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Key Highlights
Career opportunities in trademark prosecution and litigation
Abhuyday & Niharika
Trademark Selection and Prosecution in India
Saransh Chaturvedi
Webinar on Trademark Objections
Ekta Asrani
Introduction
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.” – Warren Buffett
The brand is the reputation of a business. It is what people remember. It is not always just a word or an image, but what people think or the feelings they experience when they think of a product, service or business.
For instance, over many decades, Coke has tried to associate its cola with happiness and spent billions of dollars in advertising to make that happen.
Now imagine how it would be if I could take a bottle, pour some black water into it, and put up a label calling it Coke, and started selling on a street corner. It would be pandemonium, right?
This is where trademark law steps in to make brands and significant investments that go into building a brand viable and protected from infringement and misuse. Trademark, therefore, is a basic foundational concept of capitalism - without it, our economic system would collapse!
Also, the trademark was not important in the local economy. When everyone lived in a village or a small town, and all products were local and sold through trusted traders, there was no need for trademarks. However, as the economy grows, and products are sold throughout a country or even the world, the trademark becomes more important. And this is why the protection of the trademark has been a key feature of globalization through the WTO and other bodies.
Internet and the global economy have only continued to increase the value of trademarks as we deal with strangers more and more in terms of commerce and trade. We cannot trust a human being or business as easily as we trust in brands because brands are valuable and take time to build!
If you had to travel to Africa or Australia and needed to buy a laptop or phone, you may go for an Apple product rather than a brand you have not seen before, because you have trust in the quality of Apple products. And this is what allows Apple to charge a premium for its products. You may go to any corner of the world and expect a certain kind of service from Uber or a Hilton hotel. That is the magic of branding, which is only possible thanks to trademark protection.
Trademarks are more widely used compared to other forms of IP. Business organisations in almost every sector of the economy employ trademarks to protect their brands. Businesses that fail to build a brand are often wiped out by the ones that manage to build a strong brand in any market. Also, businesses that focus on building a brand are usually far more successful and profitable than the ones that do not focus on building brands.
However, while trademarks are becoming increasingly valuable and critical to businesses, they are also now most vulnerable to infringement. Apart from infringement, there are many types of disputes that frequently arise over these extremely valuable assets.
One major area of work for lawyers in trademark law is filing, licensing and drafting various kinds of agreements that relate to trademark. Here are the most important ones you must learn to draft:
- Trademark registration and filings
- Licensing Agreement
- Franchising Agreement
- Assignment Agreement
- Merchandising Agreement
- Trademark and licenses portfolio management
Here are the major areas of work with respect to trademark prosecution and litigation:
- Opposition and objections during registration of a trademark
- Domain name and squatting disputes
- Infringement and passing off
- Disputes over licensing, merchandising and franchising
- Review, rectification and cancellation of trademarks
- Monitoring and preventive measures
The most lucrative areas of work for IP lawyers related to trademark happen to be in the industries that cater to the mass market as well as luxury. The bigger the business, the more it is sensitive about its trademark protection, which translates into substantial legal budgets. We have provided a comprehensive list of industries that spend big bucks on the trademark.
Trademark licensing, prosecution and litigation consists of the vast majority of work that IP lawyers do in India. Despite that, there are absolutely no courses that teach the practical aspects of this work. All courses currently available in the market are restricted to teaching merely sections from statutes and a few case laws. This does not help the learners to accomplish the actual tasks that clients bring to their table.
In this context, in order to teach the most relevant and specific skills one needs to thrive in this profession doing trademark law, we have launched this course on Trademark Licensing, Prosecution and Litigation. This is meant for serious practitioners of IP law, those looking to make an inroad as an IP lawyer or litigator, or get a job in an IP law firm.
This is the most detailed trademark course in India which focuses on providing important skills based on industry needs and application. This course provides a detailed understanding of strategy, creation, registration, monetization, prosecution and handling of trademark disputes in India and offshore, with multiple practical examples and case studies.
Trademarks are frequently monetized through a variety of contracts in different industries. Some of them have their own set of commercial jargon based on the commercial intent behind the transaction. Knowing what the jargon means and then learning how to draft such contracts are effectively crucial to build a career in this area. Plenty of sample contracts and drafting exercises are included.
