Strategies for Protecting Innovations in a Digital Age.

In this dynamic era of digital transformation, where machine learning, artificial intelligence, and software advancements are revolutionizing industries, mastering the nuances of patent eligibility is crucial.
Join our esteemed speakers, Orlando Lopez, Ph.D., of Culhane Haughian & Walsh PLLC, and Robert Plotkin of Blueshift IP, as they lead a comprehensive discussion on patent eligibility, particularly in the context of machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), and software. Gain insights, practical strategies, and expert advice to confidently navigate the shifting legal terrain and achieve success in your endeavors.

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Partner at CM Law PLLC
Dr. Orlando Lopez concentrates on helping his clients, which range from individual inventors to large multinational corporations and universities, identify and protect their intellectual property and build their patent portfolios. Orlando has over twenty five years of experience at various high technology companies, including Polaroid, Data General, Control Data, and Science Applications, as a technical manager, program manager, engineer and researcher. His experience spans from managing product design projects, managing complex research teams involving software, IC design, optics, mechanics and electronics to being an active researcher in areas from magnetic and optical recording and electromagnetic effects to imaging science. He has drafted and prosecuted over 300 U.S. patent applications in diverse areas of technology such as nanotechnology, optics, quantum cryptography, software, machine learning (AI), business methods, software, telecommunications, wireless applications, electronic imaging, mechanical and physical devices. He Co-authored an amicus brief that was submitted to U.S. Supreme Court for Bilski vs. Kappos, a patentable subject matter case. His experience spans from managing product design projects, managing product design projects, managing complex research

Software Patent Lawyer & Founding Partner at Blueshift IP, LLC
Robert Plotkin is a patent attorney who has been specializing in software patents for over 25 years. He is an MIT-educated computer scientist and the co-founder of the boutique patent firm, Blueshift IP. Robert wrote the first and only book on the impact of AI on patents, entitled, The Genie in the Machine: How Computer-Automated Inventing is Revolutionizing Law and Business, which was published by Stanford University Press in 2009. His most recent book, AI Armor, describes strategies for obtaining IP protection for innovative AI technologies. Robert uses his in-depth knowledge of patent law and AI technology to obtain broad, strong, and defensible AI patents for his clients worldwide.