Snapshot of the profile

• 18+ years of industry experience in Intellectual Property Rights (IP), Information Technology (IT), and Quality Control & Quality Assurance in India and Australia: Handled key roles in the IT industry for 10+ years
• Registered Indian Patent & Design Attorney (IN//PA 4563), expert in computer related inventions
• Master of law (LLM in IP), United Nations Special agency [World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)], Ankara University, and Turkish Patent and Trademark Office with a 9.575/10 grade.
• WIPO FULL scholarship holder, Master degree (LLM) was Fully Funded by the UN Special agency (WIPO) along with stipend
• Bachelor of Law (LLB, Honors in IP law) from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT KGP)
• B.Tech (Information Science and Technology), Acharya Nagarjuna University
• Skilled Migrant and Permanent Resident of Commonwealth of Australia in the field of“Software Engineering”
• Active Peer Reviewer for articles on IP Law
• Multiple IP certifications including DL- 101, 177, 450, 301, 302, 320

Publications in IPR

Patent Disclosure Requirement for AI-Assisted Inventions: A Comparative Study of EU and India; Ashok Hemanth Upputuri and Zehra Ozkan; Journal of Intellectual Property Rights; Vol 28 (2); 2023

Patents: Are we prepared for the next pandemic? LinkedIn Article, 2020

ndia’s Migrant workers in the COVID 19 era—a Labour Law perspective;LinkedIn Article, 2020