And of course, there is a massive need for an army of talented lawyers who create contracts, register intellectual property, enforce agreements and IP rights, resolve disputes, handle investment agreements, JV contracts, licensing of various IP rights, protecting the legal interests of the media companies, ensure compliance to myriad laws and keep the industry in shape.
This is what we want to accomplish in this course. How can a course like this benefit your career?
Our Learners
Purvi Gosar
Mili Steels Pvt Ltd | Legal Manager
Jagdish Sirvi
Advocate
Punit Kachalia
Founder at PNK Legal
Shweta Chheda
Business Consultant at CA Pratikchheda & Associates
Pradhnya Deshmukh
IPR Attorney
Who should take this course?
- Decision makers and officers in brand-based companies, media and entertainment companies
- Lawyers looking to specialize in trademark litigation, the most prominent practice in the area of Intellectual Property Laws
- Lawyers looking to build a practice in trademark disputes or licensing
- Law students looking to work in IP law firms or IP or TMT teams in big law firms
- Law students looking to work with product based MNCs
- Lawyers working for technology, e-commerce, media houses, FMCG companies that engage in a lot of advertising activities
- Entrepreneurs and directors who want to master legal aspects of trademarks
What is the career potential after doing this course?
- Trademark litigation has been a major area of interest for many lawyers because it is the biggest area of IP practice and litigation. Work-related to trademarks is always very well paid work as stakes are big.
- There are mid-sized IP law firms (appointing between 50-200 lawyers) that engage in services such as conducting classification and availability searches for the registration of a trademark, managing trademark portfolios, enforcement of trademark, disputes and litigation over the trademark. These law firms provide a great opportunity to have a rewarding career in trademark law to young lawyers.
- Other than registration, trademark law practitioners have to deal with licensing, assignments, objections, oppositions etc. Trademark litigation has massively increased in volume over the years making trademark practice a very lucrative profession.
- Apart from the top-tier law firms, there are plenty of boutique law firms and many independent lawyers catering to startups and SMEs with respect to their trademark law needs. These lawyers also require these skills and hence, make very good money.
- There is a lot to be done in the next 3 years. Also, space has become highly litigious given tons of complaints, objections to misuse of marks etc have become routine. As a result, lawyers who can handle trademark litigation are in very high demand.
- If you want to pick up some expertise and knowledge in trademark litigation, this is a great time. The market is not saturated and very few lawyers have comprehensive knowledge of these laws. It will definitely go a long way to make your CV stand out, impress the interviewer, get the next promotion, or even start your own practice.
- You cannot learn these things by studying any particular statute, regulations or rules, and there are no substantive books or online sources that can help you here. Success in trademark law practice requires skills that are more varied than merely knowing the provisions of various statutes.
- Check out the learning objectives to understand what you will exactly need to learn.
Potential employers
- Law firms
- Boutique TMT firms
- Technology companies
- LPOs
- Consultancy firms
- Advertising agencies
- Heavy advertisers (FMCG)
- Think-tanks
- Independent litigators
- MNCs
Relevant Industries
What is unique about this course?
- The course is not limited to a provision-by-provision study of some statutes and associated case laws alone
- The course trains you on different kinds of actual work that is required to be performed by lawyers and other professionals. After finishing the course, you will gain as much practical knowledge as a lawyer working at top-tier law firms in these teams will know after a year or two of experience.
- It is not a mere theoretical study but hands-on practical lessons where you will have to draft a lot of documents.
- The course is tough and intensive. You will not be awarded the certificate unless you complete all the exercises. You have to spend 8-10 hours per week on this course.
- You will get personal attention, coaching and individual feedback on the quality of your assignments from the experts
- You will be writing an article every month and with our guidance, publish the same either on iPleaders blog or various other industry publications
- We will provide you with a free course on professional networking, CV writing and interview skills so that you can easily land appropriate jobs
- Those who perform well in class will be recommended to top law firms for internships and jobs. If you do not need such help, let us know in what other ways we can help you
- After completing the course, you will be able to perform various tasks that fall in the domain of trademark litigation and be at ease with different aspects of trademarks practice
Money-back guarantee
If you take this course, follow it diligently for a month, do all the exercises but do not find value in it, we will refund the entire course fee to you. It is a 100% money-back guarantee with only one condition, you must do it properly for a month. If you don’t find it valuable after that, get your entire money back.
