Annika Karlsson

Annika Karlsson, one of Akona IP’s founders, has extensive experience across most aspects of intellectual property law, and she currently focuses her practice on strategically developing and managing patent portfolios for clients of all sizes. Additionally, Annika counsels clients on trademark-related matters, from trademark applications to protecting established trademarks from infringers.

With a diverse background that includes years practicing law at a prestigious nationally recognized law firm, as well as academic experience as an electrical engineer, Annika is able to provide thoughtful and deliberate counsel to a diverse client base. She handles intellectual property issues in a variety of industries, including those related to biomedical devices, medical imaging systems, biosensors, digital health, biocompatible solutions, speech and voice technologies, acoustics, natural language processing, neural networks, machine learning, AI processors, virtual, augmented ,and mixed reality systems, analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits, signals processing, computer architecture and processor design, sensors, industrial and product designs, autonomous systems, financial technologies, and renewable energy and smart grid technologies.