Introduction

Gray Matters is a law office that does not measure the value of its people or its
clients in six minute units of time. We do not charge by the hour. We do not charge
you when we pick up the phone or send you an email. We do not charge you for
taking you to lunch or travel time or any of that kind of stuff that is disconnected
from the real value of what we do.

We invest in long term relationships with our clients, and we measure the value of
our services in the same way that you do. We have a lot to offer, and we provide it
in a way that doesn’t hurt. That’s a small part of the Black and White difference.

Finally, we are advocates who get it! We look after the legal needs of our clients. We
bring a lot of smarts and a lot of experience to that task. Here’s a snapshot of what
we can do. 

Intellectual Property Law

Trade mark and registered design applications, renewals, objections, trade mark and
copyright infringement, counterfeit goods, search and seizure, IP licences, brand
protection. It’s well known that the most important asset any business possesses
(apart from its amazing people) is its IP. Strangely, many businesses still don’t give
it the attention it deserves, but they always regret it in the end. One reason for this
is the confusion around what intellectual property actually is, how it’s created and
how it can be protected.

That’s where we come in. You don’t really need a detailed knowledge of the
difference between trade marks and designs, how long copyright exists and whether
or not you should be getting your invention patented.  You do need to be thinking,
as early as possible, about what IP you might be creating, who owns it, how you can
control and exploit it and what you can do to prevent it from being swiped. This can
get very complicated, and things aren’t always as they might seem in the world of
IP. Registering trade marks and designs, grabbing domain names, asserting
ownership of copyright, assigning or licensing rights of use and exploitation,
distribution agreements, parallel importation, counterfeiting, brand protection –
all these can raise critical issues in the life of a business.

We manage a bunch of trade mark portfolios in India and abroad and conduct search
and seizure raids for manufacturers whose products are being pirated by counterfeit
imports; advise on brand sponsorships, licence agreements and IP protection
strategies; and litigate infringement cases including claims on behalf of brand
owners, importers and movie rights holders against file sharing network users. 

As to whether IP is sexy, like all law students seem to think, yeah actually it is.