Training Methodology
Online 24/7 access
Access study materials via our online portal & via our anroid & iOS apps.
Practical Exercises
Two practical exercises every week, each followed by written feedback.
Live Online Classes
Live online classes based on exercises, allowing questions and feedback.
Convenient Class timings
Classes held after work hours, typically on Sundays or after 8 PM on weekdays.
Live Doubt Clearing
Live doubt clearing for support and one-on-one sessions with mentors.
What will you learn?
- Learn all the strategic work involved in trademark selection and creation of a trademark portfolio
- Assignments and licensing agreements
- Trademark disputes over unauthorised use, comparative advertising, infringement, passing off etc
- Learn how to handle the entire process of trademark registration from trademark search, classification, application including handling objections and opposition
- Learn how to create or assess trademark strategy for a business
- Learn how to calculate damages for trademark infringement
- Understand the commercial aspects of trademark transactions
- Learn how to act on behalf of large brand/ label
- Learn how to enforce trademark
- Apart from statutory knowledge, develop strategic thinking
- Draft various documents, petitions, applications until you are conversant with each
- Contracts for monetization of trademarks such as assignment, franchising, licensing and character merchandising.
- Learn about the practical aspects of concepts such as trademark disparagement and nominative fair use.
Specific Learning Objectives
- Optimally select trademark classes so as to minimize objections from the registrar, competitors and third parties
- Accurately draft and file trademark applications to minimize defects and maximise the scope of protection of the brand
- Effectively draft and file pre-publication objections to prevent registration of marks that can impact your brand
- Respond to examination reports from the Trade Marks Registry to aggressively pursue registration
- Procedure to draft and file submission in a show-cause hearing before the Trademarks Registry
- Draft an effective User Affidavit
- Prevent competitors from exploiting your brand unfairly through effective trademark watch and initiation of opposition proceedings
- Combat frivolous oppositions through filing a counter-statement in response to Notice of Opposition
- Learn how to draft different kinds of affidavits for submission of evidence in opposition proceedings
- Initiate proceedings for trademark infringement and passing off
- Calculate damages for infringement correctly
- Draft effective cease and desist notices that lead to faster settlement and avoid prolonged litigation
- Take strategic calls on matters such as review of decisions of the Trade Marks Registry
- The procedure of rectification before the Trade Marks Registry
- Learn how to draft and file a cancellation petition before IPAB
- Effectively drafting and filing an appeal before IPAB in connection with an impugned decision
- Deal with disputes regarding trademark infringement on the internet and cybersquatting
- How to prevent import or export of infringing goods by giving notice to Customs Commissioner
- Register non-conventional trademarks to protect and enforce the mark
- Create a trademark monetization strategy for brand owners
- Structure and draft a contract for a franchising deal
- Strategise and draft a merchandising agreement
- Create a monitoring system for a portfolio of intellectual property
- Successfully draft various kinds of licensing and assignment agreements
- Prevent misuse of the trademark by competitors in comparative advertisements etc.
- Get infringing content quickly removed from the internet by using a Takedown Notice
- Safeguard a brand’s reputation by preventing misuse of trademark
- Get quick injunctions to protect the trademark and prevent loss of business
- Obtain international registration and enforcement of trademark
- Research and map the trademark strategy of competitors
- Mortgage or pledge a trademark to raise finance
- Draft effective trademark protection and assignment agreements in employment and consultancy agreements
- Defend your client or organization in trademark litigation
- Provide advice to brands and celebrities on how to deal with cybersquatters
- Use the UDRP process, .in registry process and Indian legal system effectively in domain name disputes and cybersquatting
- Advise parties on domain name sale transactions and draft contracts for them
What kind of recruitment and placement support will I get?
- Unique Training Method: We're the sole organization in India offering comprehensive, exercise-based courses.
- Employer Recognition: Many leading employers, law firms, and companies actively seek our high-performing students.
- Career Opportunities: Success in our courses can lead to job placements, internships, and assessment internships in esteemed law firms, with renowned lawyers, and various companies.
- Empowering Learners: We focus on empowering learners with not just knowledge and skills, but also real-world opportunities.
- Dedicated Support Team: Our dedicated team is here to assist you with placements, internships, and freelance opportunities.
