IP Counsel Cafe Annual Silicon Valley Meeting - May 14-16, 2026
COURSE EVALUATION
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SPEAKER MATERIALS
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MAY 12 MATERIALS
MAY 13 MATERIALS
Future of the IP Legal Department
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Navigating Changes at the USPTO
Global Litigation and UPC Trends
New IP Litigation Trends in US
Foreign Filing & Global Portfolio Building Trends
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How to Show ROI
https://www.kilburnstrode.com/knowledge/european-ip/value-of-a-global-patent-portfolio
https://www.kilburnstrode.com/knowledge/events/global-patent-strategies-in-lsc
https://www.kilburnstrode.com/knowledge/events/pharmaceutical-patent-strategy-building-a-portfoli
Impact of AI Tools on In-House Workflows
AI Governance and Contract Issues
MAY 14 MATERIALS
Evolving Role of IP Counsel
Partnering with Outside Counsel in AI World
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AI and Future of IP Profession
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IP Protection in Age of AI: Changing Relative Values of Different Forms of IP
California and New York launch AI companion safety laws | Davis Polk
California governor signs Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act | Davis Polk
America’s AI Action Plan: Pillar 3 – Leading in International AI Diplomacy and Security | Davis Polk
America’s AI Action Plan: Pillar 2 – Building American AI Infrastructure | Davis Polk
America’s AI Action Plan: Pillar 1 – Accelerating AI Innovation | Davis Polk
Deep Drive into State of Copyright Litigation
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AI and Overlap of IP, Data and Privacy Rights
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Breakout with Finnegan: Strategies for Defending Against NPE Litigation in Era of Increased Litigation Funding
Breakout with XL Scout: AI Tools for Increasing Efficiency and Speed in Patent Prosecution
Breakout with Deep IP: IP Strategy when Budget is Tight
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Breakout with Ankar AI: AI Tools for Highly Regulated Industries (Hopper - Grand Hall)
Breakout with Juristat: AI Tools for Finding Innovations
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CLE INFORMATION
This program is pending approval for CLE in the State of California. The certificate will be available once the course is approved.
OUT-OF-STATE CLE
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS
Please be sure to visit the Exhibitors for a chance to win RAFFLE PRIZES including World Cup tickets, luggage, electronics, and more!
PLATINUM SPONSORS
Murgitroyd is a full-service intellectual property firm with a strong presence across Europe, the Americas and Asia. This year, we mark our 50th anniversary, reflecting five decades of helping clients protect, manage and strengthen their intellectual property.
Our team of European patent, trade mark and design attorneys combines technical depth with sector-specific experience, advising many of the world’s leading innovators and brands. From pre-filing advice and searching to prosecution, renewals and strategic portfolio management, we offer a complete range of IP services.
We combine legal expertise, technical knowledge and commercial awareness to deliver practical, strategic support. We are proud to protect progress, helping clients develop and defend the ideas, technologies and brands that drive business forward.
For more information, visit www.murgitroyd.com.
Foley & Lardner LLP is a preeminent law firm that stands at the nexus of the Energy & Infrastructure, Health Care & Life Sciences, Innovative Technology, and Manufacturing Sectors. We look beyond the law to focus on the constantly evolving demands facing our clients and act as trusted business advisors to deliver creative, practical, and effective solutions. Our 1,100 lawyers across 27 offices worldwide partner on the full range of engagements from corporate counsel to intellectual property work and litigation support, providing our clients with a one-team solution to all their needs. For nearly two centuries, Foley has maintained its commitment to the highest level of innovative legal services and to the stewardship of our people, firm, clients, and the communities we serve. For more detailed information about our firm, please visit our website at www.foley.com.
Clarivate™ is a leading global provider of transformative intelligence. We offer enriched data, insights & analytics, workflow solutions and expert services in the areas of Academia & Government, Intellectual Property and Life Sciences & Healthcare. We are the single partner law firms and companies rely on to transform the way they create, manage and protect intellectual property. Our comprehensive intellectual property data, software and expertise helps companies drive innovation, law firms achieve practice excellence, and organizations worldwide effectively manage and protect critical IP assets. Clarivate is home to Derwent Innovation™, CompuMark™, Innography™, Darts-ip™, IPfolio™, FoundationIP ™ and other leading IP solutions. Please visit clarivate.com
GOLD SPONSORS
Baker Botts is a leading global law firm. The foundation for our differentiated client support rests on our deep business acumen and technical experience built over decades of focused leadership in our sectors and practices. We are proudly technical in helping clients shape the future of their industries. Our insights help clients see over the horizon and anticipate opportunities and challenges regarding their business objectives.
