Ananth Padmanabhan practices in Madras and is consulted on copyright law and IPR in general by the music and entertainment industry from all over India. He appeared before the Parliamentary Standing Committee in 2010 to present submissions on the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010. He has also been involved in several high-profile IPR litigations including the trade mark infringement dispute over Google adwords, the dual-SIM patent infringement dispute and the FM radio compulsory licensing dispute. Apart from his litigation and advisory work, Ananth has also visited National Law University, Jodhpur to offer a seminar on Copyright Law and offers lectures at the Bharatidasan Institute of Management in Trichy and various other B-schools. He is also a regular speaker at events organized by the MHRD IPR Chair at Cochin University of Science and Technology.