Abhishek is a Partner and an ardent promoter, who has worked in various areas of IPR for over 17 years as an IP practitioner, entrepreneur, legal expert, and trainer. Abhishek has dealt with range of IPR matters, including Patent Searches, Patent Drafting, Patent Prosecution, Patent Commercialization, Trademark Litigation, Domain Name Dispute Resolution under the UDRP, Copyright and Database Infringement Counselling. Abhishek began his career in Intellectual Property with Evalueserve, where he worked with several multinationals on their IPR projects, after which he joined Netscribes India to develop their in-house IP team. In 2010, he decided to take a plunge and founded his own IPR solutions firm, closer2patents. The firm supported over 300 clients across16 countries and completed over 1,000 IPR projects, and is now a part of IIPRD and Khurana & Khurana after a strategic acquisition, making Abhishek a partner and head of the Mumbai office of Khurana & Khurana. He also conducts several IP training & awareness programs at colleges, NGOs, and government institutes, and serves as a faculty member for IPR at ICS, Thane of India, & MSME Institute. In his quest to strengthen the IP ecosystem, has made submissions to the Governments of India & Japan. He has had the distinction of being invited consecutively to the President of India’s National Awards for his patent-pending inventions. Abhishek holds a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from UDCT and is a practicing lawyer as well as a registered Patent Agent.
