The US leads absolute intangible investment
by a wide margin.

On August 5, Intellectual Property Lab completes twenty years since its founding in 2006.

It did not begin as a plan to build a firm. As the eldest son in the family, and as a gold medallist who had reason to look toward the country's larger legal and IP centres, the first responsibility was closer to home — to my parents. That choice meant building an IP practice from outside the metro towns where most of India's patent and trademark work is concentrated, without a mentor to guide the way, and without the networks that usually come with those centres. What there was, instead, was a determination to take whatever work came and do it as well as it could be done.

Over twenty years, that approach has held. Intellectual Property Lab has grown into a practice spanning patents, trademarks, copyright, geographical indications, and industrial designs, with offices in Lucknow and Dehradun, serving clients across India and internationally.

A few things have not changed in that time, and will not:

What has mattered most, though, is the people. Many clients who came to us for a single matter stayed on as long-term relationships — and quite a few, over the years, became genuine friends. That trust is the real measure of these twenty years, far more than any other metric.

To every client, colleague, and well-wisher who has been part of this journey — thank you. We look forward to the years ahead, toward a silver jubilee and, in time, a golden one, continuing the same work in the same spirit it began with.