Vaishali R Mittal
Vaishali is a litigation partner and strategist at Anand and Anand.
She has been engaged as a lead in some of the most ground-breaking intellectual property matters, including a case protecting the personality rights of Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor against any misuse, such as through generative AI and dark patterns; India’s first judgment on a product-by-process patent; India’s first pro tem security order; a fake news matter involving Aaradhya Bachchan, the daughter of two Bollywood stars; India’s first anti-anti-suit injunction; India’s first final judgment on standard-essential patents; an order directing an implementer to deposit pro tem security in favour of an owner of standard-essential patent(s), before determination of infringement, validity, etc.; and landmark judgments on trans-border reputation and aggravated damages of the highest quantum in a copyright, trademark, and design infringement case. Vaishali has also earned well-known status for many marks.
She has been consistently recognised as a leader in intellectual property by some of the most prestigious benchmarking organisations.