A very warm welcome
A very warm welcome to the world of QUADRIGA (formerly known as VIDARZANA)! We are a new-generation boutique firm that is “by human intellect, of human intellect, and for human intellect”, and offers a gamut of Intellectual Property services to the Innovation, Research & Development, and Entrepreneur communities.
Our name means a “two-wheeled carriage drawn by four horses”. Each wheel represents a partner, and the four horses represent the Firm’s four primary practice areas: Patents, Trade Marks, Designs, and Copyrights.
We are often asked “Why should I protect my Intellectual Property, given that enforcing it in India is going to be an almost impossible and very strenuous affair?” Our answer is simple — to hike from the base camp of a business environment to its zenith, the modern-day indispensable golden egg is building a robust and smart Intellectual Property portfolio.
“We didn’t do anything wrong. But somehow, we lost.”— the CEO of Nokia, in his farewell speech. Survival in ultra-competitive business environments is no longer about not doing anything wrong; it is about doing the right things in a smart manner.
In today’s knowledge-driven economy, Intellectual Property is slowly but surely becoming a steadfast tool, which forms the lifeblood of valuations, venture capital, angel investments, and government funding.
What we do
End-to-end Intellectual Property services across the full life cycle of your creations — from ideation to grant, and from registration to renewal.
Patentability searches, crafting of specifications, filing strategies, prosecution, hearings, oppositions and foreign filings.
Searches, multi-class filing strategies, responses to examination reports, hearings, oppositions and post-registration care.
Protecting the visual identity of products — shape, pattern and ornament — before the Indian and foreign Designs Offices.
Registration of literary, artistic, musical and software works, and responses to the Copyright Office.
Why Quadriga
Science-trained patent professionals who understand your invention before we claim it. Specifications are crafted, not drafted.
All clients are treated equally as friends — be it a provisional specification at the eleventh hour or an FER at short notice.
A network of associates on standby for fast, efficient and cost-effective filings across the world, timed to every deadline.
Registered Patent Facilitators under the Startup India scheme — DPIIT-recognised startups pay statutory fees only.
Provisional or complete? One specification or many? Patent or design? We walk you through the conundrums to the right answer.
Active authors on Indian IP law — our insights keep clients ahead of amendments, treaty changes and landmark rulings.
Insights
Articles, legal updates and case studies from the practice of Indian intellectual property law.
Case StudiesThe Indian democracy prides itself on the separation of powers between the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. In this context, we briefly examine the Supreme Court judgement in Cadila Healthcare Limited vs Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited.
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Legal UpdatesSection 3 of the Patents Act, 1970 is the checklist of what India will NOT patent — a fence that every application must clear. Here is a practice-oriented tour of its principal clauses.
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ArticlesBrand owners routinely stumble over the same handful of trade mark mistakes: descriptive picks, skipped searches, wrong classes and forgotten renewals. A field guide to steering clear of them.
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