Rohan K George heads the intellectual property and information technology practice in Samvad. He also handles dispute resolution matters in Chennai. Rohan has extensive experience in the field of intellectual property, information technology law and media law.

Rohan has been involved in a number of vital litigations relating to issues of key importance in intellectual property and law and technology. Rohan was one of the counsel involved India’s first decision on software patentability, Yahoo!Inc vs the Asst Controller of Patents. Rohan also represented stakeholders in the Antony Clement Rubin vs Union of India writ petition, which was filed seeking to interlink Aadhaar and other government IDs with social media for identity authentication purposes. He is also actively involved in policy. In the course of his policy engagements, Rohan has worked on projects for the Department of Chemicals and Fertilisers, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, the Indian Music Industry, and the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD). He is also a special invitee to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Chennai Committee on Indian and PCT Patent Filings.

Rohan has a B.A., LL.B (Hons.) from the NALSAR University, Hyderabad, (2004), and a LLM from Columbia University, USA (2009), (Lawrence A. Wein Fellow).

Apart from the law, Rohan is a fan of science fiction books and table-top games. He also tries his hand at woodworking, fishing, singing and playing the harmonica.