• Drafted, reviewed and negotiated a broad range of contracts including software contracts, joint venture marketing agreements, confidentiality agreements for business activities and intellectual property protection.• Lead engagements with strategic partners, and negotiate sensitive, highly competitive, and broadly visible joint business opportunities.

• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of enterprise wireless contracts including consulting service agreements, real estate leases and spectrum leases.• Draft and review terms and conditions and other legal policies for retail wireless business divisions ensuring clarity, compliance and alignment with the organization’s values and objectives.• Implement legal tech tools such as Icertis and iManage to develop standardized contract templates for contract lifecycle management and to improve processes.• Collaborate with cross functional teams to review AI policy and assess legal and regulatory risks associated with emerging technologies.

• Drafted provisional and complete specifications, drafted claims and conducted patentability searches.• Responded to office actions from the USPTO and amended claims related to software and medical devices.

• Conducted Freedom to Operate search for existing patents and infringement search for trademarks.• Drafted legal memos, including relating to patent damages, and guidelines for Fluidigm’s marketing and communicating policies in compliance with General Data Protection Regulation.

• Assisted Patent Attorney in prosecution of patent applications at the US Patent Office and the European Patent Office

• Examined patent applications related to the field of textile technology, polymer sciences, and mechanical engineering• Conducted novelty searches, and investigated applications for inventive step and industrial application• Conducted classification as per International Patent Classification and Indian Classification• Processed international applications filed through the Indian Patent Office as the Receiving Office via the PCT system• Member of “consultative group” at the Geographical Indications Registry for textile related applications, such as Madurai Sungudi, Bhavani Jamakkalam• Co-authored “Patent Office in 2015 – a Concept Paper” related to modernization of Patent Office in Sep 2006• Edited the in-house IP Newsletter from 2006-2007 at the Indian Patent Office• Conducted a workshop on “Patents and Designs Registration” at Coimbatore in Feb 2005