Aparna Venkat

Aparna Venkat is a Principal Associate and heads the Intellectual Property Practice at Kochhar & Co. in Bangalore. She brings extensive experience across the full spectrum of intellectual property, including trademarks, patents, copyrights, designs, and domain name disputes, along with related advisory and contentious matters.

Her practice spans complex brand protection strategies, cross-border intellectual property and corporate due diligence, and the prosecution and enforcement of rights across jurisdictions. She has also advised on patent and copyright issues, supported national phase patent filings, and handled intricate domain name disputes with a steady, solution-oriented approach. She has successfully negotiated and resolved numerous disputes, guiding discussions toward practical, commercially viable settlements and helping parties avoid prolonged litigation.

Her work extends across diverse sectors such as IT, media and entertainment, consumer and lifestyle, healthcare and life sciences, and industrial and infrastructure, as well as related dispute resolution matters. She also advises on business structuring, safeguarding company assets, and navigating the nuances of both corporate and employment-related intellectual property, often assessing the potential of business alliances, identifying risks, and contributing to strategies that align legal protection with business growth.

She is actively involved in legal education, having taught courses in law, served on academic boards, and been involved in curriculum design and syllabus development. She has co-authored two articles for Thomson Reuters titled "Brand Protection Online (India)" and "Trade Marks License Agreements."

She holds a B.A. LL.B from Bishop Cotton Women's Christian Law College, Bangalore, and an LL.M in Business Laws from JSS Law College, Mysore. She is a member of the Bar Council of Karnataka.