Jim Gatto is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He is Co-Leader of the Artificial Intelligence Team, the Blockchain & Fintech Team, and Leader of the Open Source Team.

Areas of Practice

For over 35 years he has been a thought leader on legal issues with emerging technologies and business models, most recently blockchain, AI, open source and interactive entertainment. He provides strategic advice on all aspects of intellectual property strategy and enforcement, technology transactions, licenses and tech-related regulatory issues (e.g., securities, gambling, AML), especially ones driven by new business models and/or disruptive technologies. His practice focuses on:

• Blockchain (including all aspects of NFTs, blockchain games, and blockchain applications)
• Interactive entertainment (including video games, metaverses, digital art, virtual worlds, AR, VR, fantasy sports, esports, online gambling)
• Artificial Intelligence (including patent and copyright protection, copyright infringement issues with training AI models, corporate policies on employee use of generative AI, TOS issues and much more)
• Open Source (including OS clearance and compliance, OS audits, corporate policies on use of OS, M&A diligence and remediation, OS contributions and licensing, patent strategies when using open source and much more)