Kirti Gupta

Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Renewing American Innovation Project
Kirti Gupta

Kirti Gupta is a seasoned economist, engineer, and industry expert with around 20 years of Fortune 500 industry experience in diverse roles spanning engineering, litigation, and policy. She serves as vice president and chief economist at Qualcomm, providing economic analysis and thought leadership on global technology, intellectual property (IP), and antitrust economic policy issues in collaboration with business stakeholders and a global network of experts, economists, lawyers, and policymakers. She has been involved in various antitrust and IP litigation cases and in various strategic IP management initiatives. She is a co-founder and executive director of the IPLeadershIP platform, which convenes timely dialogues on IP and antitrust policy issues on a regular basis. Previously, she spent over a decade as a wireless engineering and R&D expert with experience in various standards bodies focused on the 3G and 4G technologies that power billions of mobile devices today. She is a co‐inventor of over 40 patents in the field of wireless communications and has published in various policy, law, and economics journals. Dr. Gupta holds an M.S. in electrical engineering from Purdue University and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, San Diego.

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CSIS Renewing American Innovation Celebrates World IP Day

What role does IP play in incentivizing innovation and technological leadership? This panel of experts explores this important topic on the heels of World IP Day.

Event by Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) , Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) , Andrei Iancu , John J. Hamre , Kirti Gupta , Kathleen O'Malley , and Judge Paul Michel (Ret.) — April 27, 2023

U.S. Technological Leadership and Patents: What Can the Data Tell Us?

The current geopolitical competition for technological leadership in critical technology areas has led to a plethora of news articles on which country holds leadership in these areas, but how do we make sense of these claims?

Event by Andrei Iancu and Kirti Gupta — August 30, 2022

Renewing U.S. Leadership in Standards

The United States must renew its leadership of a rules-based global standards system—one that is founded on a market-driven process that rewards technological excellence in the development of new technologies.

Commentary by Walter G. Copan and Kirti Gupta — June 13, 2022

Intellectual Property versus Big Tech Platforms: The IP-Antitrust Paradox

If policymakers are concerned with stemming Big Tech firms’ growing influence, they should end the attack on intellectual property, as it is the most effective tool for stopping Big Tech’s increasing economic, social, and political concentration of power.

Commentary by Kirti Gupta — September 28, 2021

U.S. Innovation Competitiveness Summit

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Event by Andrei Iancu , Walter G. Copan , Kirti Gupta , John J. Hamre , and Orin Herskowitz — September 13, 2021