As a firm of high repute and responsibility towards the nation’s intellectual capital, Singh & Singh Law Firm LLP recently got into a partnership with The MeitY Startup Hub (MSH) under the aegis of Software Technology Parks of India, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India.

The MSH has a mission to build a conducive innovation and start-up ecosystem by bringing together various technology innovation stakeholders, breaking away with the culture of working in silos and paving the way towards a strong economy built on the twin engines of innovation and disruption. It acts as a hub and ensure synergies among all the incubation centres, Centre of Excellence on Emerging Technologies and other existing platforms, supported by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for facilitating criss-crossing of technology resources, sharing best practices and ideas across the entire innovation and start-up ecosystem.

Singh & Singh Law Firm LLP. is an Indian Law firm providing services inter alia in the field of Intellectual Property Law, Media and Telecommunications laws, Arbitration, Competition Laws, Laws of Taxation and Drug Regulatory Laws.

The firm and MSH will work together in providing solutions to start-up companies in legal and regulatory sectors. Singh & Singh Law Firm LLP will strive to be reliable in terms of their legal service commitments and to be accessible to MSH.

The broader scope of the partnership includes the firm to provide;

Contentious and Non-Contentious work in Intellectual Property Law such as Trademark, Patent, Copyright, Design, Trade secret and Geographical Indication;

Drafting/vetting of agreements such as confidentiality, Non-disclosure agreement, licensing agreement, collaboration agreements, vendor agreements, employment agreements etc;

Risk management including Information Technology Act, 2000 compliance, content regulation, Data privacy and regulatory compliance such as GDPR compliance, intermediary compliance, Legal Metrology Act compliance;

Advisory work with respect to internal company policies such as HR policy, policy on Prevention of Sexual Harassment etc.;

Advisory work with respect to marketing and advertising policies and in compliance with advertising guidelines.

Strategic assistance to MSH to conduct conferences and other events for the benefit of Start-up companies in emerging technologies would invite the participation of all MSH supported Incubators/COEs to such events. It may support MSH curate programmes/conduct seminars for the training of Managers / Professionals working in MSH supported incubators/COEs