Tushar Gupta

Tushar Gupta is a Senior Consultant for Walker Clark LLC, specializing in improving the productivity, efficiency, resource allocation, and work processes in law firm operations to deliver sustainable profitability to law firms and consistently high quality to their clients.

Tushar brings a rare blend of start-up, corporate, and consulting experience, all of which underpin his his practical, results-oriented approach to business and management. He has more than 16 years of hands-on experience at intersection of operations, telecom, patent research and analytics, and business consulting. Over his career, he has built high-performing global teams, designed scalable research and business processes, and delivered tailored IP and business/ market-intelligence solutions for corporations, law firms, and start-ups worldwide.

As co-founder and CEO of Intricate Research Pvt. Ltd., an intellectual property research and analytics firm, Tushar has helped clients turn complex standards and IP questions into clear, commercially actionable decisions. Previously, he held an executive role at Tracxn Technologies, a start-up scouting firm, and spent nearly a decade with CPA Global (now part of Clarivate) in a leadership position, where he headed the Transactional Patent Research & Analytics team. Earlier, he began his career as a Telecom Engineer with Verizon Technologies.

Tushar is a regular thought leader in industry discourse, with articles in IAM Media and on China’s Zhihu platform. He co-authored the chapter “Patent Drafting, Research & Analysis” in Outsourcing of Core Legal Service Functions (Globe Law and Business, UK) and frequently delivers workshops to universities and start-ups to foster IP awareness and protection.

Selected publications & reports

  • “What to expect from Wi-Fi 7 (IEEE 802.11be)?” (Zhihu)

  • “The role of AI/ML in 5G Advanced” (Zhihu)

  • “ChatGPT: A Conversational AI Model” (Zhihu)

  • “5G Scenario in India” (Zhihu)

  • “Why do Startups need patents?” (Zhihu)

  • “NFTs and Intellectual Property” (Zhihu)

  • “China pulls ahead of the US in blockchain technology race” (IAM Media)

  • “Alibaba leads China’s surging blockchain patent filings” (IAM Media)

  • Patent Landscape Report: Autonomous Vehicles (Intricate Research)

  • 5G SEP – Preliminary Report (Intricate Research)

  • Webinar: Patent Service Outsourcing – Benefits, Engagement Models & Requirements (Royal RAI Association, Amsterdam)

Education &  professional credentials

  • MBA — Deakin University (Australia)

  • Bachelor of Engineering (ECE)— University of Delhi (India)

  • PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner — AXELOS (UK)

  • PG Certificate — Advanced General Management Program, IMT Ghaziabad (India)

  • Diploma in Business — ICFAI University (India)

  • Certificate — “Intellectual Property Rights and Information Technology in the Internet Age,” Indian Law Institute (Deemed University, India)

Tushar’s languages are English and Hindi