Sujit Kotwal

Partner @Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Menlo Park, CA, US

Partner in Kilpatrick Townsend\'s Electronics and Software Patent Prosecution Practice group. Practice focuses on helping clients build value by developing strategic patent portfolios, with an emphasis on U.S. and international patent prosecution in software and computer-related technologies. Over 27 years of experience as a patent attorney and strategist, counseling a diverse set of clients including individual inventors, start-ups, mid- and large-sized companies, including Fortune 500 companies. Extensive experience counseling clients in the artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning (ML), cloud computing, virtualization, chatbots, networking, security, big data analysis, and autonomous vehicles technology domains. Vast experience in other technologies including social networking systems, user experience/interfaces (UX/UI), IoT/E technologies, databases, computer graphics and animation, multimedia and image processing, storage technologies, client-server systems, and bioinformatics. Served as team leader of Kilpatrick Townsend\'s Electronics and Software Practice (EES) patent prosecution team from 2013-16, one of the largest patent prosecution teams in the US focused on electronics and software technologies. Speaker and presenter on topics related to intersection of AI/ML and patent law.Experienced in preparing patent infringement and validity opinions, performing due diligence studies, and handling reexamination and reissue proceedings before the U.S. Patent Office. Have assisted in various stages of patent litigation.Started out my legal career with Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, which merged in 2011 with Kilpatrick & Stockton LLP to form Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP.Still an engineer at heart!