Robert Gravois
Partner

r.gravois@pkhip.com

+1 (770) 927-7802 x 123

Services

Litigation
Patents
Trademarks
Anti-Counterfeiting
Post-Grant Proceedings
Copyrights
Trade Secrets

Industries

Electrical Computer & Software
Artificial Intelligence
Automotive
Mechanical
Semiconductor
Consumer Products

Robert Gravois is a registered patent attorney and Partner at Perilla Knox Hildebrandt Staley & Amy LLP. His practice spans the full range of intellectual property law, with particular emphasis on IP litigation, patent and trademark drafting and portfolio development, licensing and transactions, and due diligence. Clients trust Robert to navigate and solve complex IP problems.

Robert represents clients in IP enforcement and defense matters in federal trial courts nationwide and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He has also handled dozens of post-grant proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, including inter partes review (IPR), post-grant review (PGR), covered business method (CBM) review, interference, and ex parte reexamination, on behalf of both patent owners and challengers.

In addition to dispute work, Robert advises clients on building and managing IP portfolios, licensing and monetization, anti-counterfeiting, and overall IP strategy. He has drafted hundreds of patent and trademark applications and regularly prepares legal opinions addressing infringement/non-infringement and validity/invalidity of IP rights.

Before joining PKH, Robert served as the Assistant General Counsel of Intellectual Property at ADT Security Services. In that role, Robert managed and strategically grew the company’s worldwide patent portfolio, protected and enforced the company’s trademark rights, supported IP litigations, bolstered its open-source software compliance program, and counseled business leaders on IP issues. Prior to joining ADT, Robert was a partner at another highly respected IP firm.

Robert earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida and a Juris Doctor with a certificate in intellectual property law from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. He is admitted to the Georgia and Florida bars and is registered to practice before the USPTO. He manages PKH’s South Florida office in Boca Raton and frequently works from the firm’s main office in Atlanta.

  • University of Florida Levin College of Law
    J.D., Certificate in Intellectual Property
    University of Florida
    B.S. Electrical Engineering

  • United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
    Georgia
    Florida

  • Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
    Southern District of Florida
    Middle District of Florida
    Northern District of Georgia
    Eastern District of Texas
    Western District of Texas
    Supreme Court of Georgia
    Court of Appeals of Georgia

    • Secured a favorable jury verdict against a computer manufacturer for infringing a blade-server technology patent. Also successfully defended the patent through multiple inter partes reviews (IPRs) and appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

    • Represented a musical equipment manufacturer in securing a reversal by the Federal Circuit of an IPR decision that had applied an incorrect legal standard in its obviousness analysis. The USPTO’s Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) includes a discussion of the court’s decision to guide patent examiners on the proper obviousness analysis that must be applied during patent examination.

    • Represented a professional audio equipment manufacturer in enforcing patents covering digital signal processing and power factor correction technologies for audio amplifiers.

    • Defended a manufacturer of optical instruments used for quality testing of electronic devices in a patent infringement dispute.

    • Represented a logistics services company in enforcing patents covering machine-vision technology used to facilitate logistics asset repairs.

    • Represented a patent owner in multiple IPRs involving patents covering media streaming and location-based tracking technologies.

    • Defended a financial technology company and its indemnitees against a non-practicing entity’s allegations of patent infringement involving electronic banking technology.

    • Defended a firearms importer in a patent infringement dispute involving tactical shotguns.

    • Enforced multiple patents directed to dual-flush toilets against a toilet component manufacturer.

    • Defended a manufacturer of stevia, a sugar substitute, accused of infringing patents relating to the production of glucosylated steviol glycosides.

    • Defended a plumbing component manufacturer in multiple IPRs challenging patents covering plumbing technologies.

    • Defended a scientific instrument manufacturer against trademark infringement claims.

    • Represented a children’s products manufacturer in a patent interference proceeding involving infant bassinets.

    • Represented a laboratory equipment service provider in a dispute involving copyrights, unfair competition, and publicity rights.

    • Defended a multimedia production house in a copyright ownership and licensing dispute.

    • Named a “Top Lawyer” in Intellectual Property by Palm Beach Illustrated for 2026

    • Super Lawyers Rising Star 2022-2023

    • Panelist, “Privilege and Confidentiality in the Context of Patent Prosecution,” 22nd Annual IP Springposium, Atlanta, GA, April 23, 2026

    • Interviewed and quoted in “Federal Circuit Veers from USPTO Agenda in IPR Estoppel Ruling,” Law360, March 12, 2025.

    • Presenter, “Practice Tips from In-House IP Counsel on Ethics, Business Value of IP, and Other Insights,” Hillsborough County Bar Association, Tampa, FL, November 10, 2023.

    • Panelist, “Changing Litigation Strategies,” IP Counsel Café, New York, NY, November 1, 2023.

    • Panelist, “2023 In-House Law Update,” IP Section of the State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, October 30, 2023.

    • Moderator, “Patent Venue Cases and Trends After TC Heartland,” Georgia IP Alliance Corporate IP Institute, Atlanta, GA October 19, 2021.

    • American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

    • Federal Bar Association (FBA)

    • Craig S. Barnard Inn of Court (2025-2026)

    • Atlanta IP Inn of Court (2016-2022)

    • Judge Clarence Cooper American Inn of Court (2019-2022)

    • Leadership Buckhead (Class of 2022)