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Patent Lawyers Protecting Your Innovations with Software & AI Patents

BlueshiftIP leverages decades of combined expertise in software patents. We help computer technology companies protect their key innovations with a comprehensive patent strategy. We specialize in obtaining strong, broad, defensible software and AI patents for our clients, maximizing protection against competitors.

SOFTWARE & AI PATENT ATTORNEYS FOR CLIENTS ACROSS THE USA & WORLDWIDE

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Our Services

Patent strategies tailored for software and computer technology companies

We specialize in obtaining strong, broad, defensible software patents for our clients and work with them to craft patents to maximize company value.

WE OBTAIN, LICENSE AND LITIGATE PATENTS ACROSS NUMEROUS TECHNOLOGIES. FROM SOFTWARE PATENTS, TO MORE SPECIALIZED SECTORS SUCH AS AI PATENTS, QUANTUM COMPUTING PATENTS, MACHINE LEARNING PATENTS AND MORE. SEE OUR FULL LIST BELOW:

Software Patents

AI Patents

Quantum Computing Patents

Machine Learning Patents

Patents for Apps

Telecommunications Patents

Robert Plotkin, one of the firm’s founders, is one of only a handful of patent attorneys in the U.S. who has an extensive track record of obtaining patents for quantum computing software.

Our Process

We're a patent law firm specializing in patents for software and computer technology

At Blueshift IP, we work collaboratively with you to develop patent portfolios that are aligned with and support your business goals. We begin the collaboration by discussing with you your business objectives, understanding how you believe patents will further those objectives, and then selecting, filing, and prosecuting patents that further the goals we’ve identified. 

This process requires us to learn about your technology in depth and your future technology development plans in the context of the competitive market in which your business operates. This way, we can obtain patents that protect your technology today and tomorrow, and enable your patents to be used offensively as necessary.

We use our combination of technological and legal expertise to craft and execute patent protection strategies that maximize the strength and value of your patent portfolio. Through this process, we educate you about the patent process and empower you to play an active role in creating intellectual property protection for your innovative technologies.

OUR SERVICES PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS TO YOUR COMPANY

Patents that protect your core technology against your competitors

Patents that are broad enough to protect your future technology

Patents that maximize value for events, such as financing, acquisition, IP, and licensing

Patents that are written to provide maximum defense against challenges by competitors

A patent strategy that evolves with your evolving business goals over time

An understanding of what to patent – and what not to patent – in order to maximize your return on investment
Prioritization among your many options and innovations to cover in order to focus your investment on your company’s most vital innovations

Structured communication of our jointly-evolved IP strategy to outside stakeholders, such as investors, potential acquirers, and partners, so that everyone understands the value of your patent portfolio

Acquainting you and your employees with the IP process so that your engineering and business teams make maximum contributions to the company’s vital IP assets and so that valuable patent assets are not left on the table

Patents that you can use defensively against competitors who attempt to enforce their patents against your company

OUR ADVANTAGE

BlueShift IP isn’t just another IP law firm. Our lawyers specialize in niches such as AI, Machine Learning & Quantum Computing Patents

Our attorneys are computer patent specialists with computer science expertise. Robert Plotkin holds a degree in computer science and engineering from MIT, while Cynthia Gilbert holds a degree in computer science and mathematical philosophy from Brandeis University. Our clients turn to us because we:
Specialize in obtaining strong, broad, defensible software patents for our clients
Strive to maximize protection against competitors
Work to maximize the value of patent portfolios for sale and acquisition
Craft patent properties with increased signaling strength to investors, partners, and acquirers
In addition, we also obtain software patents internationally. Our extensive, hand-selected network of leading international law firms provides our clients with the necessary breadth and depth to create, grow, manage, and enforce software patent portfolios worldwide in every jurisdiction. We maintain close relationships with all of our foreign law firms so that our clients obtain responsive, effective, and efficient service, whether filing a single patent application in a foreign country, enforcing a patent in a foreign court, or selling an entire patent portfolio in a multinational transaction.
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CLIENT SUCCESSES

Hear what our client's have to say about Blueshift IP

We strive to provide clients with strong, defensible patents.
Over the past three decades, I have worked with more than twenty patent attorneys at several big law firms in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia on a wide range of intellectual property matters. When it comes to intellectual property strategy and patent prosecution for computer-related technologies, Robert is the best of the best.
Steven K. Gold, M.D.Serial Entrepreneur
Attorney Cynthia Gilbert has worked with us closely for over five years, developing our patent portfolio, which has served as a cornerstone of our company’s competitive advantage. Ms. Gilbert easily engaged with us on highly complex, technical details of our cryptography-based inventions, revealed exactly where our technology was most innovative and differentiated, and obtained several critical and highly valuable software patents in the US and internationally for our company.
Will AckerlyFounder, Virtru Corporation
In growing from a small, Cambridge start-up to a well-established video advertising company working with some of the largest brands in the world, we have relied on Cynthia’s legal expertise to develop a patent portfolio that supports our business objectives. She takes the time to learn our business, engages on key technical details with ease, and provides the tactical and strategic insights that help us understand and navigate the legal process to create a valuable patent portfolio.
Bettina HeinFounder and CEO, Pixability, Inc.
Robert takes the time to understand our business and our technology in depth. As a result, he tailors our patent strategy to our business goals as they evolve, instead of applying a cookie-cutter approach. He is solution-oriented and has helped our company to develop an international patent portfolio covering our core technologies in our key markets worldwide. We consider him to be a part of our team.
Juergen FritschChief Scientist M*Modal

Our People

Our founders are passionate technologists and software patent attorneys

Cynthia Gilbert and Robert Plotkin, both passionate technologists and software patent attorneys with degrees in computer science, founded Blueshift IP, a Boston-based patent law firm specializing in patents for software and computer technology.

In addition, we also obtain software patents internationally. Our extensive, hand-selected network of leading international law firms provides our clients with the necessary breadth and depth to create, grow, manage, and enforce software patent portfolios worldwide in every jurisdiction. We maintain close relationships with all of our foreign law firms so that our clients obtain responsive, effective, and efficient service, whether filing a single patent application in a foreign country, enforcing a patent in a foreign court, or selling an entire patent portfolio in a multinational transaction.

Robert Plotkin

Attorney

Cynthia Gilbert

Attorney

PUBLICATIONS

Awards & accolades of our founding partners

Both our founding partners were recognized as IP Trailblazers by The National Law Journal

The “IP Trailblazers” recognition is given to only a tiny fraction of IP lawyers in the US who are recognized as innovative leaders. Being a small boutique patent law firm, it is an honor that both our founding partners were bestowed this recognition and included alongside some of the largest and most well-known prestigious patent law firms in the country.

The Genie in the Machine: How Computer-Automated Inventing is Revolutionizing Law and Business by Robert Plotkin

A book about the impact of AI on patent law, written by Robert Plotkin, which was published by Stanford University Press in 2009. Robert has been writing about AI and patents for over two decades, firmly establishing him as a thought leader in the field of developing strategies for AI patents well before the topic advanced to the forefront of the industry.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

American Law Media has recognized Cynthia Gilbert as a 2021 and 2022 Woman Leader in Law.

Cynthia Gilbert and Robert Plotkin were selected for inclusion in the 2021 and 2022 Massachusetts Super Lawyers Lists as “Top Rated Intellectual Property” Attorneys published by Thomson Reuters. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.

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