Hi! I’m David Sanker.

In early 2024, I gave up my comfortable job in BigLaw to start my own small patent firm SankerIP.

As a patent attorney, I help folks build strong patent portfolios to protect their inventions, including many inventions that involve AI. I have been recognized twice as a top AI attorney by the Daily Journal, and I am also a software engineer, a mathematician, an author, and a former World Record Holder for memorizing π. 

My website provides content about a variety of topics, including AIIP, which is my series about the intersection of artificial intelligence and intellectual property law. I have three book chapters out this year, and they are all available online and/​or in PDF format. 

As AI and patent law evolve, there are always new issues, so let me know if there are topics you would like covered. And if you need assistance with your intellectual property portfolio, please reach out.

David Sanker smiling, standing with hands in pocket.

Recent Blogs

David Sanker standing next to Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute event.

SankerIP sponsors the Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute

Blog entry categories Intellectual Property, Patents

Each year for the past 25 years, the law schools at Berkeley and Stanford jointly hold the Advanced Patent Law Institute (APLI) to keep us up to date on patent law.

David Sanker holding IA book at a book signing at the Luxury Law Summit event.

A Trip to New York City

Blog entry categories Personal, Intellectual Property, Patents

I combined two business events and a Broadway musical in one short trip to New York City.