Robert Plotkin is an MIT-educated patent attorney who has been specializing in software patents for over 25 years. He provides strategic legal counsel to technology companies of all sizes in the US and worldwide.  He is one of the few patent attorneys with extensive experience obtaining patents on quantum computing software technology internationally.  He has worked closely with one of his clients to develop training sessions on quantum computing technology that his client has provided to patent examiners at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to teach them about this new field.  He is a founding partner of Blueshift IP, a patent law firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts that specializes in software patents. His clients entrust him with their most valuable software patents and he is often called on to advise in business-critical software patent acquisitions and litigation.

Michael Pack, PhD., counsels’ clients in a variety of intellectual property matters. His background and experience in the areas of engineering, technology, and law enable him to successfully provide clients with strategic solutions on patent prosecution and technology matters.

Michael represents a broad range of clients, prosecuting patent applications for U.S. and foreign corporations in many fields, including:

• Machine learning and artificial intelligence
• Computer vision and image/signal processing
• Photonics
• Quantum computing and measurement
• Telecommunications (wireless and optical)
• Medical imaging (CT, PET, MRI, and ultrasound imaging)
• Remote sensing
• Cryptography and blockchain technologies
• Internet-of-things (IoT)
• Cloud computing
• Smart devices
• Business methods