Advocate
Subramaniam Vutha & Associates
Education:
Information Technology Laws, Intellectual Property Rights, E-Commerce Laws
Experience:
Work experience of over 25 years with leading organizations, including the Indian subsidiary of Monsanto Chemicals, and the joint venture of Unisys Corporation, USA with the TATA group, handling legal, company secretarial and administration functions
4 years of independent practice doing specialized work in the area of International I T contracts, developing corporate frameworks for IP assets and corporate compliance. Have advised leading corporations on these aspects.
Committees/Affiliations:
- B.Com. (Honours) of Bombay University.
- LL.B. - Bombay University
- LL.M - from the Department of Law, Bombay University, With specialization in Commercial Laws
- A.C.S.- Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
- D.T.M - Diploma in Tax Management of Bombay University - covering direct and indirect taxes.
Information Technology Laws, Intellectual Property Rights, E-Commerce Laws
Experience:
Work experience of over 25 years with leading organizations, including the Indian subsidiary of Monsanto Chemicals, and the joint venture of Unisys Corporation, USA with the TATA group, handling legal, company secretarial and administration functions
4 years of independent practice doing specialized work in the area of International I T contracts, developing corporate frameworks for IP assets and corporate compliance. Have advised leading corporations on these aspects.
Committees/Affiliations:
- Member, Computer Law Association, U.S.A.[now International Technology Law Association] a worldwide body of computer lawyers
- Member of the Board, Licensing Executives Society, India, an affiliate of the Licensing Executives Society, International. - A worldwide association of lawyers, technologists, business executives and other professionals engaged in licensing of technology and IPR
- First member of LES India to attend a Train-the-Trainer Program [at Tokyo] on Intellectual Asset Management, conducted by LES International
- Advisory Board Member, BNA International Inc., London’s earlier publication titled World Internet Law Report
- Lecturer on I T Laws at the University of Mumbai’s Department of Law, for LLM students
- Former Member, Working Group on TRIPS, Confederation of Indian Industries
- Former Co-Chairman, WTO & Intellectual Property Rights Committee of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry
- Member of a Legal Advisory Group constituted by the Controller of Certifying Authorities, Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India
- Member of the in-house counsel panel constituted by the erstwhile World e Business Law Report, London.
- Founder President of the Technology Law Forum, a forum dedicated to Building Bridges between Technology and the Law
- Author of the "Internet effects: E- Business and IPR" forum, on the TATA Group web site.
- Occasional contributor to newspapers and specialized publications on areas of interest
- Paper on patent protection for software and software related inventions presented to Government of India.
- Co-author of a chapter titled “Software Licensing as a Driver of the Indian Economy” in a book released by LES International, titled Licensing Best Practices
- Member / Spokesman of industry delegation to the World Intellectual Property Organization at Geneva in 1999
- Speaking assignments from: The Bombay Chamber Of Commerce, Confederation of Indian Industries, Associated Chambers Of Commerce And Industry of India, Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Bombay Chartered Accountants Society, International Fiscal Association (Western India Region), Information Systems Audit and Controls Association, Forum of Free Enterprise, e BIZ Forum of Businessweek.
- Invited by the Government of India to make a presentation on Patenting of Software preparatory to the drafting of amendments to the Patents Act, 1970
- Member of a team of LES trainers at Intellectual Asset Management training courses held in early 2006, at Mumbai and Delhi, for Indian lawyers, technologists and business executives