Pavan K. Agarwal uses his strong business acumen to provide practical legal counsel that supports clients’ overall business goals.

A partner and intellectual property lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP, Pavan applies his decades of experience advising clients on business impacts of patents throughout their life cycles. His practice is centered on patent law and trade secret law, with concentration on patent litigation and licensing, opinions, and counseling (including patent prosecution).

With an emphasis on advising electronics and automotive technology companies, Pavan represents clients in leading-edge technical sectors such as artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, and medtech. In patent disputes, he has extensive experience representing manufacturing and high-tech clients in several patent-heavy U.S. Federal Districts, the International Trade Commission, and in post-grant proceedings (mostly inter partes reviews) in front of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). He has litigated numerous cases and conducted licensing negotiations related to standard essential patents (SEPs).

Pavan is chair of the firm’s Innovative Technology Sector and a member of the Automotive Sector. He is a member of the firm’s Electronics, IP Litigation, Appellate, and International Practices. His past firm leadership positions include chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Department and member of the firm’s Management Committee.

Pavan regularly lectures both in the United States and internationally, emphasizing leading-edge legal and technical trends. He has spoken and written about artificial intelligence, connected cars and autonomous vehicles, as well as wireless communications. Previously, Pavan served as an adjunct professor at George Washington University Law School, as a patent editor for the Federal Circuit Bar Journal, and as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Alvin A. Schall of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.