IP Counsel Cafe presents

Value Under Pressure: 

IP Strategy When Scrutiny is High,

Budgets are Tight, and AI is Advancing


May 12-14, 2026
Computer History Museum

Silicon Valley, CA


IP Counsel are on the move. Companies are hiring and updating their IP & AI strategies. Stay connected, stay ahead. Find out how IP Counsel are staying ahead when scrutiny is high, budgets are tight, and AI is advancing. Join IP Counsel Cafe at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View on May 12-14, 2026. Click here to see program updates!


IP departments are under increasing pressure to demonstrate value in a tumultuous landscape. Scrutiny is high and budgets are tight as we face global instability, business uncertainty, and regulatory shifts. Companies are pushing to adopt AI, but technology is moving faster than the law. IP teams must learn how to use these quickly evolving AI tools while reevaluating long-standing assumptions about patents and other forms of IP. The USPTO is also signaling change on IPRs and §101. All these factors are reshaping how companies innovate — and how IP teams are expected to protect and create value. What still works? What needs to change? And how do IP Counsel stay ahead as AI advances?


AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS


  • What changes are on the horizon at the USPTO?



  • Facing low IPR institution rates, how are companies modifying their litigation strategies?


  • Real use cases: What AI tools are companies using in different industries and how?


  • Are patent, trade secret, and copyright values shifting in the AI world?


  • How are global business and innovation shifting, and what does that mean for global IP strategies?


  • How are companies faring in the UPC?


  • and more!


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