Bharucha & Co. is amongst the leading Intellectual Property law firms based in Karachi, Pakistan. The firm is a one stop solution for all Intellectual Property and related matters and is one of the oldest firms of Pakistan in this profession. It has a long history going back to 1948, founded by Mr. Abdur Rehman Bharucha (1909 – 2001), a pioneer IP professional in Pakistan.
The firm gets its strength from collective excellence of highly qualified legal minds and technical experts having the experience of several decades as well as the ever increasing fresh blood. It is a destination for officers of IP offices in Pakistan post retirement. In its 70 years of existence in the IP profession,
Bharucha & Co. has excelled in its main areas of practice involving all aspects of patents, trade marks, designs, copyright, domain names, licensing, franchising and litigation. In addition, it has developed an extensive and dynamic network of law firms in neighbouring countries, mainly South Asian and Gulf countries in order to assure its clients of reliable assistance in the said countries as well.
The firm takes pride in being a client oriented service provider catering to the needs of individuals to large domestic and international corporations predominantly from the US, Europe and Asia as well countries in the Middle East and Far East Asia. It represents clients involved in business, trading, services, industry, etc. mainly in automobile, chemical, education, financial services, food & beverage, healthcare, engineering, pharmaceutical & life science, software & computer service, technology, hardware & electronics, telecommunication sectors and many more. It is fortunate to have a handful of clients belonging to the Fortune 500 companies.
The firm significantly invests in maintaining its own extensive database of IP matters in Pakistan on one of the world’s renowned IP management software which not only handles internal workflow of the firm but also provides for instant searches for its clients and other needs. The firm also works in collaboration with an investigation agency specializing in the field of IP which ensures quality and reliability of the investigative work.
The firm is proud to be highly commended consistently by some of the most prestigious legal referral guides such as The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Managing Intellectual Property and handful of other publications which vouch for its high standards, discerning clientele and impressive performance. Bharucha & Co. and/or its members hold memberships in INTA, CITMA, AIPPI, APAA, CIPA, AIPLA, IBA, IPBA, PTMG, MARQUES, ECTA, LES besides local IP association PIPRA and the local Bars.
Bharucha & Co. provides services for all aspects of patents, trade marks, designs, copyright, domain names, licensing, franchising and litigation. In addition, the firm has developed an extensive and dynamic network of law firms in neighbouring countries, mainly South Asian and Gulf countries in order to assure its clients of reliable assistance in the said countries as well.
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Partner
Mohammad Fazil Bharucha is the Managing Partner at Bharucha & Co. and is an advocate of the Sindh High Court. He has been with the firm since 1986.
He focuses on patent, trade mark and copyright prosecution, a range of contentious and non-contentious IP matters, including litigation, intellectual property due diligence and strategic intellectual property portfolio management. He has been involved in patent and trade mark disputes before High Court. He has also acted as a Pakistani Law Expert on IP matters in courts in foreign jurisdictions.
He is professionally active in various IP forums both locally and internationally. He has been involved in the committee for which drafted the curriculum for introduction of IP law courses in colleges and universities across Pakistan and has also been involved in conducting training sessions for judiciary in relation to IP laws.
He is currently serving as a Legal Resource from Pakistan for International Trade Mark Association’s (INTA) “International Oppositions Practice Guide” and has recently been appointed to INTA’s Unfair Competition Committee for the years 2022-2023, previously he was on Parallel Imports and Geographical Indications Committees of INTA. Since 2018, he is a member of standing committee on Commercialization of IP of International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI). He has also served as the “President Pakistan Group of Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA),” from 2010 till 2012 and has been an active member of Patents Committee for many years. He was the Delegate of Independent Members of Pakistan and Kazakhstan of AIPPI from 2011 till 2015.
Chambers & Partners recognizes him with many accolades such as a “visible” partner with a “potent background” in the intellectual property market, covers all areas of IP law and is best known in the market for his work and they also stated “professional at all times” and “very commercial in the way he deals with things”.
