Ever escalating competitive and budgetary pressures command innovative approaches to manage and benefit from IP portfolios. Success demands a comprehensive approach that considers the full IP lifecycle. Drawing the right innovation out of the business and timely realizing IP protection is not only essential to maintaining and enhancing competitiveness in existing markets, but also to succeeding in new markets. Intelligently managing and enforcing the business’ IP portfolio is more important than ever in these economic times. This panel will discuss practical approaches to:
- Establishing processes within the business for identifying important and potentially valuable innovation for protection within the IP portfolio
- Implementing creative IP preparation and prosecution strategies to accelerate allowance of essential IP to the business
- Using new strategies for cultivating and optimizing the IP portfolio beyond the core needs of the business and toward revenue generation
- Identifying future trends in IP enforcement legal fee arrangements and bringing the sometimes competing interests of clients, counsel, and financiers into alignment
- Putting the IP portfolio to work for the business through new IP enforcement financing arrangements
Panelists:
- Michael Bishop, General Counsel, AT&T Intellectual Property, Inc.
- Fernando Borrego, Senior Counsel – BASF Corporation
- Vincent Castiglione, General Counsel, Coby Electronics Corporation
- Kevin Cranman, General Counsel, Ericsson Television Inc.
- Jim Ewing, Vice-Chair, Chemical, Biotech & Pharma Practice
- Amar Thakur, IP Litigation Practice
Related Insights
January 16, 2026
Energy Current
Fifth Circuit Clears Path for Texas LNG Brownsville Terminal Construction
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on January 14, 2026 overruled the petition of the South Texas Environmental Justice Network (STEJN)…
January 16, 2026
Innovative Technology Insights
Crypto Exits Surge in 2025: Momentum Builds for an Even Bigger 2026
After more than a decade of speculation about when digital‑asset companies would finally break into the public markets at scale, 2025 delivered the long‑awaited breakthrough. Crypto‑related businesses didn’t merely test market appetite—they validated it.
January 15, 2026
The Path & The Practice
Special Episode: Alexis Robertson and Dan Sharpe talk advice to new Big Law associates
In this special edition of The Path & The Practice, Alexis is joined by Dan Sharpe, DEI Manager at Foley & Lardner, for a conversation focused on advice to new associates. Based on their years of legal practice and their experience working in law firm talent development and DEI, they cover a variety of topics including time entry, meeting deadlines, responsiveness, and office presence.