Karthik Kumar, Ph.D., is a partner in the Washington, DC office of Finnegan, an international intellectual property law firm. Karthik serves as co-leader of the firm’s augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) industry working group and focuses on complex intellectual property litigation and strategic counseling related to emerging technologies. His litigation practice emphasizes competitor disputes before U.S. district courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). Karthik also manages the global patent portfolios of several multi-national technology companies. His technical experience spans several industries including AR/VR, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), blockchain, Internet-of-Things (IoT), and 5G technologies.