Vikrant Rana, Managing Partner of S.S. Rana & Co., has been recognised as a Distinguished Practitioner in the asialaw 2024 Lawyer Ratings, the Asia-Pacific guide to leading law firms and lawyers.
About asialaw
asialaw is a research-based guide to law firms and lawyers across Asia-Pacific, published by Legal Benchmarking Group, which also publishes Managing IP’s IP STARS and IFLR1000.
Who qualifies: Private practice lawyers in each Asia-Pacific jurisdiction are assessed in their practice areas.
How lawyers are rated: asialaw’s ratings draw on submissions from firms, feedback from clients and peers, and its own editorial research.
The format: Individual lawyers are rated in tiers, including Elite, Distinguished and Notable practitioners. A Distinguished Practitioner is recognised as a leader in their field and jurisdiction.
What the recognition reflects
A full IP practice: Vikrant’s work covers trademarks, patents, copyright, designs and geographical indications, on contentious and non-contentious matters.
Clients of every size: He advises Fortune 500 and multinational companies as well as grassroots innovators, and helps start-ups protect their IP as a facilitator under the Government of India’s SIPP scheme.
From filing to court: His practice runs from clearance and prosecution to enforcement and litigation before courts across India.
Geographical indications in India
Geographical indications protect products whose quality or reputation comes from where they are made, and India has one of the world’s richest GI registers.
What a GI protects: A GI identifies goods as originating in a particular region, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic is essentially due to that origin. Agricultural products, foodstuffs, handicrafts and manufactured goods can all qualify. Darjeeling tea was the first product registered as a GI in India.
Who applies and who can use it: An application is filed by an association of producers or an organisation representing their interests. Producers in the defined area can then register as authorised users.
How long protection lasts: Under the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, registration lasts 10 years and can be renewed for further periods of 10 years.
Enforcement: Use of a registered GI by unauthorised persons, or use that misleads consumers about the origin of goods, can be restrained through infringement proceedings.
See the firm’s list of registered GIs in India and its GI FAQs.
About Vikrant Rana
Vikrant Rana is the Managing Partner of S.S. Rana & Co., a full-service IP and corporate law firm founded in 1989 and headquartered in New Delhi. He is an Advocate on Record with the Supreme Court of India and a registered patent agent, has been appointed Professor of Practice by Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University, and has served as a NIXI arbitrator on domain name disputes.
Recognition in 2024
| Publication | Recognition | Edition |
| asialaw Lawyer Ratings | Distinguished Practitioner | 2024 |
| WIPR Leaders | WIPR Leader | 2024 |
| IP STARS (Managing IP) | Trademark Star | 2024 |
| WTR 1000 | Recommended individual | 2024 |
| Chambers Asia-Pacific | Ranked, Intellectual Property (India) | 2024 |
| IBLJ A-List | A-List Icon | 2024-25 |
Read about Vikrant’s 2024 recognitions as a WIPR Leader, a Trademark Star, in the WTR 1000, in Chambers Asia-Pacific and in the IBLJ A-List 2024-25, and the firm’s Annual Newsletter 2024. Each recognition is recorded on our Awards page.
We congratulate Vikrant on this recognition and thank our clients, colleagues and peers in India and abroad for their continued trust.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. Vikrant Rana, Managing Partner of S.S. Rana & Co., is recognised as a Distinguished Practitioner in the asialaw 2024 Lawyer Ratings.
asialaw is a research-based guide to law firms and lawyers across Asia-Pacific, published by Legal Benchmarking Group, which also publishes Managing IP’s IP STARS and IFLR1000.
asialaw rates individual lawyers in tiers, including Elite, Distinguished and Notable practitioners. A Distinguished Practitioner is a lawyer its research identifies as a recognised leader in their practice area and jurisdiction.
A geographical indication identifies goods as originating in a particular place, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the goods is essentially due to that origin, such as Darjeeling tea.
Under the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, registration lasts 10 years and can be renewed for further periods of 10 years.
Producers of the goods in the defined area can apply to be registered as authorised users. Use of a registered GI by anyone else, or use that misleads the public about origin, can amount to infringement.
Write to info@ssrana.com with a short description of your matter, and the firm will connect you with him.
For more information on Geographical Indication Search, GI Filing, GI Registration, Authorised User Registration, GI Renewal, GI Opposition, GI Infringement, GI Enforcement, GI Tag for Agricultural Products, GI Tag for Handicrafts, and GI Protection Abroad in India write to us at info@ssrana.com
For more information on Trademark Searches, Trademark clearance, Trademark watch, Trademark selection, Trademark filing, Trademark registration, Trademark Examination, Trademark Objection Reply, Trademark Hearing, Trademark Opposition, Trademark Publication, Trademark Renewal, Trademark Cancellation, Trademark Rectification, Trademark Infringement, Trademark Passing Off, Trademark Litigation, Trademark Licensing, Trademark Assignment etc. in India write to us at info@ssrana.com