TPM has largely served Indian Producers in protecting their interests from cheap priced imports.
TPM has defended the interests of the Indian industry and also the foreign exporters in the investigations conducted in India and by other investigating authorities in the World.
TPM enjoys the status of having done largest number of anti dumping cases in India. Wherever it has been involved, TPM has been at the core of those investigations.
TPM has been assisting Indian Producers wishing to request imposition of anti dumping duties, Foreign Producers wishing to respond to the Investigating Authorities and consumers wishing to protect their legitimate business interests.
TPM has also represented Indian Industry in Safeguards investigations.
Safeguard measures are targeted against increased imports as against Anti-Dumping, which is a measure against unfair practices of dumping.
It provides a short-term relief as against anti-dumping, which provides long-term relief.
Subsidization of goods results from the Governmental Practices, in which Government confers an advantage to domestic producers or exporters involving a financial contribution by the Government.
TPM provides services in the area of subsidy, also.
GSP is a formal system of exemption from the more general rules of the World Trade Organization. It is a benefit where the exports may be made duty-free in the country granting GSP.
TPM assists industries in filing applications in GSP for waiver of competitive need limitations.
The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) is a program designed to promote economic growth in the developing world by providing preferential duty-free entry for various eligible products from designated beneficiary countries and territories. Currently the GSP is available from Japan, United States of America and Europe. GSP is not available if the exports from the beneficiary country to the country granting GSP exceed the prescribed limits (Competition Need Limitation). Beneficiary country may apply for a waiver of Competition Need Limitation anytime before the export exceeds the prescribed limits.
TPM provides the below-mentioned services in GSP.
- Application for including a product in the list of eligible products.
- Application for waiver of Competition Need Limitation.
In an endeavor to cover all the dimensions of trade protection, we also provide services in the field of intellectual Property rights.
TPM has the requisite expertise and is well positioned to provide legal and procedural services relating to trademarks and copyright.
The firm advises on all aspects of Intellectual Property related services among its special areas of expertise. The intellectual property rights include:
Trademark:
- Trade mark search
- Filing of applications, registration procedure
- Renewal, opposition, rectification
- Action of infringement and passing off
- Assignment, licenses and transmission, drafting deed form, consequent registration of assignment, etc.
Copyright:
- Registration, assignment, infringement of a copyright
- Software programs copyright
- Drafting deeds for transfer of copyright and royalty, etc.
Patents:
- Validation of the Application
- Patentability Search
- Infringement Analysis
- Informative Search
- Regular patent applications
- Handling Office Actions from various jurisdictions
TPM also assists the industry by providing the valuable information like whether there is or can be a possible threat of injury to industry by monitoring the imports and whether the industry should approach the anti dumping department for the levy of the Anti dumping duty.
After the antidumping duty has been levied, TPM also provides service on the monitoring of imports. It helps in identifying whether any circumvention is happening or whether the imports are coming even after the levy of antidumping duty.
- Application for including a product in the list of eligible products.
- Application for waiver of Competition Need Limitation.
TPM has a formidable team which advises on legal issues concerning business undertakings in India and overseas, including,
- Structuring and Restructuring of commercial arrangements;
- Formation of legal entities in India & overseas through a liaison, branch or project office or subsidiary company or joint venture or an unit in a special zone;
- Technology transfer, licensing and franchise arrangements;
- Corporate transactional matters including commercial arrangements and contracts, contractual matters and documentation, due diligence reviews;
- Intellectual property rights protection;
- Competition laws;
- Employment issues;
- Governmental and Regulatory services including filings, compliance reviews, maintenance of statutory records and commercial documentation;
Our team of professionals has the expertise and skill in providing legal services for national and international clients.
Corporate laws and Tax laws go hand-in-hand. Our team keeps a tab on the latest developments in the field of Indirect taxation. In order to maximize the profits and mitigate the incidence of indirect taxation for a domestic or overseas entity, it is necessary to ascertain the advantages/schemes/exemptions available under Indirect tax. We advise our clients to derive maximum profits and maximum benefits available.
Our team of professionals has the expertise and skill in advising national and international clients on policies, laws and regulations in relation to
- Customs duty
- Foreign Trade Policies/Import-Export Policies
- Excise duty
- Service tax
- Research & Development Cess (‘R&D Cess’)
- Value Added tax (‘VAT’)/Works Contract tax (‘WCT’)/ Central Sales Tax (‘CST’)
- Entry tax
- Professional Tax