Anushri Gupta Ph.D., M.Sc., LLB
Founder member
Dr. Anushri Gupta is the Founder member
of Anushri Gupta & Associates. She is Ph.D.(Biotechnology), a registered Patent Agent in India,
a member of Bar Council of India and a member of Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) with
several years of experience in the area of Intellectual Property Rights. Her
main expertise is in patent counselling, drafting, preparing, filing and prosecution of
patent applications in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and
chemicals. She has been advising clients on protection and registration of new
plant varieties under Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act,
2001. She has been a hard core researcher and had worked at the National
Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology (NRCPB), Indian Agricultural Research
Institute (IARI), New Delhi, in the field of biotechnology and used latest
technologies such as molecular biology and genomics. She has also provided
consultancy on issues related to Biosafety including Genetically Modified
Organisms (GMOs) and also worked on Biosafety Clearing House (BCH) in accordance
with the Cartagena Protocol.
She has handled large number of patent applications both contentious and
non-contentious matters covering Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Non-Chemicals (Mechanical/Engineering),
patent oppositions, patent searches, freedom to operate and conflict of interest
opinions. Patents issued from these portfolios cover technologies resulting in
some of the world's most successful commercial biotechnology, pharma
and engineering products.
She has published several scientific articles in the field of biotechnology and
related areas, including contribution to legal publications such as In Vitro
Cellular and Developmental Biology- Plant, Theoretical and Applied Genetics,
Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology, Plant Breeding, India
Business Law Journal.
Honours & Awards:
- Position Holder & Award winner throughout her academic career
- Scholarship holder during the graduation from Delhi University
- M.Sc (Botany) Ist Div, 5th Position, University of Delhi.
With the changes in the IPR regime in 2005, to make it WTO compliant, India has seen many folds increase in filling of patent applications for protection of intellectual property. While innovations are necessary, their legal protection is equally necessary and for this purpose, it is imperative that the legal requirements and the processes involved in such protection are clearly understood and followed. This requires the services of expert and legal practitioner, practising in this branch of law.