Leadership

Amit Aggarwal

Amit Aggarwal was one of Effectual's Co-Founder and the driving force behind key initiatives.

Amit had extensive IP experience, having worked with leading MNCs and regional corporations on patent strategy, business planning, operations, patent infringement, prior art searches, patent litigation and enforcement support services, before he went on to found Effectual.

Amit held a Law Degree, a Masters Degree in management and Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering. He had also undergone extensive training in patent law under US and European patent attorneys and had received certifications from organizations like WIPO, GIIP, IP Central, Lee & Hayes, and Microsoft.

He is deeply missed at Effectual, and his vision continues to drive the company forward.

Dr Amit Goel

Dr Amit Goel is Director, Effectual Services, one of the India's fastest-growing patent and trademark consulting firm. Dr Amit manages and supervises different practice groups at the firm and leads a team of 250+ professionals involved in patent/ trademark strategies, IP assets monetization, patent litigation and technology scouting. He has been providing IP asset management, technology research and strategy solutions to Fortune 500 companies in diverse technical domains.

Dr Amit has 18 years of international legal experience across IP services. He has worked with global companies ranging from multinational corporations, universities, start-ups and others. He has advised them on the development of their IP portfolios, acquisition of assets, patent licensing and patent portfolio management. He has also counselled on issues pertaining to M&A's, valuation of intellectual property, licensing and assessment of technological breakthroughs.

• Over 18 Years of Industry Experience with technology companies and IP law firms.
• Authored 30+ research publications in International Journals & Conferences.
• Awarded 'The World's Leading IP Strategists 2019' by IAM Strategy 300.
• Awarded 'Entrepreneur of the year 2022' by Business Connect Magazine

Meetika Aggarwal

Meetika has an overall experience of 18+ years in which she has worked with 500 Fortune companies, assisting US Patent Attorneys and agents of IT Major in patent prosecution and infringement analysis. She has been Team Lead and Senior Patent Analyst for some major projects. She has extensive experience in Client Communication and Relationship Development, Project and People management, Infringement and Invalidity Analysis, Quality Check of deliverables, Project Skills Training, mentoring fresh recruits, Staffing & Recruitment. She has also received Expert Certification on Filing and Obtaining Trademark in India, 2014 and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva Certification Course on Intellectual Property Rights in 2006

he holds a Master's degree in Information Technology in addition to Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science. She is also well versed in Patent and Trademarks laws (US, EP, India) and has trained with professionals from Microsoft, Wipo.

Nishant Singh

Nishant is a leading expert in the intellectual property space and has been a strategy advisor to clients around the globe. He has extensive experience in the IP and business research domain and has worked with leading multi-national and regional corporations on patent and R&D strategy, innovation foundation, business planning, operations, patent infringement, prior art searches, patent litigation and enforcement support services.

• Strategy advisor to clients around the globe
• Authored 30+ research publications in International Journals & Conferences.
• Awarded 'The World's Leading IP Strategists 2019' by IAM Strategy 300.
• Awarded 'Entrepreneur of the year 2022' by Business Connect Magazine

Ram Tenneti

Ram has 16+ years of experience leading international and multicultural teams of 10-200 people, he has managed 1200+ projects ranging from $500K-$18.5M in budget with 8000+ hours in presenting and training, on a wide variety of subjects including innovation, teamwork and project management. He leads the firm's strategic initiatives while working to create strategies based on data-driven analysis.

• 16+ years of experience leading international and multicultural teams
• Served over 1700 global fortune enterprises
• Specializes in consulting assignments and business research
• Develops strategies based on data-driven analysis

Rakesh Pandey

Rakesh has over 12 years of cross-functional experience in IP strategy, marketing and sales strategy, performance improvement, and business development in patent and legal services. He also works closely with IP Directors, General Counsels or Patent Counsels, Patent Attorneys, Patent Agents and R&D Heads. Prior to Effectual, he was responsible for growing the business and has worked with several Fortune 500 companies in operations and business excellence.He has done his undergraduate studies from Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University.

• Cross-functional experience in IP strategy, marketing and sales.
• Worked with several Fortune 500 companies
• Expert in performance improvement & business development in patent & legal services
• Works Closely with IP Directors, Patent Counsels, Attorneys, Agents and R&D Heads.

Manoj Poonia

Manoj has been delivering Intellectual Property related services in the outsourcing industry for more than fourteen years. He has worked with a number of AmLaw 100 Law firms, Fortune 100 companies, Patent Brokers, and IP Monetization companies. His core expertise lies in delivering searching and analytics services such as invalidity search, patent landscapes, infringement searches, claim charts, etc. He also has experience in working on Trademark searching and patent proofreading projects.

He is well versed with US, EP and Indian Laws, and has undergone a number of trainings from US and EP patent attorneys. His technical areas of expertise include petrochemicals, chemicals and materials, polymers, lightweight alloys used in automobiles and aerospace Industry.

• 14 years of experience delivering patent related services.
• Technical expertise in petrochemicals, chemicals, polymers, lightweight alloys & aerospace
• Specialize in invalidity searches, landscapes, infringement, claim charts etc.
• Worked with AmLaw 100 Law firms & Fortune 100 companies

Dr. Gerhard Hörsch

Gerhard holds a degree in both business administration and physics, and has held prominent positions with several top multinational corporations, including NOKIA in Finland, AEG in Germany, Thales in France, SAMTEL, and TOOLTECH in India. He has extensive expertise managing business development initiatives to acquire clients for our IP Design Centre in India from the automotive, general/industrial engineering, and law firms. Maintaining a tight relationship with our clients both during and after project completion is a crucial component within which – Voice of the Customer (VoC) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) are his forte.

Regarding law and patent research services, he has a wealth of knowledge in the IP and business research fields. Any type of patent search, including those for novelty, patentability, prior art, freedom to operate (FTO), landscape analysis, and support for patent infringements, are some among his strong suite.

• A doctorate in business administration and physics.
• Has extensive knowledge of Indian market and its requirements for over 2 decades.
• Associated with Effectual for over 8 Years.