Overview
Established companies, start-ups, and individual inventors rely on Vikas Bhargava to protect their innovations in the electrical and software fields. Vikas’s practice focuses on developing patent portfolios, navigating difficult subject matter eligibility issues with software inventions, and performing non-infringement and invalidity analyses to mitigate risk.
Vikas has a breadth of experience that spans various technical domains, including artificial intelligence/machine learning, user interfaces, cloud computing, speech/voice recognition, data security, distributed ledger technologies (including blockchain and smart contracts), wireless communication systems, analog and digital electronics, and aerospace hardware and software technologies. He has leveraged this expertise in a cross-disciplinary manner to advise clients and develop national and international patent protection strategies in the electrical, software, aerospace, medical device, mechanical, and chemical industries.
Prior to joining the firm, Vikas worked as a hardware design engineer at a Silicon Valley-based start-up and as a technical specialist at a boutique IP law firm in Washington, D.C.
Vikas worked as a summer associate with the firm in 2010 and joined the firm in 2011.
Education
- University of Southern California - Gould School of Law (USC) (J.D., 2011), Order of the Coif
- University of California - Berkeley (M.S. Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, 2007)
- University of California - Berkeley (B.S. Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, 2006)
- University of California - Berkeley (B.A. Economics, 2006)
Recognition
Awards & Honors
- Recognized in the “Best Lawyers 2025 Guide: Ones to Watch” for Intellectual Property Law and Patent Law in Best Lawyers in America (2024)
Affiliations
South Asian Bar Association of Southern California (SABA-SC)
President (2016-2017)
President-Elect (2015-2016)
Treasurer (2014-2015)
Publicity Co-Chair (2013-2014)
Co-Secretary (2012-2013)
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)
News & Insights
Articles
Wilson, J., Bhargava V., et al., “A Wireless Sensor Network and Incident Command Interface for Urban Firefighting,” Proc. 2007 4th Ann. Int’l Conf. on Mobile & Ubiquitous Sys.: Computing, Networking & Services, Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 6-10, 2007.
Contributor, Knobbe Martens PTAB Blog
Settlement 5 Days Before Final Written Decision Deadline Results in Termination Of IPR
Speeches & Seminars
Speaker, “AI: Superhero or Supervillain?,” 43rd Annual Law Day conference, Orange, CA (March 1, 2025)
Panelist, “Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property,” Orange County Bar Association’s AI Symposium, Irvine, CA (June 29, 2024)
Panelist, “Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Cybersecurity for Lawyers,” California Lawyer’s Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (September 17, 2022)
Speaker, “Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and the Law,” OCBA Masters Division MCLE Webinar, Irvine, CA (September 23, 2021)
Panelist, “Protecting Software Inventions: Overcoming the Patent Eligibility Hurdle Since Alice v. CLS Bank,” South Asian Bar Association of North America Convention, Washington, DC (July 15, 2017)