From our history in the energy industry, to establishing deep benches of talent in intellectual property, technology, and life sciences, we have a heritage of helping our clients push into new business frontiers. We continuously mobilize teams from across the firm specifically designed to help our clients solve their most complex business problems. These teams are comprised of the right lawyers with the right experience, cross-functional perspectives and capabilities – spanning our offices, practice groups and departments.
We view diversity and inclusion as a business imperative and are proud to continue to be recognized by Diversity Lab as “Mansfield Certified Plus.” We take seriously our responsibility to support our colleagues of color and ensure that our diversity and inclusion efforts are meaningful in driving lasting change. For more information visit www.bakerbotts.com
Bird & Bird is an international law firm with a focus on helping organisations being changed by technology and the digital world. With 1700+ lawyers in 32 offices across Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, we're ready to help you wherever you are in the world. Our San Francisco representative office connects you to one of the world's largest IP teams with 400+ specialist IP lawyers. We offer support for all IP rights, including patents, trade secrets, product design, copyright and database rights, data privacy and trade marks. We advise on IP protection, enforcement, strategic management, valuation and monetisation of IP portfolios. For more information please visit www.twobirds.com
HGF is one of Europe’s leading firms of Intellectual Property specialists. The firm is one of only a few to offer a fully integrated IP solution, bringing together patent attorneys, trade mark attorneys, design attorneys, IP solicitors and attorneys-at-law together across 25 offices in seven European countries, including Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. HGF creates and manages IP portfolios for the world’s leading companies and research institutes. We advise clients on the creation of strategic IP assets around the world and provide world-class expertise in oppositions, appeals, commercialisation, dispute resolution and litigation to defend and enforce IP rights. For more information please visit HGF
Kilburn & Strode LLP ‘is a top-tier UK and EU Intellectual Property firm’, and with an office in California, the practice is able to service its Silicon Valley and San Francisco-based clients effectively. The team has seen a growth in activity regarding the AI, food and beverages, and healthcare sectors, and continues to be strong in the life sciences and technology spaces, supporting clients in EPO prosecutions, oppositions, and appeals. Nick Lee spearheads the life sciences and chemistry team, while Gareth Fennell heads up the technology practice, which also includes managing partner Richard Howson, who has a strong focus on the aerospace and automotive sectors. The engineering group is chaired by Robin Lloyd, and firm chairman and honorary secretary of the UK’s Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys Gwilym Roberts is also a key name of note. For more information visit www.kilburnstrode.com
KXT Law is a boutique intellectual property and complex commercial litigation law firm based in Silicon Valley that is uniquely positioned to provide clients with a collaborative, flexible, and tailored approach to solving their problems. For more information please visit kxtlaw.com
MASCHOFF BRENNAN GILMORE ISRAELSEN & MAURIEL LLP
If you’re looking for a group of Intellectual Property attorneys who are smart enough to understand your vision, compassionate enough to appreciate your ingenuity, and wise enough to realize when to go to battle, look no further than Maschoff Brennan.
Among the leading Intellectual Property and Complex Litigation firms in the United States, Maschoff Brennan has the experience and sophistication to resolve even the toughest IP cases. With offices in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah as well as Irvine, California, our more than 50 attorneys offer impressive technical expertise, with backgrounds in chemistry, physics, mathematics, electrical engineering, computer science, biology, and mechanical engineering.
If you need help procuring patents, trademarks, or copyrights, our prosecution team can give you assistance in obtaining the intellectual property protection you require. If you need help enforcing or defending a legal claim, our litigation team has the experience and expertise you need to help enforce those rights or settle any legal disputes you may encounter.
We’re seasoned enough to provide all the expertise and knowledge you could ever need and small enough to offer exceptional value. If you are looking for a full service intellectual property and complex litigation firm with off-the-charts technical experience, reliable service and forward-thinking practices, we’d like to meet you.
