Atolani akinkuotu

Tolani is Lead Counsel on the patent team at Facebook. Over the last two years at FB, Tolani has been part of a team that works with various engineering and product teams to allow the teams to continue to innovate and develop products without concern about patent interruption. Specifically, Tolani works with the Central Product Services (which includes the Advertising and Business Platform team) and New Product Experimentation (NPE) teams to provide counsel with regard to protecting FB’s intellectual property, portfolio management, IP strategy, risk mitigation, and other related matters. Tolani is also part of the Portfolio Development and Operations team, a team of attorneys and paralegals focused on analyzing and shaping Facebook’s global patent portfolio and operations. 

Before joining Facebook, Tolani worked at Kilpatrick Townsend as an associate on the patent prosecution team. His practice focused on counseling clients on domestic and international patent prosecution strategies and drafting patent applications covering a wide variety of technology areas (e.g., electrical, software, and mechanical areas).

Tolani received his JD from Wake Forest University School of Law and a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from North Carolina State University. He is registered to practice before the USPTO and is a member of the North Carolina State Bar.