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Patent portfolios frequently expand faster than internal teams can evaluate them. As maintenance fees and prosecution costs accumulate, legal departments must decide where to continue investing - often without historical knowledge about why any particular asset mattered when it was filed, or even when the patent issued. And then by the time pruning decisions are necessary, choices are required by…
Join us on Tuesday, September 8th, at 12 PM CST, for a complimentary webinar that describes practical techniques for using AI in chemical patent drafting, prosecution, and searching, and examines how patent firms are deploying these tools today. It also brings practitioners current on inventorship of AI-assisted inventions in the United States and abroad, on developing authority governing privilege and…
For patent professionals, the question is no longer whether AI will reshape practice, but rather how law firms and corporate IP departments can translate new tools into consistent, trusted workflows. Selecting the technology is only the first step. The more difficult challenge is securing buy-in, redesigning processes, and ensuring that attorneys and staff actually use the tools. This webinar will…
Artificial intelligence is creating new opportunities for corporate IP teams and outside counsel to automate research, analyze portfolios, identify risks, and collaborate more efficiently. But even the most sophisticated AI cannot reliably compensate for incomplete, inconsistent, or outdated information. When general-purpose large language models are used for IP analysis without a curated data foundation, the result can be missed relationships,…
A patent infringement allegation requires counsel to answer two related but analytically distinct sets of questions. First, who owns the asserted patent, what is known about the asserting entity, and is the matter part of a broader enforcement campaign? Second, how vulnerable are the asserted claims to validity challenges based on the prior art? The information needed to answer those…
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping patent practice, but before IP teams embrace any AI solution, they run through a complex evaluation process that goes far beyond impressive demos and bold efficiency claims. In this session, patent practitioners and AI experts will unpack the real questions law firms and in-house teams ask before they are willing to trust, deploy, and rely…
Please join us at IPWatchdog Studios in Ashburn, Virginia, for our Third Annual Women’s IP Forum, taking place September 23-25, 2026. Following the tremendous success of last year's event - our largest and most successful program ever hosted at IPWatchdog Studios - we are excited to bring you an even bigger and better experience this year. The program will feature…
From university labs to startup breakthroughs to world-leading industries, what makes innovation ecosystems thrive? Join the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) on Wednesday, September 23, 2:30-3:30 PM ET for a conversation on the report Idea Factories: How Intellectual Property Sustains and Cultivates Technology Ecosystems. Moderated by Safi Bahcall, bestselling author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win…
Save the date for the Fifth Annual Life Sciences Masters™ 2026 program, a part of the IPWatchdog Masters™ series. The program is scheduled for Monday, November 9, through Wednesday, November 11, 2026, at IPWatchdog Studios in Ashburn, VA. Details to follow...