Biography
Archana Bhuta is the Head of IP, Associate General Counsel, IP at SRI where she leads the IP legal team in the creation, licensing and enforcement of SRI IP. She has led efforts in IP portfolio management, IP licensing and acquisition and IP litigation at large and mid-size companies as well as new ventures. Prior to joining SRI, Ms. Bhuta built IP programs from the ground up at startups (Pebble Technology, Corp. and LeEco US) in the areas of streaming content platforms and smart devices including smartphones, smart TVs, smart bicycles, autonomous vehicles, VR and smart watches. Ms. Bhuta was also the Director of Patents at Juniper Networks, managing the overall patent program and counseling Juniper’s software, routing and switching business groups on patent portfolio growth and management. Prior to joining Juniper Networks, Ms. Bhuta was at Sun Microsystems, as well as in private practice at Weil Gotshal & Manges focusing on IP litigation and at Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman focusing on patent prosecution, due diligence and opinion work.