Monetization Starts Here: Understanding and Positioning the Portfolio You Own for Maximum Value

Monetization Starts Here: Understanding and Positioning the Portfolio You Own for Maximum Value

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Many in-house teams are sitting on patent portfolios that cost millions to build and maintain—but deliver only a fraction of their potential value. The issue is not a lack of innovation or assets. It is a lack of visibility, structure, and strategic alignment. In-house counsel frequently inherit portfolios they did not create, with fragmented data, unclear product relationships, and little connection to revenue. Without institutional knowledge, even high-quality assets are underutilized because their true scope and strategic relevance are not fully understood.

This panel will focus on how to transform existing patent portfolios from static cost centers into actively managed business assets that generate measurable return. Panelists will examine how leading organizations impose structure through disciplined portfolio taxonomy, enabling clearer visibility into ownership, technology coverage, and competitive positioning. The discussion will also address how rigorous portfolio analysis can be used to align patents with products, identify whitespace, and uncover licensing, enforcement, and divestiture opportunities.

The conversation will focus on implementation. Panelists will discuss mining existing portfolios for overlooked value, identify underutilized assets, and group patents into monetizable packages.

The goal is straightforward: equip in-house counsel with a practical framework to understand what they own, align those assets with business objectives, and convert sunk IP spend into strategic and financial advantage.