CHENNAI: Law students of SASTRA-deemed to be university, Aaryyan Aathreya, Swaminathan and Sarva Easwaran K R were adjudged as the winners of the sixth Surana & Surana and Shaastra IIT Madras, Intellectual Property Law Moot Competition 2023, held on Sunday.
The moot proposition dealt with patent law, and the grounds and defences available for patent infringement cases. The team faced Punjab University, Chandigarh, in the finals, GNLU in the quarter-finals and School of Excellence in Law in the semi-finals.
Around 16 teams participated and the final round was judged by a bench comprising Madras high court justice C Saravanan, CM Seshadharan, Joint Controller for the Office of Patents and Designs, Patent Office, Lakshmidevi Somanath, former judge of the IPAB and partner heading the Intellectual Property Practice at Surana and Surana International Attorneys.
The team also won the Spirit of Surana award and received a cash prize of 30,000 for winning the moot.
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