Vaishali Mittal

Introduction

Often recognised as a top tier litigator, Vaishali Mittal’s career is clearly a legacy of landmarks – her cases are extremely complex, hotly contested and equally decisive for IP jurisprudence.

With 20-plus years in IP litigation, Vaishali is also a leading name in SEP matters.

She was a lead in cases engendering India’s first protem security order in favour of Nokia, India’s first anti-anti-suit injunction in InterDigital Corp & Ors v Xiaomi Corp & Ors; the first final judgment on SEPs in Philips v KK Bansal; Philips v Rakesh Bansal; the landmark judgment on the highest quantum of damages to date in a copyright, trademark and design infringement case in Philips v Amazestore & Ors; the first judgment recognising a colour combination (green and yellow) a well-known trademark in Deere & Co & Anr v Mr Malkit Singh & Ors.

Vaishali also led from the front in the high-stake face-off between Nokia and Lenovo resulting in a multi-year, multi-technology patent cross-licence agreement, and settlement of all pending patent litigation worldwide.