For more information visit mabr.com
Procopio is committed to helping clients reach their full potential while striving always to provide the highest level of client service. Our deep bench of about 200 seasoned and diverse attorneys offer practical legal solutions to clients around the world. We get to know each client’s industry and its challenges, and partner with clients to identify unique business opportunities and capitalize on them now and into the future. An AmLaw 200 Mansfield Rule Plus certified firm recognized for attorney diversity by AmLaw and Law 200, our attorneys in San Diego, Del Mar Heights, Silicon Valley, Orange County, Las Vegas, Scottsdale and Washington, D.C. are here for you. For more information visit www.procopio.com
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (including its associated entities) is an elite global law firm with world-class practices across the board. Industry-leading companies and global financial institutions know they can rely on us for their most challenging legal and business matters. The firm’s top-flight capabilities are grounded in a distinguished history of 170 years, and our global, forward-looking focus is supported by offices strategically located in the world’s key financial centers and political capitals. More than 1,000 lawyers collaborate seamlessly across practice groups and geographies to provide clients with exceptional service, sophisticated advice and creative, practical solutions. Visit davispolk.com
McDermott Will & Schulte is a global law firm that helps leading organizations solve complex legal challenges and achieve stronger outcomes. With more than 1,750 lawyers across 20+ offices worldwide, we deliver data‑driven insights, deep industry knowledge, and practical solutions grounded in our “Always Better” commitment. McDermott’s Intellectual Property practice supports clients across the full innovation lifecycle, from global litigation and enforcement to portfolio development, prosecution, transactions, and optimization. Our multidisciplinary team delivers clear, commercially focused IP strategies aligned with our clients’ business goals across rapidly evolving technologies, industries, and markets. For more information visit www.mwe.com
STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox is a full-service intellectual property law firm that provides innovative solutions tailored to your business and industry. Since our founding in 1978, we have grown to become one of the largest IP specialty law firms in the United States. We collaborate across the full spectrum of IP to deliver real results for our clients—from patent and trademark prosecution, to patent litigation in federal district and appellate courts, strategic IP counseling, due diligence, and post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Our team includes attorneys, patent agents, and technical specialists with 100+ advanced degrees, including 60+ Ph.D.s,, in science and engineering disciplines. We work with the world’s leading innovators and brands, ranging from individual inventors and startups to renowned universities and Fortune 500 companies. For more information please visit www.sternekessler.com
Ankar AI is the AI operating system built for patent professionals. We offer a comprehensive suite of AI-powered tools that can be tailored to your workflows, helping your team elevate every stage of the patent lifecycle, from idea generation and drafting to prosecution and protection. Our partnership-led approach ensures that we can meet your firm’s unique needs, where we will work closely with you to design and deploy the right tools across the entire patent lifecycle. For more information please visit Ankar.AI
Sheppard is an Am Law 50 full service intellectual property law firm, guiding clients through patent prosecution, patent litigation, trademark counseling and litigation, due diligence, and trade secrets protection. With more than 150 IP professionals—many holding advanced technical degrees—we advise leading companies across industries. We build and manage global patent portfolios and litigate high-stakes disputes in federal courts, the ITC, and before the PTAB.
In addition, Sheppard’s privacy team stands out for leadership on landmark privacy cases, practical advice, and swift response to evolving statutory requirements, cybersecurity threats, and data security incidents.
Website: Sheppard.com
ArcPrime is a strategy, analytics, and IPMS tool for inhouse counsel to know and use their portfolio. ArcPrime uses AI to streamline inhouse counsel’s daily workflows including portfolio management, readiness, claim charting, pruning, gap analysis, and targeted prosecution. For more information please visit www.arcprime.com
LexisNexis® Intellectual Property Solutions empowers great innovators to shape a better future for all of society. As the seeds of innovation are being sown everywhere, we enable decision-makers to anticipate whether they’ll disrupt or distinguish their business and avoid falling behind in the highly competitive race to innovate.
Built by experts and backed by science, our solutions help organizations navigate the fog of uncertainty that clouds innovation data. By combining trusted, enriched data, industry-proven metrics, and AI-powered capabilities such as Protégé™ in LexisNexis® PatentSight+™ , we support data-backed decisions, streamline processes, adjust strategies and ultimately achieve growth.
Our clients remain in complete control and are confident in their decisions because we bring clarity to innovation. For more information please visit https://www.lexisnexisip.com
BRONZE AND EXHIBITOR SPONSORS
IPRally is a company that focuses on leveraging artificial intelligence for patent search and classification in the technology sector. The company offers a web application that simplifies the process of finding, reviewing, and categorizing patents, using generative AI to identify relevant matter in patents and to automate patent risk management. IPRally primarily serves law firms, search firms, and intellectual property offices. It is based in Helsinki, Finland. For more information visit www.iprally.com.
