Intellectual
Property, 2018, recognising as an IP Star for
Litigation and Strategy & Counselling.
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