- Proven Success: Between April 2021 and June 2023, we've helped over 21,000 students secure job and internship opportunities.
- Media Recognition: Our achievements have been featured in respected media outlets like The Hindu, Business World, and India Education Diary.
- Impressive Value: Our students have secured over Rs. 2.7 Crore (USD 330,000) worth of work, with records of INR 30 LPA (USD 37,500) domestically and INR 50 LPA (USD 62,500) internationally.
- Comprehensive Support: From day one, our placement team guides you in setting goals, crafting standout CVs, enhancing interview skills, and supporting your critical first month on the job or during an internship.
- Trusted Recruiters: We've built strong collaborations with recruiters who prefer hiring our well-trained students.
- Competitive Edge: Partnering with us gives you an edge in the job market and opens doors to exciting career prospects.
List of Weekly Exercises
- Conduct a trademark search, select an appropriate classification for registration of marks and create a dashboard (tracker)
- Draft and file a trademark application
- Draft and file a pre-publication objection to a trademark registration application
- Drafting a response to Examination Report
- Submission in support of Show-cause hearing
- Drafting and filing a User Affidavit
- Draft a Notice of Opposition
- Draft and file a counter-statement in response to the Notice of Opposition
- Draft an Affidavit under Rule 45/ 46 to submit evidence in support of opposition and evidence in support of an application
- Draft an Affidavit under Rule 47 to submit evidence in reply to the opposition
- Draft a petition for infringement and passing off
- Draft a reply to a plaint for infringement and passing off
- Draft a Cease and Desist Notice with respect to trademark infringement/ passing off
- Draft a Response to Cease and Desist Notice
- Draft a UDRP complaint in respect of cybersquatting
- Draft a Review Petition before the Trade Marks Registry
- Draft a Rectification Petition before the Trade Marks Registry
- Draft a Cancellation Petition before IPAB
- Draft and file Appeal before IPAB
- Draft a letter to Trade Marks Registry for non-service of hearing notice resulting in abandonment of the application.
- Draft a trademark licensing agreement
- Draft an assignment agreement or include an assignment clause in a business transfer agreement
- Draft a franchising agreement
- Draft a merchandising agreement
Industry Academia Panel
COO and Co-Founder, LawSikho
Specialist, Intellectual Property, Ex-Partner, Obhan & Associates
Associate Partner at Sujata Chaudhri IP Attorneys
Counsel, Bombay High Court (Former Senior Associate with Kane & Company)
IP Attorney, NRALAW
Co-Founder, UltraWired Founder, Verum Legal
Associate at Dodd & Co.
Here are some of our faculty members
Independent Practitioner Former Associate, United IPR
Principal Associate, Lawsikho, Former IP Attorney, Ennoble IP
Advocate, Technology Law, Trademark-Attorney
Note: This is an indicative list of our guest faculty members and not an exhaustive list. We may change the faculty members at any point based on availability.
Course Plan
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Syllabus
Introduction and types of intellectual property with examples
Significance of IP in the global economy
Relevant provisions of the statute and rules
Key regulatory bodies you must be aware of
Types of legal work in connection with intellectual property
What to keep in mind when you create your own brand, logo, tunes and trade dress
Should your brand name be the same as company name?
Types of registrable marks
Categories of marks (from generic, descriptive, suggestive, arbitrary and fanciful) and their relevance for trademark selection strategy
Common objections from the Registry
Criteria for creation of a ‘strong’ mark
Non-conventional marks in India
Strategic benefits of series and certification marks
Benefits of building a trademark portfolio
How to maintain a dashboard for your trademarks portfolio
How to conduct trademark search
How to determine appropriate classes for registration
Advantages of selection of accurate classes in registration process and infringement litigation
How to create and maintain a dashboard for your trademark watch
- Understand the concept of trade dress
- Understand trade dress protection in India vis-a-vis in the U.S
- Learn about certain judgements related to trade dress.
- understand the meaning of a well-known mark and the special protection granted to them;
- know about the methods of securing the status of a well-known mark;
- get familiar with the factors considered and not considered by the court in determining a trademark as well-known.