XLSCOUT is an AI- and LLM-powered IP intelligence platform that supports prior art analysis, portfolio evaluation, and patent-to-product and standards mapping at scale. Through Agentic AI workflows, XLSCOUT accelerates multi-step IP analysis across the entire IP lifecycle. Together with TT Consultants, our Human in the Loop partner, we combine automation with expert human insight to help you make faster, more confident licensing and monetization decisions. For more information visit xlscout.ai
Young Basile is an intellectual property, technology transactions and litigation firm that represents leading global companies, regional technology-driven companies, and emerging businesses. With a combination of deep technical knowledge, business acumen, and proven expertise, we convert your cutting-edge innovations into enterprise value and drive successful results for our clients’ most important and complex matters. For more information visit youngbasile.com
Founded in Singapore in 2007, Patsnap is a global leader in innovation intelligence. Using advanced AI agents and powerful analytics, Patsnap helps IP and R&D teams uncover insights, speed up discovery, and protect their most valuable ideas. More than 15,000 enterprises, law firms, and research institutions across the world, including NASA, PayPal, Sanofi, Wilson Sonsini, and Colgate Palmolive, rely on Patsnap to shape the future of innovation and make bold, data-driven decisions. Discover more: www.patsnap.com
IP Copilot is a pioneering platform designed specifically for inventors, by inventors, aimed at revolutionizing the way innovations are discovered, managed, and protected within companies. Leveraging cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) technology, IP Copilot offers a suite of tools that streamlines the invention disclosure process, making it more efficient and effective.
At the heart of its innovation is the ability to monitor discussions within a company in real-time, allowing it to discover emerging innovations as they happen. This real-time discovery ensures that no potential invention goes unnoticed or undocumented. Further enhancing its offering, IP Copilot utilizes AI to assist inventors in creating robust invention disclosures. These disclosures are meticulously detailed, containing the technical depth necessary for making informed filing decisions, thereby simplifying what is traditionally a complex and time-consuming process.
IP Copilot also excels in performing instant prior art searches. Its AI-driven system can quickly tag, score, and summarize ideas, facilitating swift decision-making. This capability not only speeds up the assessment process but also increases the value of every patent filing and your overall portfolio, while reducing costs to generate.
Moreover, IP Copilot actively engages in the discovery and management of trade secrets. By identifying and cataloging trade secrets through its AI algorithms, it ensures that valuable company knowledge is adequately protected and leveraged for competitive advantage.
In summary, IP Copilot represents a transformative solution for inventors and companies alike, offering a comprehensive and intelligent approach to IP management. Through its use of AI, it addresses key challenges in the invention process, from discovery through to protection, making it an indispensable tool for fostering innovation and securing intellectual property rights. For more information visit www.ipcopilot.ai
The law firm of Ruggiero McAllister & McMahon LLC (“RuggieroIP”) brings a long history of practicing intellectual property law and a passion to provide clients with legal advice on key aspects of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and related transactional matters. RuggieroIP’s focus is directed towards professionalism, effectiveness, and providing solutions to complex issues. RuggieroIP further strives to deliver this important legal advice and services to clients in a focused and cost-manageable way. RuggieroIP includes attorneys having a blend of prior in-house/industrial experience as well as basic and advanced technical degrees. Please contact partner, Erica Dorsey, at erica@ruggieroip.com for further information.
RPX Corporation is the leading patent risk management platform, offering defensive buying, acquisition syndication, patent intelligence, and advisory services. Since its founding in 2008, RPX has introduced efficiency to the patent market by providing a rational alternative to litigation. The San Francisco-based company’s pioneering approach combines principal capital, deep patent expertise, and client contributions to generate enhanced patent buying power. By acquiring patents and patent rights, RPX helps to mitigate and manage patent risk for its growing client network. For more information please visit https://www.rpxcorp.com/
HTS is about patent analysis. Experts at HTS analyze individual patents, portfolios, technologies, and industries. HTS is a select team of experienced and credentialed licensing, technical, financial and business executives. We have a core team of highly skilled IP professionals, each with best practice experience in licensing, litigation, patent prosecution, valuation, and reverse engineering. HTS offers technical due diligence like portfolio mining, invalidity, non-infringement and claim charting; financial due diligence like royalty rate calculations and exposure analysis; and offers subscriptions to the CyberMetric System. We work with Fortune 500 technology companies in the United States, Europe, Japan, and China, with a reputation for integrity that is unsurpassed in the industry. For more information please visit High-Tech Solutions
DeepIP is the first next-generation AI Patent Assistant integrated with Microsoft Word—transforming how leading law firms and in-house counsel draft and prosecute patents across the US and Europe.
