Introduction :
Next week, New Delhi becomes the centre of gravity for India’s semiconductor ecosystem. SEMICON India 2026 runs 17–19 September at Yashobhoomi, jointly organized by the India Semiconductor Mission and SEMI, under the theme “Silicon to Systems: Building the Ecosystem”, making it one of the largest electronics manufacturing gatherings in the region this year.
Every conversation on that floor will touch a different piece of the same puzzle: fabs and OSAT lines, equipment and specialty materials, fabless design and licensing, incentive structuring, export control, litigation risk. Most companies walking in will be talking to a different advisor for each piece.
We’d rather be the one conversation that covers all of them.
Why “One Firm, One Roof” Isn’t Just a Tagline for Us
Khurana & Khurana (K&K) and IIPRD operate as a single, integrated advisory relationship, not a law firm and a patent shop that happen to share a letterhead. IIPRD brings the technical bench: patent professionals, scientists, and engineers who do the landscaping, FTO analysis, and portfolio work that requires reading the technology, not just the claims. K&K brings the legal and commercial infrastructure around it: litigation, corporate and regulatory advisory, and cross-border transaction structuring.
For a semiconductor company, that combination isn’t a convenience. It’s the difference between an FTO opinion that sits in a folder and an FTO opinion that’s actually wired into your entity structure, your technology transfer agreement, and your export-control classification before you sign anything.
The Firm, in Numbers
- Established in 2007, with 350+ professionals across the combined K&K/IIPRD platform
- A portfolio under active management exceeding 65,000 global patent applications and 45,000 global trademark applications
- 10+ offices across India: Noida, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, and Ahmedabad, plus 12+ global offices spanning the US, Japan, South-East Asia, and the GCC
- Ranked or recommended by Chambers Asia-Pacific, IAM, Legal 500, Managing IP, Asia IP, RSG, and Benchmark Litigation, among others
- Recognized as India’s leading PCT filing firm since 2019, and named “IP Patents Law Firm of the Year” by Corporate INTL
Numbers like these matter less as credentials and more as a signal of continuity – the same platform that filed your first patent is still there for the licensing negotiation, the joint venture, and the dispute, if one ever arises.
What This Looks Like End-to-End for a Semiconductor Company
Walk through what a fab, OSAT, or fabless entrant into India actually needs, and it maps cleanly across the combined K&K/IIPRD service lines:
- Patent Strategy & IP – Patent filing, Portfolio development, Patent landscaping, FTO, Infringement analysis, Licensing, Commercialization, and Technology transfer
- Manufacturing & Incentives – Advisory on fab, fab-lite, fabless, and OSAT projects, alongside Central and State incentive programs (ISM, DLI, SPECS, EMC 2.0)
- Strategic Growth – Joint ventures, Technology collaborations, Licensing arrangements, Cross-border expansion, and Foreign investment structuring
- Investment & Transactions – IP valuation, Investor readiness, Due diligence, M&A, Fundraising, and Enterprise value enhancement
- Legal & Commercial Advisory – Technology licensing, NDAs, Manufacturing and supply agreements, OEM/ODM arrangements, Employment and Invention-assignment agreements, Regulatory compliance, Corporate advisory, Taxation, Labour, Environmental, and Export-control matters
None of these sit in isolation. A technology transfer agreement touches patent strategy, export control, taxation, and corporate structuring all at once, and that’s precisely the kind of cross-domain problem a single integrated team is built to handle, rather than four separate advisors reconciling four separate opinions after the fact.
If You’ve Been Following Along
Over the past few weeks, we’ve walked through what this looks like in practice: the pre-fab FTO checklist that protects a manufacturing commitment before ground is broken, the regulatory and IP considerations specific to specialty materials and gas suppliers, and a case study on how a fabless AI-chip startup protected its architecture before licensing it. Each of those is one thread of the same fabric: structure first, terms second, execution third. That’s the discipline we bring to SEMICON India conversations too.
Let’s Talk at SEMICON India
If you’re evaluating a fab, ATMP, OSAT, fabless, or materials entry into India, or are already mid-negotiation and want a second look before you sign, we’d like to be your first call, not your third.
Reach out to our team to set up time around SEMICON India 2026, or for a confidential discussion on your India strategy anytime before then.
Author : Sanjay Sharma, In case of any queries please contact/write back to us via email to [email protected] or at IIPRD