Filling up and filing of registration application
Grounds for refusal of registration of trademarks
Response to Examination Reports
Objections under Sections 9 and 11
Pre-publication objection
Response to objections by trademark applicant
Notice of Opposition and response
User Affidavit
Affidavits under Rules 45/ 46/ 47
Registration of non-conventional trademarks
International Trademark Registration Steps for Madrid Protocol signatory countries
How to strategize registration process in non-Madrid protocol signatory countries
Sample documents: Sample trademark filings for Madrid Protocol signatory countries
- How to draft and file an application for registration
- How to access and respond to an Examination Report
- How to deal with objections under Sections 9 and 11
- How to file a pre-publication objection
- Response to objections by trademark applicant
- How to draft a cease and desist notice
- How to draft a Notice of Opposition
- How to draft a response to notice of opposition
- How to prepare a User Affidavit
- Grounds for refusal of registration of Trademarks
Sample documents: Registration Forms for different types of trademarks
Sample documents: Sample template for objection under Section 9
Sample document: Sample Petition for Response to Objections
Sample document: Sample Notice of Opposition
Sample document: Sample Reply to Notice of Opposition
Sample document: Sample User Affidavit
Sample document: Sample Affidavit under Rules 45/ 46/ 47
Procedure for filing for review petition before Trade Marks Registry
How to draft a review petition
Procedure for filing rectification petition before Trade Marks Registry
How to draft a rectification petition
Procedure for filing cancellation petition before IPAB
How to draft a cancellation petition
Sample document: Sample Review Petition
Sample document: Sample Rectification Petition
Sample documnet: Sample Cancellation Petition
- Types of non-conventional trademarks
- Understand the procedure of registration of non-conventional trademarks.
- Learn about the protection of such marks through infringement and passing off doctrine.
Types of trademark licensing
What to watch out for in licensing and franchising agreements
Legal compliances around licensing, franchising and assignment
Licensing and Franchising: Concepts
Key clauses of Licensing and Franchising Agreements
Obligations specific to Franchising Agreements
Essentials of good contract drafting
Sample document: Sample Assignment Agreement
Sample documnet: Sample Licensing Agreement
Sample documnet: Sample Franchising Agreement
Key concepts of merchandising
Concept of character merchandising
How to draft a merchandising agreement
Unique clauses for character merchandising agreements
Sample document: Sample Merchandising Agreement
Sample document: Sample Character Merchandising Agreement
Benefits of registration of copyright on a creative work
Can a fictional animated character be registered as a trademark?
Can it be registered as both copyright and trademark?
Comparative analysis of pros and cons between registering Mickey Mouse as copyright and trademark
Can a building be registered as a trademark?
Can the builder still make similar buildings?
Can trademark or copyright prevent a painter from making a painting of the building?
Can the building be photographed?
How to deal with 3D souvenirs of the building?
Protection of new construction methods/ process
How to conduct a trademark watch to identify infringement
Opposition to trademark claims
Enforcement of trademark: domestic and international
Defenses to Trademark Infringement
When to opt for criminal prosecution
Groundless threat proceedings
Remedies for cross-border infringement of trademarks
Exceptions to infringement, trademark of personal names, honest and concurrent use, prior user etc.
- Learn about the difference between infringement and passing off
- Learn about the acts which fall under the ambit of infringement
- Learn about trademark disparagement
- Learn about the acts which are considered as passing off
- Understand the limitations of a registered trademark
- Learn about certain acts which do not amount to infringement
- Learn about the tribunal’s power to cancel or vary registration and to rectify the register of trademarks
- Understand the meaning, purpose and advantages of a cease and desist notice with reference to trademark infringement
- Understand the procedure, legality, and claims of a cease and desist notice;
- Learn how to draft an effective cease and desist notice and response to a cease and desist notice
- How to establish similarity with the other mark
- How to establish likelihood of confusion
- What should be done if you lose?
Sample Documents:
Sample Infringement/ Passing off Petition
Application for temporary injunction
- Understand what meta-tags are and how they are used.
- Identify when there can be liability for trademark infringement or passing-off for the wrongful use of a meta-tag
- Understand the doctrine of initial interest confusion & its exceptions
- Identify when an intermediary may be held liable for infringement action through the use of meta-tags.