Core Features
* AI Patentability: Instantly assess novelty and patentability with comprehensive prior art analysis
* Drawing Generation: Transform technical descriptions into professional patent drawings automatically.
* AI-Assisted Patent Drafting: Generate complete patent applications that match your writing style while ensuring comprehensive coverage and legal precision.
* AI Reviewer: Quality control powered by AI expertise. Automatically review drafts for consistency, completeness, and compliance with patent office requirements.
* Smart AI Prosecution: Streamline patent prosecution with intelligent office action responses.
What Makes DeepIP Different
DeepIP delivers unmatched output quality through direct feedback from the top 50 US & EU IP law firms, producing first drafts so strong they require minimal revision. The AI learns your writing style, adapting to individual practitioners and clients to maintain your firm's unique voice. With seamless Microsoft Word integration, there's no disruption to existing workflows—just immediate productivity from day one. All backed by fortress-level security with zero data retention, GDPR compliance, and SOC II Type 2 & ISO 27001 certifications. For more information visit https://www.deepip.ai/
Powerful tools and technologies for your global IP needs
Our industry-leading translation, foreign filing, and patent maintenance solutions are reinforced by advanced project management capabilities and cutting-edge technology that empower IP professionals to seamlessly manage complex global portfolios. For more information visit www.sunip.com
Unified Patents is a 300+ international membership organization that seeks to improve patent quality and deter unsubstantiated or invalid patent assertions in defined technology sectors (Zones) through its activities. Its actions are focused broadly in Zones with substantial assertions by Standards Essential Patents (SEP) holders and/or Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs). For information please visit https://www.unifiedpatents.com
Juristat makes the patent process faster, easier, and more predictable. By reducing uncertainty at the USPTO, we help patent professionals improve outcomes and manage IP spend more effectively. Our SaaS platform combines powerful analytics, automation, and deep patent expertise to streamline workflows and boost efficiency.
With data on over 10 million pending, granted, and abandoned applications, Juristat is the most robust patent analytics platform available. Corporate IP teams and attorneys use Juristat to simplify prosecution, eliminate tedious tasks, and make smarter, data-driven decisions. For those navigating the complexities of patents, Juristat is the strategic edge they need. For more information visit www.juristat.com
Anaqua is a premium provider of integrated, end-to-end innovation and IP management solutions, serving many of the top U.S. patent filers, global brands, and a growing number of law firms worldwide. A privately-held company, Anaqua’s global operations are headquartered in Boston, with offices across the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia. For more information please visit www.anaqua.com
PRIMA by Providentia pairs legal professionals with curated AI technologies to support in-house counsel at scale. Offering flexible secondment, fractional counsel, and project-based support, PRIMA delivers better economics than traditional BigLaw while maintaining full law firm security, including attorney-client privilege and conflict risk mitigation. With deep expertise in IP, including Patents, Licensing and Strategy, Product, AI/emerging technology law, and Compliance, PRIMA attorneys bring both law firm credentials and in-house tech experience. Prima Legal AI advises on selecting and deploying trusted AI legal tech for patents, contracts, and in-house workflow automation. Backed by Providentia, PRIMA is the integrated solution partner for enterprise IP counsel and legal departments. For more information please visit https://primalegal.ai
Lowenstein Sandler is a national, full-service law firm with more than 400 attorneys and a well-established IP practice serving technology-driven companies across industries. Our patent prosecution team supports early-stage companies through Fortune 5 enterprises with strategic portfolio development and global patent prosecution. The team includes patent attorneys with technical backgrounds spanning software, AI, data analytics, physics, computer architecture, semiconductors, life sciences, and consumer technologies. The firm is consistently recognized for patent prosecution quality and performance, including being named a Top Patent Firm by Juristat for the sixth consecutive year and earning rankings in IAM Patent 1000 and Chambers USA. For more information please visit www.lowenstein.com
Solve Intelligence is the AI platform for helping legal professionals with every part of the patent process. With $55M backing from Y Combinator, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, 20VC, Operator Collective, Visionaries, and others, they have assembled a world-leading team of patent attorneys, AI PhDs, and software developers to build products for patent application drafting, office action responses, invention harvesting, claim charting, infringement analysis, FTO, validity challenges, patent litigation, and more.
