Blueshift is your choice for Software Patents
BLUESHIFT IP
We help computer technology companies protect their key innovations with a comprehensive patent strategy.
Named as The National Law Journal’s IP Trailblazers in 2020, Blueshift IP is a Boston-based patent law firm specializing in computer technology and software patents.
Key Client Benefits
- Our attorneys are computer patent specialists with computer science expertise.
- We specialize in obtaining strong, broad, defensible software patents for our clients.
- We strive to maximize protection against competitors.
- We strive to maximize the value of patent portfolios for sale and acquisition.
- We strive to craft patent properties with increased signaling strength to investors, partners, and acquirers.
OUR VALUES
- An intrinsic belief that a company’s intellectual property should serve to further its business objectives
- A commitment to provide guidance not just on process and execution, but also in prioritizing monetary and time resources against the needs of the business to get the essential IP portfolio established
- A commitment to engage with your technology and business teams throughout the IP process in order to be a thought partner and IP guardian for you from conception to filing and beyond
KEY CLIENT OUTCOMES
- An understanding of what to patent - and what not to patent
- Prioritization among your many options and innovations to cover, in order to achieve a plan for protecting the most vital innovations
- Structured communication of our jointly-evolved IP strategy to outside stakeholders such as investors, potential acquirers and partners
- Acquainting you and your employees with the IP process so that your engineering and business teams together become part of the stewardship of the company’s vital IP assets
- An outstanding patent portfolio: (a) breadth that covers your current and future technology and business offerings/innovations and (b) each patent written in highly defensible language where claims and specifications stake your company’s claim not just in the areas you presently consider vital, but future and potentially unanticipated needs as well
- Through our participation in your business prioritization process, we strive to ensure that our protection strategy evolves with your changing thinking as you encounter new challenges and opportunities in your business
Latest News
Blueshift IP Releases White Paper “How AI Is Automating the Inventive Process and Its Impact on the Patent System”
Blueshift IP is pleased to announce the release of its white paper “How AI Is Automating the Inventive Process and Its Impact on the Patent System,” authored by firm co-founder…
- May 24, 2023·
Robert Plotkin quoted in Managing IP, “Generative AI Prompts Associate Training Questions”
Industries are finding new ways to use generative AI to improve the way they conduct business, and the legal industry is no exception. Blueshift IP co-founder and software patent expert…
- May 8, 2023·
Robert Plotkin, Guest Appearance on “BE THAT LAWYER” Podcast Discusses the Future of Practicing the Law in an Automated World
Automation has created efficiencies across industries, but how will this technology impact the legal profession? Blueshift IP co-founder Robert Plotkin joined Steve Fretzin as a guest on the BE THAT…
- May 8, 2023·
Robert Plotkin, Guest on The CTO Show with Mehmet Podcast Discusses the Impact of AI on Innovation and the Patent System and More
Blueshift IP’s Robert Plotkin joined host Mehmet Gonullu on the podcast The CTO Show with Mehmet to discuss the impact of AI on innovation and the patent system, the potential…
- May 8, 2023·
Robert Plotkin quoted in The New York Times article, “AI is Coming for Lawyers, Again”
Blueshift IP’s Robert Plotkin was interviewed by the New York Times for a story on the potential for artificial intelligence to disrupt the legal industry. Robert was quoted on the ability…
- April 15, 2023·
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The Rise of Quantum Computing: Protecting Quantum Innovations with Patents
Quantum computing is starting to gain mainstream acceptance because of its capability to revolutionize our way of processing information while safeguarding critical data through quantum-safe cryptography solutions. This technology is…
- April 14, 2023·
7 Ways to Patent AI Inventions You May Not Have Considered
In its Patent Statistics and Analysis Q1 2022 report, GlobalData noted patent filings for AI-related inventions grew an average of 28% from the first quarter of 2018 to the first…
- March 10, 2023·
- Webinars ·
Maximizing Value with Intellectual Property
Traditional thinking is that your company’s IP is a cost center and a large one at that. That’s simply not the case. In fact, when IP is strategically invested, it…
- February 28, 2023·