8 Week Online Certificate Course on IP Law & Practice with Fox Mandal & Associates [Internships, 10% off]: Enrol by Oct 3

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About the Course on Intellectual Property Law and Practice with IP Practice Team at Fox Mandal & Associates

An IP internship won’t begin with someone asking you to define a trademark.

You may be asked to assess whether a brand is safe to file. Respond to an examination report. Review who actually owns the IP in an acquisition. Or work out what evidence a client needs before sending an infringement notice.

Would you know where to start?

That is the gap behind this 8 Week Online Certificate Course on Intellectual Property Law and Practice, conducted in collaboration with the Intellectual Property Practice at Fox Mandal & Associates.

Across eight sessions, the course takes you through how an IP practice works and the work lawyers actually do within it.

The curriculum also examines IP questions arising from AI, technology and data-driven businesses.

About Exclusive Internship Opportunity with Fox Mandal & Associates

An assessment will be conducted upon completion of all sessions. Internship recommendations are merit-based. Students must fully attend a minimum of 5 out of the 8 sessions taken by the Intellectual Property Practice at Fox Mandal and Associates and complete the final assessment to be eligible. Among eligible students, the top scorers in the final assessment will be recommended for internship opportunities.

The final determination of eligibility, purview, and recommendation of internship opportunities shall rest with Simulegum EdTech and Fox Mandal and Associates.

Eligibility 

• Law students
• Recent law graduates seeking to kickstart their legal careers
• Legal practitioners and lawyers
• Candidates from non-legal background are also eligible

Modules and Session Plan

01 — How a Tier-1 IP Practice Actually Works

• Structure of an IP team across prosecution, litigation and transactional advisory.
• How client instructions are received and triaged.
• Building and maintaining an IP portfolio tracker.
• Fee structures and engagement models.
• What a first-year associate handles in the first six months.

02 — Trademark Prosecution in Practice

• Conducting a trademark clearance search and advising on filing risk.
• Drafting and filing a trademark application.
• Responding to an examination report.
• Handling opposition and rectification proceedings.
• Managing a multi-jurisdictional portfolio through the Madrid Protocol.
• Advising a fintech or hedge fund client on clearing and filing a trademark for a fund name, strategy brand, or investor-facing product.

03 — Trademark Enforcement and Anti-Counterfeiting

• Assessing a suspected infringement and gathering evidence.
• Drafting a cease and insist notice.
• Structuring an anti-counterfeiting raid.
• Advising on litigation versus coexistence.
• Drafting and arguing an interim injuction application.
• Advising an alternative investment firm on protecting its brand identity and trade dress across jurisdictions where it markets to investors.

04 — Copyright Advisory for Media and Technology Clients

• Advising on ownership across a production chain.
• Drafting copyright assignment and licensing agreements.
• Copyright issues in software and AI-generated content.
• Advising on fair use defences.
• Structuring royalty and revenue-share terms.
• Advising a technology client on IP ownership in AI-generated content – who owns output, what can be registered, and how to draft agreements that survive regulatory scrutiny.
• Advising a hedge fund or quant firm on copyright protection for proprietary algorithms, trading models, and research reports.

05 — Patent Prosecution and Portfolio Strategy

• Working with a patent agent to scope a patentable invention.
• Drafting patent claims and understanding claim construction.
• Managing office actions from filing to grant.
• Freedom to operate analysis before a product launch.
• Patent versus trade secret decisions for R&D output.
• Structuring a patent versus trade secret decision for a client’s R&D output, including AI/ML models and quantitative strategies developed by fintech and hedge fund clients.
• Advising on freedom-to-operate analysis before a hedge fund or AI company deploys a technology product built on third-party IP.

06 — IP Due Diligence in M&A and Investment Transactions

• Structuring an IP due diligence workstream.
• Reviewing IP ownership chains for red flags.
• Drafting IP representations, warranties and indemnities.
• Advising on IP conditions preceding and closing deliverables.
• Handling IP carve-outs and licence-back arrangements.
• Conducting IP due diligence in a hedge fund or PE acquisition of an AI-first or IP-heavy target – identifying ownership gaps in training data, model weights, and datasets.
• Advising on IP risks arising from a fund’s use of third-party AI tools, data vendors, or licensed research platforms.

07 — IP Strategy and Portfolio Advisory for Businesses

• Building an IP protection roadmap for early and growth-stage clients.
• Advising on IP licensing and monetisation.
• Structuring IP holding arrangements for tax and risk efficiency.
• Managing an IP portfolio through restructuring or rebrand.
• Advising a board on IP risk.
• Advising an AI company or quantitative investment firm on building an IP moat — what can be protected, what should remain trade secret, and how to structure licensing for revenue.
• Structuring IP holding arrangements for an AI startup or hedge fund where the IP asset is the core value driver.

08 — IP Litigation, Client Advisory, and Career Pathways

• Drafting a plaint or petition in an IP infringement matter.
• Preparing a client for a hearing.
• Managing a dispute through settlement versus continued litigation.
• Advising a client through an unfavourable order.
• What Tier-1 IP teams look for in a fresher or lateral hire.
• Emerging practice areas — IP counsel to AI companies, fintech, and alternative investment firms, and what skills differentiate candidates in these mandates

Faculties: Mentored by IP Team at Fox Mandal & Associates

1. Mr. Mathews Verghese, Partner
2. Mr. Abhishek Jain, Senior Associate
3. Mr. Aryan Hans, Associate
4. Mr. Ashrit Goyal, Associate
5. Ms. Saiesha Dhawan, Associate

Perks

• Internship opportunity for top performers at IP Team at Fox Mandal & Associates
• Live sessions by Partners and Associates from Fox Mandal & Associates
• Lifetime access to recordings
• Certificate of Participation and Appreciation
• Convenient weekend sessions
• Networking opportunities with mentors of the course

Certification

• Participants will receive an e-certificate, which can be downloaded and printed for their records. 
• All registered participants will receive a Certificate of Participation.
• Participants who complete the assessment will also receive a Certificate of Appreciation, with the percentage scored.

Duration 

8 Weeks, starting 4 Oct

Timings: Every Sunday at 3PM

Last Date to Enrol

Oct 3

Course Fee

• For Students: Rs 2799 After LawBhoomi Discounts (Rs 300 off) Rs 2499
• For Professionals: Rs 3499

Enrolment Procedure

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