They are now selling their 100% secure and confidential software to 400+ IP firms and in-house teams across the US, Europe, and Asia (e.g. DLA Piper, Siemens, Perkins Coie, Amgen - see customers). Solve customers are reporting 60-90% efficiency and quality improvements (see testimonials and G2 reviews).
Tradespace helps IP teams improve portfolio quality and drive business value. Our AI-powered IP management platform empowers companies to quickly evaluate new disclosures, file stronger patents, make better portfolio management decisions, and identify monetization potential. For more information visit: https://www.tradespace.io/
When your most valuable assets are ideas, innovation, and brand—you need the best. Finnegan, a premier intellectual property law firm, is trusted by global leaders to protect and advance what sets them apart. With 11 offices across the globe, we bring local insight and global reach to every IP challenge. We are located in Atlanta, Boston, London, Munich, Palo Alto, Reston, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei, Tokyo and Washington, DC. From high-stakes litigation to cutting-edge patent strategy and innovative brand management, we deliver unmatched depth, agility, and results. If it is IP, it is Finnegan. Please visit us at www.finnegan.com or follow us on LinkedIn to see how we’re shaping the future of IP, one breakthrough at a time.
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. is a vibrant and innovative law firm dedicated exclusively to the practice of intellectual property law. Our 100+ intellectual property attorneys serve a roster of clients that includes startups, universities, multinational corporations, middle-market businesses, and individuals in matters spanning the entire technical spectrum including those relating to digital healthcare, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and medical technology. Schwegman focuses on strategic patent portfolio planning and management, infringement, validity and clearance investigations, opinions and all phases of intellectual property prosecution practice. This includes preparation and prosecution of patent applications, appeals, re-examinations, interferences and foreign oppositions. For more information please visit www.slwip.com
Patlytics is the premier and market-leading AI-powered platform that supports the full patent lifecycle, helping law firms, in-house teams, and IP professionals navigate the complexities of patent prosecution, litigation, licensing, management, and more. The platform integrates AI-powered solutions that accelerate infringement and invalidity analysis, patent application drafting, office action analysis and responses, and portfolio management, as well as IP strategy. Trusted by Fortune 500 and emerging companies as well as top-tier law firms, including those from the Am Law 100 and ranked in the top tiers for patent litigation and prosecution by Chambers, IAM Patent 1000, and Legal 500, Patlytics empowers IP professionals to focus on strategic patent innovation by reducing cycle times, increasing margins, and delivering winning IP outcomes. For more information, visit: https://www.patlytics.ai
The IP Arms Race: Don't Just Analyze. Outpace.
The landscape is shifting. With Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) becoming increasingly aggressive, traditional IP strategies are being buried under the weight of data. In this environment, "fast" isn't enough—you need to be predictive.
Dolcera’s AI-first approach is built for this friction. It is the perfect synergy of human intuition and algorithmic speed. At its core is Lexa, our proprietary RAG tool that puts attention models on steroids through smart chunking.
By augmenting our highly technical team with Lexa’s processing power, we enable a high-impact cycle of:
Weaponized Offense: Our experts leverage Lexa to generate high-impact Evidence of Use (EoU) and claim charts with surgical precision and unprecedented velocity.
Fortified Defense: We empower our team to devour mountains of evidence in hours, not weeks, uncovering the "smoking gun" prior art needed to neutralize even the most aggressive assertions.
We don’t just manage portfolios; we drive high-velocity outcomes. While we can’t name the global tech giants we represent (the pioneers of 5G, cloud, and the modern web), our results speak for themselves.
Dolcera turns IP from a cost center into a high-impact engine for growth and defense.
Computer Packages Inc. (CPI) delivers powerful Intellectual Property Management Software and IP Annuity Payment Services that help organizations secure, manage, and reduce costs across their intellectual property portfolios.
Built by experienced developers and shaped by continuous client feedback, CPI’s platform is engineered for real-world IP operations. Our fully integrated, all-in-one system supports seamless collaboration, streamlined IP prosecution workflows, and simplified global annuity and renewal management.
