IP counsel for founders,
on founder timelines.
You don't need a retainer and a tower of paperwork. You need three answers: what's worth protecting, what it will actually cost, and whether your IP survives due diligence. We answer all three — at fixed fees, fast.
Built for how startups actually buy
Clear scope, a fixed fee, a deadline. Start with whichever question is keeping you up.
Startup IP Audit · 1 week
Every filing, assignment and gap reviewed by a 15-year practitioner. You get a prioritised action plan and a 12-month IP budget — including what NOT to spend on.
How the audit works →Patentability Search Report · 48 hours
Prior-art search and a straight opinion mapped feature-by-feature against your invention. Two days, not two weeks — and the fee adjusts against drafting if you proceed.
What the report covers →IP for Fundraising · before your raise
Founder assignments, chain of title, open-source exposure, filing gaps — found and fixed before your investors' lawyers find them. Delivered as a diligence-ready memo.
What investors check →The benefits most founders never claim
The government has spent a decade making IP for startups cheaper and faster. Almost nobody claims the full set. We file every applicable benefit as a standard part of each engagement.
Up to 80% off official fees
₹1,600 to e-file a patent application against ₹8,000 for a company — the same pattern across examination and renewals.
Jump the examination queue
Expedited examination: grant in as little as 1–2 years instead of 3–5. For a deeptech startup raising on its IP, the most valuable benefit on the books.
Half-fee trademarks
₹4,500 per class instead of ₹9,000 for startups, individuals and small enterprises.
No DPIIT? Use Udyam
Small-entity status via Udyam registration unlocks similar reductions. We check both routes for every client — and file Form 28 so the status actually applies.
Government facilitation schemes for startup IP have run in various forms since 2016 and continue to evolve; we track the live position and apply whatever is in force at filing time. Full guide: every startup IP benefit, and how to claim it →
Mostly — when 3(k) is treated as a formality.
Computer programs per se are excluded under Section 3(k). But inventions demonstrating a technical effect or technical contribution are granted in India, and the case law supporting that route has only strengthened.
We draft for the objection we know is coming, respond to it when it arrives, and argue it in hearings. It's the most common conversation we have with AI founders — and the reason they stay.
How patent registration works →The questions every founder asks (eventually)
Whoever the paper says — and if there's no paper, often not your company. Founder and contractor assignments are the #1 gap we find in audits, and the cheapest to fix early. This single issue delays more funding rounds than any other IP problem.
Public disclosure before filing can destroy novelty. A provisional application secures your priority date and buys 12 months. If a public pitch is coming, talk to us that week — not after.
The model weights themselves, no. The system around it — the technical problem it solves, the architecture, the data pipeline, the deployment — often yes, if drafted toward technical effect. A 48-hour patentability report answers this for your specific case.
Chain of title (assignments), freedom-to-operate red flags, open-source licence exposure, and whether your filings actually cover the product you're selling. Our fundraising memo addresses exactly that list, in the order their lawyers will ask.
Usually: founder/contractor assignments (cheap, urgent), the brand trademark in the right classes, and a provisional patent only if there's genuinely protectable technology and a disclosure coming. Everything else can usually wait — and we'll tell you so.
Tell us what you're building.
Two lines about the product and the timeline. Fixed-fee quote and a straight recommendation within 24 hours — and if the honest answer is "don't file yet," that's what you'll hear.
Prefer chat? WhatsApp us — founders usually do.