Artificial Intelligence

CONTACTS

Thomas Hildebrandt
Partner, Atlanta
E: t.hildebrandt@pkhip.com

Kenny Knox
Partner, Atlanta
E: k.knox@pkhip.com

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Protecting innovation at the frontier of AI.

Artificial intelligence is reshaping how companies build products, solve technical problems, and compete. Advances in machine learning, deep learning, generative AI, large language models (LLMs), neural networks, and AI-enabled software are creating new capabilities across industries. As AI systems become more sophisticated, and the technologies underlying them more complex, protecting valuable AI innovations requires both technical depth and a thoughtful intellectual property strategy.

At Perilla Knox & Hildebrandt, we help innovators protect advances across artificial intelligence and machine learning, including generative AI, natural language processing (NLP), computer vision, speech and audio processing, predictive analytics, autonomous systems, and intelligent software. Our patent attorneys combine software engineering and related scientific backgrounds with extensive experience addressing the legal and technical issues involved in protecting rapidly evolving technologies.

We work with companies and inventors developing AI technologies throughout the technology stack, from AI computing architectures, processors and accelerators, data processing, model training, and inference optimization to foundation models, large language models, multimodal AI, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agents, and sophisticated AI-enabled software platforms and products.

Technical understanding. Practical IP strategy.

Strong artificial intelligence and machine learning patents require more than describing what a system does. They require understanding how and why the technology works and identifying the technical innovations that distinguish it from what came before.

Our attorneys engage directly with engineers, scientists, founders, and technical teams to understand innovations in areas such as model architectures, neural networks, training techniques, inference systems, data pipelines, embeddings and vector search, AI agents, distributed computing, and hardware acceleration. That technical fluency allows us to develop patent applications and prosecution strategies around the underlying innovation while anticipating issues involving patent eligibility, prior art, enablement, written description, inventorship, and evolving USPTO standards for artificial intelligence and software patents.

Our Clients.

We represent innovators across the artificial intelligence ecosystem, from emerging technology companies and venture-backed startups to established enterprises, research institutions, and global technology leaders. Our clients develop and deploy technologies. Whether protecting a foundational AI architecture, building a strategic patent portfolio around a new platform, or integrating artificial intelligence into an established product, we work closely with technical and business teams to develop IP strategies aligned with their technology, competitive landscape, and business objectives.

Our Services in Artificial Intelligence

  • The litigation practice group at Perilla Knox & Hildebrandt represents clients in complex patent, trademark, unfair competition, false advertising, copyright, trade secret and other intellectual property matters in federal and state courts and tribunals across the country. Our attorneys regularly appear in the nation’s top patent trial courts, including the Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Georgia, Central District of California, Northern District of California, District of Delaware, and Southern District of New York. We also maintain an active appellate practice, most notably in cases at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which has exclusive appellate jurisdiction of federal patent cases.

    In addition to being skilled advocates, nearly all of our attorneys have technical backgrounds in science or engineering. This combination allows us to simplify complex technical and legal concepts for judges and juries, so we can achieve remarkable results for our clients.

  • The trademark attorneys at Perilla Knox & Hildebrandt have extensive experience protecting the names, logos, slogans, and other branding that makes their products and services distinguishable from those of their competitors. Our attorneys are experienced at clearing potential trademarks for use, obtaining trademark registrations, and developing cohesive brand protection strategies for AI and software companies. In addition to obtaining federal and state trademark registrations, our attorneys have substantial experience in securing foreign trademark protection overseas.

  • The registered patent attorneys at Perilla Knox & Hildebrandt are highly skilled in drafting and prosecuting patent applications in a wide range of technologies. All our patent attorneys have technical backgrounds in science and engineering, which they have used to secure thousands of patents for inventions in fields such as computing, software, communications, networking, power transmission, semiconductors, quantum devices, and consumer products. We have extensive experience in patenting technologies relating to electronic commerce, electronic device security, FinTech, virtualization, computing environment architecture, data storage, artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, semiconductor devices, semiconductor device packaging, connectors, medical devices, robotics, and others.

    We recognize there is no one approach for patent strategy and portfolio development. We evaluate each case individually, and we tailor our strategies based on the objectives of our client, the field of technology, the state of the art, the desired domestic or international reach for patent rights, and many other factors. In addition to having extensive experience in representing clients domestically at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), we also represent clients in obtaining patent protection in foreign jurisdictions