With AI-enabled automation, trusted global data, and configurable workflows, CPI gives IP teams the visibility and control needed to manage patents, trademarks, and annuities with greater efficiency, accuracy, and confidence across the entire IP lifecycle. For more information please visit www.computerpackages.com
IP Author is an AI-powered platform that helps patent teams draft and prosecute patents faster and more efficiently. The platform seamlessly integrates invention disclosure, patent drafting, prior art search, and prosecution into a unified generative AI workspace to eliminate fragmented workflows. Developed in collaboration with expert IP attorneys, it automates the most labor-intensive tasks with high accuracy and consistency. Enterprise-grade security, including SOC 2 Type II compliance, ensures client data is never used for model training and remains fully isolated. This enables teams to scale patent operations with greater speed, accuracy, and confidence while maintaining control across the entire patent lifecycle. For more information please visit ipauthor.com
Benesch is one of the fastest growing Am Law 200 law firms, now approximately 500 attorneys strong across six offices in Cleveland, Chicago, Columbus, New York, San Francisco, and Wilmington. The firm’s growth has been driven largely by demand from national and international technology, software, and life sciences public and private companies seeking sophisticated counsel outside of the traditional large firm model.
Our attorneys are drawn from premier BigLaw firms and elite litigation boutiques, and we deliver the same caliber of work at a more competitive price point, structured around lean and strategic staffing, close collaboration with in-house legal teams, and a shared commitment to keeping legal strategy aligned with broader business objectives
Benesch is regularly recognized by Chambers & Partners, with 40 attorneys and 19 practice areas ranked in Chambers USA 2025.
For more information please visit www.beneschlaw.com
Harness IP is a premier intellectual property law firm with more than a century of experience helping innovators protect and maximize the value of their ideas. With nearly 100 attorneys and patent professionals—many with advanced technical degrees—we deliver end-to-end IP services, including patent prosecution, trademark protection, litigation, and strategic counseling. Serving clients from startups to Fortune 500 companies, we combine deep technical insight with practical, business-focused guidance. Our approach simplifies IP complexity, enabling clients to innovate confidently and compete effectively in today’s global marketplace. For more information please visit www.harnessip.com
Patent Bots’ suite of essential and easy-to-use AI-enabled tools helps patent attorneys streamline tedious day-to-day work, obtain stronger patents, deliver results faster, and improve their organization’s bottom line.
Prep & Pros Pro. Get it right – faster – with automated drafting and proofreading.
Art Unit Predictor. Steer patents away from the USPTO’s hardest art units.
Examiner Statistics. Adapt your strategy with real intel on patent examiners.
PatentPlex. Supercharge your review and analysis of any US or EP patent.
PatentLink. Monitor quality, competitors, and more with interactive patent lists. For more information please visit www.patentbots.com
Park IP, a Welo Global brand, is a global IP solutions partner built for modern intellectual property work. Trusted by Am Law 200 firms and Fortune 500 corporate legal teams, Park IP enables the protection of intellectual assets with accuracy, clarity, and confidence across jurisdictions. It combines deep IP expertise with AI-powered workflows to reduce risk, improve predictability, and deliver greater visibility and control across the IP lifecycle, from prosecution to litigation and compliance. Its Legal Studio platform strengthens portfolio management through jurisdiction-specific coordination and real-time oversight, while experienced IP professionals remain accountable for quality and judgment. Operating under ISO-aligned quality and security standards, Park IP delivers a disciplined, transparent approach to managing intellectual property worldwide. For more information please visit www.parkip.com
Stilta builds agentic AI to defend and commercialize patents and their portfolios. Its agents reason across 180M+ patents, 250M+ scientific publications, and over a trillion web pages - finding and assessing the evidence required to provide impactful intelligence. Founded by four ex-McKinsey engineers, backed by Y Combinator. For more information visit https://stilta.com/
Carpmaels & Ransford is a European intellectual property law firm advising US and international companies on the protection and enforcement of IP rights across Europe. We work closely with in‑house counsel and US law firms on cross‑border patent strategy, litigation and portfolio management, with a particular strength in life sciences, healthcare, technology and engineering‑led sectors. Our integrated teams of patent attorneys, litigators, trade mark attorneys and IP transactions specialists regularly act before the European Patent Office, national courts and the Unified Patent Court, helping clients navigate the evolving European IP landscape. For more information please visit www.carpmaels.com
INNOVATION PARTNER
ADAPT.legal was founded in December 2021 when a community of friends from different companies came together to brainstorm ways to grow and support the IP profession. We hope you will join our community, use and contribute to our platform. For more information, visit https://www.adapt.legal
