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Blueshift IP is proud to announce that founding partner, Robert Plotkin, has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Robert was recognized in the area of Litigation – Intellectual Property…
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Blueshift IP is proud to announce that firm co-founder Robert Plotkin has been named to Lawdragon’s 2025 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors list. This prestigious international honor recognizes legal professionals who are driving innovation at the dynamic intersection…
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Blueshift IP co-founder and patent software expert Robert Plotkin recently authored an article for IPWatchdog about artificial intelligence’s potential to impact patent law’s nonobviousness requirement. “Has the widespread adoption of AI tools fundamentally changed what constitutes ‘ordinary skill’…?,” Robert posits…
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Practical Law—a publisher of trusted, up-to-date legal information and best practices—recently published a guide on patent drafting for software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology, authored by Blueshift IP co-founder and software patent expert Robert Plotkin. With SaaS becoming a dominant model in software…
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Blueshift IP is pleased to announce that founding partners Cynthia Gilbert and Robert Plotkin have been selected for inclusion in the 2024 Massachusetts Super Lawyers® list as “Top Rated Intellectual Property Attorneys.” Each year, no more than five percent of…
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Blueshift IP is proud to announce that Robert Plotkin has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Robert was recognized in the area of Litigation – Intellectual Property for Cambridge,…
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AI Armor: Securing the Future of Your AI Company with Strategic Intellectual Property is now available on Amazon! Click here to choose the Kindle, hardcover, or paperback edition. Authored by Blueshift IP co-founder and AI patent expert Robert Plotkin, AI…
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The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act, also known as PERA, was introduced by Senators Coons and Tillis last year to help shore up issues related to patent eligibility that have hurt small- and mid-sized businesses, particularly those in the software space….
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What is artificial intelligence IP mapping? As Robert Plotkin writes in his latest article for IP Watchdog, it’s a systematic method for mining your AI innovations for valuable intellectual property assets that can be protected through patents and trade secrets….
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Blueshift IP is excited to announce the publication of AI Armor: Securing the Future of Your AI Company with Strategic Intellectual Property. Coming this April and authored by firm co-founder and leading software patent expert Robert Plotkin, this first-of-its-kind, comprehensive…
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Blueshift IP client Singular Computing LLC, headed by inventor Dr. Joseph Bates, has been engaged in a major patent infringement trial against Google relating to computer chip designs. Reuters reports that $1.67B in damages were sought and that the case…
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Blueshift IP co-founder Robert Plotkin spoke with Authority Magazine about how artificial intelligence is disrupting the legal industry – and what lawyers should consider as we approach living in an increasingly AI-assisted world. In addition to discussing his unique background…