- Learn about the intellectual property appellate board and its jurisdiction
- Understand the role of the appellant and the respondent while filing an appeal
- Understand the procedure of filing an appeal before IPAB
- Learn about the nature of orders passed by IPAB and remedies against such orders
- Know about some of the cases filed in IPAB and the judgements passed by the body
Sample Document
Sample Appeal Petition before Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB)
- know about the purpose and framework of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015
- learn about the requirements, constitution, and jurisdiction of commercial courts
- understand the court proceedings, available remedies, and alternatives therein, with respect to disputes related to Intellectual Property Rights
Introduction to domain name disputes and cybersquatting
Actions to be taken to address domain name disputes
How to approach Indian courts for orders
Takedown notice to an offshore registrar
Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) process under Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
.IN Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (INDRP)
Concept of Google ad policies
What action can be taken if third-party ads are being shown as sponsored links for keywords?
Circumstances when an advertiser or marketer can use trademarked words
Action points for brand-owners and consultants
Who can issue a takedown notice
When to issue a takedown notice
How to draft a takedown notice
Timeline
How to draft a response to a takedown notice
Sample document: Sample Takedown Notice
Sample document: Sample Response to Takedown Notice
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Please do not expect us to teach you like college courses. Those are not effective. Our focus is on giving you a realistic experience of doing legal work. Hence you will get different exercises and assignments every week and all relevant material to solve them. Please do not worry that you have not read other associated concepts. We are recreating the experience of working in a law firm or in-house legal department, and we found that this is the kind of training that works best. Live classes will relate to the week’s assignments. You can read the modules from module 1, but we advise you to follow the courses according to where the assignments take you. By the end of the course duration, you would have covered all the syllabus and retained everything.
If it feels complicated and challenging midway, do not worry. The course is designed like this. You need to stick to it, hold on for dear life and ride along as you ride a roller coaster. Our responsibility is that you are satisfied and get all the results that you were promised by the end. If you are not, you can hold us responsible. But please, please trust the course design and stick to it until the course gets over.
No, there are no discounts available. We do not believe in discounts and never give one. Prices have only increased over time and not decreased.
The course starts on the commencement date for your batch. You would get access to all the study materials on the online learning management system, which you can view on your computer or mobile phone (Android & iOS). The study materials cannot be downloaded or printed.
We will dispatch hard copy materials for reference within 45 (forty) days. We cannot deliver videos and periodic updates in hard copy; hence hard copy materials are not recommended for studying to attempt exams. To stay updated with the latest developments, we strongly recommend that you learn from online materials.
Every week, you will be given exercises to perform, which we will discuss in a live online classroom.
The passing criteria for any course are 40% of the total marks and completion of weekly exercises, articles/assignments as mentioned in the course guidelines.
Please check the passing criteria section on the course page for more details.
You can attempt the MCQ test only once.
If you fail in a course, you can request a re-examination once again. You can re-submit the required exercises and articles with a deduction of 3 marks.
For exercises that you have already submitted, and you do not wish to re-attempt, your marks will remain the same. We will give you some additional exercises to attempt to increase your chances of completing the course successfully. It will also enhance your learning.
If you have any doubt or question relating to the content, please write on the discussion forum of the LawSikho platform itself. Our concerned experts will respond to you within 24 to 48 working hours. You can also write your queries to [email protected]. Our concerned executives will support you to get your questions resolved within 24 working hours.
We ensure that class timings enable a maximum number of students to participate and take out time from work or college while at the same time they are feasible for experts.
Classes will be of 1-hour duration and will be held in any of the following time slots:
- Weekdays: 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm IST
- Saturdays: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm IST
- Sundays: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm IST
You will be informed of the class timings for the relevant week at least 48 hours before the class via email notifications and WhatsApp messages. We will also add it to your Google calendar.
We will ensure we have fixed timing for this class to schedule your day well in advance according to it as far as possible.
Recordings of class sessions will be made available on the online learning management system for accessing within 48 hours of the session conducted.
Those who complete the course successfully will be awarded a LawSikho certificate. The certificate will be dispatched within 45 (forty five) days of course completion.
Please check the course guidelines for more details.
The course is designed keeping in mind the schedule of practising lawyers, working professionals, entrepreneurs and full-time students. The learnings are well spread out over a long period. There would be a specific learning objective every week, accompanied by assignments. It takes about 8-10 hours for a person of average intelligence to complete all course activities every week. You need to take this course one week at a time.
