Karthika Perumal

Karthika’s practice involves all aspects of technology law with an emphasis on the protection, acquisition, and monetization of intellectual property. She advises clients on patent and transactional matters in the healthcare and energy sectors across a wide range of technologies, such as biotechnology, biomedical devices, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, oil and gas processing, and software. She leverages her background in scientific research and technology transfer to help clients meet their business objectives at every stage of product development.

Karthika handles a variety of transactions, including multiparty collaborations, joint ventures, manufacturing, supply, distribution, and software development, service, and support agreements. She has developed commercialization strategies for a variety of technologies and participated in the structuring and financing of several startup companies for various pharmaceutical, medical device, and medical informatics products.

Karthika serves as Office Managing Partner of the firm's Houston office. She is a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP), the Immediate Past-President and Immediate Past-Chair of Licensing Executives Society (LES) USA & Canada, and she has written extensively on IP licensing issues. She has been recognized by Texas Super Lawyers® as a Rising Star in Intellectual Property for 2018-2022. She was the recipient of the 2022 Excellence in Diversity Award from the Houston Intellectual Property Law Association. She was recently recognized in the IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners for 2024 and by U.S. News in the Best Lawyers in America® 2024 edition for Technology Law and Trade Secrets Law.