TMT Law Practice (TMT) was India's first boutique Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law firm with offices in New Delhi, Chennai bangalore Kolkata Ahmedabad Mysore Bhuvaneswar with an associate network office in Mumbai.
Mr. Abhishek Malhotra was the Founding & Managing Partner of the firm. The other partners of the firm included Mr. Kaushik Moitra and Mr. Rajesh Ramanathan.
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Practice area
The practice of the firm included Intellectual Property, regulatory, corporate and transactional, dispute resolution, and legislative work in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Industry.
The practice areas of the firm were Intellectual Property Rights, IP Enforcement & Anti-Piracy, Media & Broadcasting Litigation, Technology Licensing Advisory, Entertainment & Sports Litigation, Regulatory Advocacy & Interface, Licensing Advisory & Negotiations, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Brand Protection Strategies, Privacy & Data Protection, Mergers & Acquisitions, Contracts & Negotiations, Dispute Resolution, Competition Advisory & Litigation, General Commercial Services and Shipping / Maritime Disputes.
As a law firm catering to the TMT sector, the firm was focused on serving the following sectors: Technology; Media and Entertainment; and Telecommunications.
The firm catered almost exclusively to the following Industries:
Technology
- Biotechnology
- Information Technology
- Software Products and Services
- Hardware Manufacturers
- Robotics
- Pharmaceutical
Media and Entertainment
- Motion Picture and Film companies - Production, Distribution, Talent, etc.
- Television including Cable, DTH, IPTV and HITS operators.
- Radio including FM, Satellite and Internet Radio Operators
- Copyright Societies
- Content Aggregators
- Sport
- Celebrity / Personality Management Agencies
- Event Management Companies
- Equipment manufacturers
- Creative Industries e.g. Publishing, Multimedia and Interactive, Advertising and Marketing, Fashion
- and all such businesses that are driven by or reliant on intellectual property rights, companies facing counterfeiting and IP infringement issues, Franchise operations, companies using IP as a primary way of raising investor value
Telecommunications
- GSM Operators
- CDMA operators
- VoIP and Internet application providers
- VAS Providers and Aggregators
- Knowledge Process Outsourcing
- System Integrators
- Equipment manufacturers
Shipping / Maritime Laws
- Charter Party Disputes
- Maritime Liens
- Claims
- Pollution Damages
- Short Landings
- P & I
- Ship Arrests
- Wrongful Act, Neglect or Default in the Management of the Ship
- Crew Claims
- Personal Injury or Loss of Life
Air and Space
- The firm has recently opened an Air and Space Law Forum teaming up with NUJS.
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Clientele
The firm's past and present clientele include names such as Google, Cinepolis India, Hexaware Technologies, Tata Sky, Sony Entertainment Television, Piramal Healthcare, Orange, Viacom 18, Indian Broadcasting Foundation and the Association of Radio Operators of India.
The firm was recently in news when TMT Law Practice and three senior advocates won a Supreme Court stay of the 10-day suspension of Viacom-owned TV channel Comedy Central that was ordered by the Delhi High Court.
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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