We do not guarantee that you will pass the course without putting in reasonable effort or attention. Still, the exact amount of time you would need to dedicate depends on your ability to grasp the material.
Yes, knowledge of the law is not a prerequisite for deriving value from the course. It is possible that what you learn in this course is entirely independent of any other course you have probably pursued or are pursuing. The course is designed keeping in mind that there will be many non-lawyers taking up this course. The only knowledge we assume is what one would expect to know after completing higher secondary school. All modules are reviewed from a high school graduate's perspective and ensured that they are effortless to understand.
You only require knowledge of the English language and basic computer skills to understand the concepts.
An active placement assistance program is available to students, including CV-writing, career guidance, and sharing of relevant job and internship opportunities. Job and internship opportunities will be shared with students on the WhatsApp group from time to time. Students who complete the exercises and perform well in those exercises and classes can be recommended to law firms, lawyers chambers and companies for jobs and internships. However, we do not guarantee any job or internship.
We have also started a career clinic for the benefit of our students. Students can visit our office in Delhi or seek career-related insights over phone or video calls on pre-designated days. More than 2000 positions have been shared with our students to date, and hundreds have got placements and internships through us. Our students have been placed in various law firms and other organisations as full-time employees and have obtained multiple opportunities for internships under the programme. How many opportunities you get will depend on your efforts in the course, and if you do the course well, you will be able to find jobs on your own.
We will also provide you with a career development course free of cost if you need it. Just ask our customer support if and when you need it after participating in at least three months of classes.
We also help you enhance your CV by writing and publishing articles and giving you networking exercises and coaching to build your professional network. Creating your professional network can make excellent opportunities available to you that you cannot even imagine today.
For more details, please see the placement assistance guidelines given on the course page.
How the courses are created, and its philosophy - We aim to create extraordinary lawyers and support the legal industry. You will find no other course which is as practical, provides as much personal attention to every student, or as many opportunities.
Syllabus, coverage and approach to issues - We do not spoon-feed you but give you experience what you will experience when you work at top law firms or big in-house legal departments. You will be prepared for the best and the worst. You will learn to deal with any legal issues, even those we didn’t teach you about, because that is how our course is designed.
Live Exercises - Pilots are put on simulators to practice flying before they are given an actual aircraft to fly. That is how our courses work as well. Even before you start dealing with real-life cases and matters, we train you to do such work through simulation exercises. This experience is invaluable for ambitious lawyers. Think of our courses like an online gym or a martial arts dojo for learning legal skills that will make you amazingly successful.
Personalized support - you can ask questions in the learning management system, interact with us on WhatsApp groups and even call us when you are struggling. We are here to work with you to make you succeed.
Placement assistance - Do you know any other course where you get this level of placement assistance? Law firms and companies love to hire our students because it is tough to find such highly-trained talent. Ask our graduate students! Also, we make you write articles, publish, and enhance your CV and network with many people. This provides you with next-level opportunities in your career.
Doubt-clearing weekly exercises - Doubts are cleared every week. If you can’t wait, post your doubts inside the module itself, our experts reply within one working day.
Grading system: Students will be graded according to the following grading system:
| Grade | Percentage |
| F (Fail) | <40 |
| C+ | 41 to 59 |
| B+ | 60 to 79 |
| A+ | 80 to 100 |
Migration from one course to another is possible. Students should email their migration request to our support team at [email protected] within ten days from the enrollment date.
We will not accept any requests after ten days.
Yes, you can migrate from one batch to another after paying a migration fee of INR 2000/- (or as per the prescribed fee pertaining at the time of migration) and the course fee difference between the admitted batch and transferee batch if any. If migrated, the work or assignments submitted earlier by you will not be considered.
A student is given sufficient time to submit the minimum number of required assignments. If they fail to do so, they can submit their pending assignments after the deadline with an extension fee of Rs 2000/- Please check the details of our different courses to know more about the assignment deadlines for individual courses.
We suggest you check the Migration Rules of your course on the course page.
LawSikho conducts exams during the course duration. If the course is accredited by MEPSC, LawSikho will conduct one certification test during the course duration & the MEPSC will conduct another after completion of the course.
LawSikho courses are offered by a private company as a solution to learn practical skills. There is no recognition, no accreditation and no affiliation from the government or any University or any third party unless specifically mentioned otherwise.
