The SpicyIP Podcast took the opportunity to sit with our distinguished faculty and guest speakers at the SpicyIP Summer School 2025 to launch our first set of interviews!
In this episode (03), Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Mr Adarsh Ramanujan (bio below) about the art of being a patent counsel and how to pursue a career in this field. Drawing from his experience assisting courts as amicus curiae, he discusses how a strong grasp of technical details are key to effective advocacy in patent litigation. He also reflects on whether a science background is essential for aspiring patent lawyers, shares candid advice for students entering the field, and comments on the present state of legal education in India.
00:00 - Introduction
00:34 - Explaining Technical and Scientific Matters to the Court
06:30 - Is a Science Background Essential for Patent Litigators?
07:55 - Advice for Students Interested in Patent Litigation
12:41 - The Gap Between Legal Education and Practice
25:18 - Concluding Reflections
About Adarsh Ramanujan: Adarsh Ramanujan is a Patent Agent and Independent Counsel/Founder at the Law Chambers of Adarsh Ramanujan with a diverse practice area, focusing primarily on litigation and commercial arbitration. Adarsh has an LL.M from the University of California, Berkeley, USA and is a gold medalistholding a B.Sc. LL.B (Hons.) degree, from NLU, Jodhpur, India. He is dual qualified to practice law in India and the State of California (USA). He is also accepted as a Fellow at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London one of the oldest arbitral institutes in the world. He spent 3 years as a Partner of a law firm in Geneva, handling international disputes. He is one of the youngest counsels to represent sovereign governments. He has also consulted on FTAs and, thus, brings considerable global experience to his practice in India. He is the author of “Ramanujan’s Patent Law” (Oakbridge, 2024) and “Cases and Materials on Patent Law: A Synthesis for India” (Thomson Reuters, 2022) and has authored more than 40 national and international publications in the areas of IP, International Law, Arbitration & Tax. He was appointed Amicus Curiae by the Delhi High Court on the issue of AI and copyright, Amicus Curiae by the Delhi High Court and the Madras High Court on the issue of patentability of diagnostic methods.
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Credits:
Sonisha Srinivasan: Host, Researcher, Editor
Swaraj Paul Barooah: Producer, Researcher, Editor
Praharsh Gour, Md Sabeeh Ahmad: Camera, Mic, Set
Tanishka Goswami, Anjali Tripathi, Athreya Bhat: Graphics & Media
Praharsh Gour, Yogesh Byadwal, Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan: Research & General Setup