Kyle St. James

Kyle St. James advises clients on patent portfolio development, prosecution strategies in the U.S. and abroad, and patent litigation matters. Companies and individuals often seek Kyle’s counsel on offensive and defensive patent portfolio reviews as well as validity and non-infringement analyses and opinions of patents directed to computer- and medical-related technologies. He also assists patent holders and licensees with drafting and reviewing licensing agreements.

Kyle is at the forefront of the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and patent law. He has developed an expertise in both the technology underlying AI as well as how best to obtain patent protection on products or services that incorporate AI regardless of whether the models are open-source or closed-source. To that extent, many of his clients develop and manufacture computer hardware and software, 3D printers, medical devices and products within the fields of data analytics, internet and wireless network technologies and cybersecurity.

Additionally, Kyle has a particular passion in viticulture and oenology having clients that develop devices that utilize sensors to measure properties of grapes and wine including pH and levels of acetic acid and sulfur dioxide as well as perform analytics thereon. Similarly, Kyle seeks to apply his expertise in AI to assist technology companies that produce sensors or equipment used in agriculture settings in building a patent portfolio and protecting their intellectual property (IP).

During law school in Silicon Valley, Kyle gained experience in the legal departments of Aruba Networks (acquired by Hewlett Packard) and eBay working on their patent portfolio development and prosecution strategies. In addition to this in-house experience, he has guided numerous start-ups through the initial stages of filing their first patent applications.