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Megan Carpenter is an internationally recognized IP scholar and the former Dean of the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, one of the top IP law schools in the US. After eight years leading the school, she recently stepped down, climbed Kilimanjaro, and is now traveling the globe visiting sake breweries, wine regions, and trade associations to research her next book on geogr...

Massimo Sterpi is an Italian lawyer specializing in intellectual property, new technologies, and art law. He is a partner and Head of IP in Rome, has litigated over 250 IP cases across borders, and is also a passionate art collector. In this episode, Massimo joins David Breitenbach, CCO at PatentRenewal.com , to explore how emerging technologies are changing art, copyright, and the wider IP landsc...

Carl Hamsten is a patent examiner, specialised in biotechnology at the Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) and is also connected to PRV Consulting, which provides patent search services including novelty searches, FTOs, and validity searches. In this episode, Carl joins David Breitenbach (CCO, PatentRenewal.com ) to explain what patent examiners actually do, how inventors can prepare strong...

András Jókúti is the Director of the Patent and Technology Law Division at WIPO (the World Intellectual Property Organization). Before joining WIPO in Geneva, András served as Director-General for Legal Affairs at the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office and worked across ministries and universities as an IP legal advisor. In this episode, András joins David Breitenbach (CCO, PatentRenewal.com)...

Adam Fox is a business leader and long-time IP industry operator. He is a Board Member at FundingIP, a UK nonprofit that helps innovators protect IP through zero-equity grants, funding support, and the CEO of Insperanto (global patent translation and foreign filing support). In this episode, Adam joins David Breitenbach (CCO, PatentRenewal.com) to break down how FundingIP works in practice, how st...

Jonas Hagman is a European Patent Attorney, IP strategist, and the founder of IPsteading, where he helps SMEs and startup founders turn intellectual property into real leverage for funding, growth, and exits. In this episode, Jonas joins David Breitenbach (CCO, PatentRenewal.com ) to break down why IP so often becomes just a “checkbox” for startups, and how founders can build an IP approach that a...

Sharon Shofner-Meyer is a seasoned executive and strategist with deep expertise in legal tech, intellectual property and AI product management - also the author of IP work reinvented. In this episode she explains how AI can help patent practitioners scale the quality and volume of their output. We cover how mature today’s AI tools really are, and what IP leaders should do to govern, train, and mea...

IP manager Katalin Sólyom, Ph. D. shares a practical playbook for aligning patents with fast-moving products, and getting the whole company to speak “IP” with you. Katalin leads IP at Gehring Technologies after nearly a decade in chemical engineering and biotech research. That lab-to-IP transition gives her a rare dual view: how inventions are created and how they become defendable, valuable busin...

IP management expert, Bas Albers breaks down how to manage patents that support your business without draining your budget. Bas Albers has more than 20 years of experience helping companies - from SMEs to global enterprises - turn their patent portfolios into real business assets. Bas has built IP systems for more than 15 companies, aligned portfolios to product roadmaps, reduced unnecessary paten...

Patent expert Michael Schuette reveals the art of writing strong, defensible patents, and the biggest red flags to avoid. Michael Schuette is a seasoned IP strategist, engineer, and inventor with over 15 years of experience in product development, patent portfolio management, and IP litigation support. He has written more than 100 patents, helped companies generate $10M+ in value, and now leads in...