Eddie Obissi is an intellectual property attorney specializing in the autonomy, AI, and software side of the auto industry. He is Senior Intellectual Property Counsel at Rivian, where he manages the company’s autonomy and AI technology patent portfolio and works on commercial agreements, open source policy, AI governance, and IP dispute resolution. Before Rivian, he spent four years at General Motors, where he managed a global patent and trade secret portfolio and handled IP dispute resolution and litigation matters, data loss prevention, and portfolio monetization. Eddie began his career in private practice at McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff in Chicago, later becoming a partner, where he worked on patent prosecution, litigation, and PTAB matters, focusing on self-driving vehicles, LIDAR, robotics, avionics, drone delivery, AI, UI/UX, and software technologies. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Miami University, a J.D. from Cardozo School of Law, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.