VISHAL P. KATARIYA
#65, Rumford Street, Concord, NH 03301
(603) 223-4132
vishalpk@hotmail.com
EDUCATION:
FRANKLIN PIERCE LAW CENTER, Concord,
USA
LLM, Intellectual Property Law, 2001
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, Bristol, UK
LLM, Commercial Law,
1999
Recipient of merit based
ODASS Scholarship
Dissertation: European law,
“Mutual Recognition of Educational Qualification”
UNIVERSITY OF PUNE, Pune, India
Bachelor of Laws (JD equivalent), 1998
Class rank: Stood 2/2000 in
the University
Merit Scholarship each year of the law school
LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
1999-2000 NEHRU
& CO, Pune, India - Associate
Handled trademark and
copyright litigation. Prosecuted applications to the Indian trademark and
copyright office. Prepared trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings.
Counseled on trademark validity and infringement. Drafted amalgamation and
joint venture agreements.
2000 SYMBIOSIS LAW COLLEGE, Pune, India - Lecturer
Lectured on trademark and
copyright law.
.
Summer 1998 CONSULTA
JURIS, Mumbai, India - Law Clerk
Counseled clients in matters
involving contract, trademark, copyright and litigation in the Debt Recovery
Tribunal.
Summer
1997 CONSULTA JURIS, Mumbai, India - Law Clerk
Assisted Senior Advocate, Mumbai High Court, in
recovery and bankruptcy cases. Drafted
pleadings and licensing agreements.
PUBLICATIONS:
1997-1998
Provided
translation of legal statutes in local dialects for village community around Pune,
India.
1994-1997
Essays
for ILS Law College journal, “Bosnia”, “Gulf war”, “international terrorism”
etc.
INTERESTS:
Soccer, literature, cinema and horticulture.
Finally, Pune university's IPR chair has an occupant
Express News Service
Pune, July 27: THE prolonged wait for appointment of a reader to the Intellectual Property Right (IPR) Chair at the University of Pune (UoP) is finally over.
Director General of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Dr R A Mashelkar announced on Sunday the appointment of young researcher and IPR expert Vishal Kataria to the coveted post for a five-year term.
Kataria ? a rare combination of an active farmer as well as legal and IPR specialist trained in the UK and USA ? was selected by a three-member committee comprising Mashelkar, UoP Vice Chancellor Ashok Kolaskar and senior expert in traditional medical sciences Dr M S Valiyathan.
An alumnus of Shri Shivaji Preparatory Military School (SSPMS), Kataria is a law graduate from ILS Law College and has done his post-graduate studies at University of Bristol in UK. Besides, doing his LLM in IPR from the USA. He also owns 150-acres of land at Bhor in Pune district where he takes care of cashew plantations while nurturing his skills in IPR and patent laws.
Kataria's prime task would be to generate awareness about patent laws and IPR and provide guidance to researchers and students at the university for patent presentations, drafting of patent proposals et.al., Kolaskar said.
Talking to The Indian Express, he said, ''Creating awareness about Pune's IP in the industrial sector and helping varsity researchers in successful drafting and presentation for patenting will be top on my priority.''
For two years since the CSIR extended a grant of Rs 1 crore for setting up the IPR chair at UoP, the reader's post had remained vacant. This provided much scope for speculation which has now been put to rest.