Swati Veera

Biography

Senior In-House Patent Attorney & GM Company Name Indoco Remedies Ltd. Dates Employed Jan 2015 – Present Employment Duration 2 yrs 9 mos Location Mumbai Area, India (i) Provides strategic expertise on a broad range of Intellectual Property (IP) issues, advises senior management on IP issues that have legal implications; (ii) Devising ANDA- Paragraph IV litigation strategies, particularly patent defense strategies; (iii) Legal opinion work, including validity, invalidity, infringement and freedom to operate opinions. (iv) Research and manufacturing/supply agreements. (v) Dealing with overall patent related matters Sr. In-House Patent Attorney & Head-Patents Dept. Company Name Piramal Healthcare Limited Dates Employed Jan 2012 – Dec 2014 Employment Duration 3 yrs Location Mumbai Responsible for building and managing Patent portfolio. Focus on all aspects of patent law with special emphasis on patent prosecution and opinion work in the pharmaceutical areas, covering issues such as infringement, validity, patentability, and freedom to operate. Senior In-House Patent Attorney & Head-Patents Dept. Company Name Piramal LifeSciences Limited Dates Employed Jan 2011 – Dec 2014 Employment Duration 4 yrs 1) Effective management of the team including development of skills of the team members in respect of:  drafting and filing of patent applications;  prosecution of patent applications;  development in all the aspects of patent practice in India and other key countries. 2) Rendering legal opinions including freedom-to-operate opinions, patentability opinions, patent infringement opinions and due diligence. 3) Advising personnel from other departments on the matters of legal aspects of intellectual property protection with special emphasis on patents. Senior Patent Attorney (In-House) Company Name Piramal LifeSciences Limited Dates Employed Apr 2009 – Jan 2011 Employment Duration 1 yr 10 mos -Responsible for prosecuting patent applications for inventions in technology areas such as NCE, processes etc. - Supervising work in respect of preparing and filing of patent applications in various jurisdictions, drafting of responses to office actions/examination reports etc. - Preparing legal opinions, including the patentability of inventions, infringement, non-infringement, freedom to operate, as well as opinions regarding validity, invalidity of patents and patent due diligence analysis. - Advising personnel on all aspects of patent practice.

Research Interest

 Pharmaceutical Science