Weekly exercises are very important to learn the practical aspects for which you joined the course. You get sufficient time to complete those. In case you can’t finish them within the due date, you get an extension to complete them with a deduction of a few marks.
You will not get a LawSikho certificate if you fail to submit the required number of assignments and articles. These are mandatory requirements for obtaining the certificate and value of the course for which you enrolled.
The certificate will have the Grade on it. If students want to know their scores, they can write to us at [email protected]. We will provide their scores.
Yes, you will have to attempt just one MCQ test at the end of the course for LawSikho certification.
You must complete the required number of assignments and the MCQ test to complete the course successfully. They are mandatory requirements. You won’t get the LawSikho certificate if you fail to fulfil these requirements.
An online Live class is a video conference-based class that you can attend from mobile, tablet and personal computer through an application. You can see the teacher and the teacher can see you. You can even share your screen with the teacher for comments if the teacher requests it, and the teacher can show you his or her screen. You can see other people attending the class also. There is usually a lot of discussion amongst the students and teachers in the class. It is very much like a live classroom except that you do not have to travel to access the class; you can access it on the go as long as you have internet and a device.
We will point you out the relevant reading material and templates and precedences you need to solve an assignment. You can also freely discuss with other students in the course WhatsApp group. You can post queries in the learning management system as well while working on assignments. During the live sessions, you can ask questions to the expert and get your issue resolved. Sometimes it may be possible to schedule a call with evaluators and discuss with them, but this is at the discretion of the evaluator and at a time of his or her convenience. We cannot handle unlimited calls with every small question. You have to respect the time and availability of the evaluators also. For that, you already have the Learning Management System and the WhatsApp group, where you can post an unlimited number of doubts.
Our training methodology is unique. While any outside authority does not endorse it, the success of our students speaks for itself. Our methodology is described in detail in the previous questions. The legal industry loves to hire our students who have gone through the entire training we provided. Major companies have been hiring us to train their legal teams and managerial executives with cutting edge legal courses. This is proof of our success.
Yes, in all our premium courses, there are live weekly classroom sessions. Apart from one session related to your course, sometimes you will be invited to attend extra free sessions on writing, networking or other relevant skills. However, the course is conducted through an online learning management system, enabling students to access study materials from anywhere in the world at their own time and convenience. Course materials will be accessible on the online learning management system, which you can assess on a laptop/desktop. You can also access the course on your phone by downloading the LawSikho app. We may upload some course materials around the time of your class about the relevant issue. Apart from this, you will have access to significant hard copy material as well.
Live sessions on exercises shared will be conducted online every week. Once or twice a month, you will also have a session on writing influential articles and networking skills. In total, students will have 5-6 live sessions every month. At times there could be extra sessions that are optional to attend.
Our experts' weekly online sessions will include feedback on the previous week's exercise and explain new concepts related to upcoming exercises.
Attendance for sessions is not mandatory but crucial for learning to perform exercises that add value. Students who miss the session can watch the recorded versions of the sessions conducted on the Learning Management System (LMS) and the assignment portal (anything that is easier for you, it is uploaded on both platforms). We will add the recorded session to LMS within 48 working hours.
It is highly recommended that you complete weekly exercises. It is mandatory to submit 50% of subject exercises per course requirement and all writing assignments.
All study materials, including text, videos, drafting exercises, templates and regular tests, will be available only on the LMS and accessed using your login ID for the LMS. Students can also access the course through the state of the art mobile Apps, making learning convenient and accessible on a real-time basis.
Some courses require 100% of subject exercise submission. Please visit the course page to know the number of exercises and assignments to be submitted for a particular course.
For any other help or clarification, or grievance, please write to us at [email protected].
Our student support team representative will write back to you with a personalized response within 24 working hours.
Don’t forget to mention your Enrollment Number, Course and Batch when you communicate with LawSikho.
We are closed on Sundays and Central Government Gazetted Holidays.
How will you clear my doubts and help me if I am struggling to understand or learn a concept?
- In our live classes, you can ask questions, share your screen, receive personal feedback, and have your doubts cleared.
- If you need more help after getting feedback on an assignment or want career advice, you can schedule a private one-on-one call. Our evaluators and mentors are here to assist you and give you advice that's tailored to your needs.