IP Law Summit invites Michael Bishop

Michael Bishop, general counsel at AT&T IP in Atlanta, Georgia, will join the 35th IP LAW Summit as chair. He will also discuss how IP Counsels need to get prepared for the future of the IP law industry.

The 35^th IP LAW Summit will run live from September 26 to 28, 2021 at a premium location, the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, NV, US. The summit will bring leading IP executives and innovative suppliers and solution providers together to discuss the key strategies for managing IP issues, forge new relationships, and generate new business opportunities with a distinguished group of IP companies.

The summit’s primary focus is to provide a platform that helps leading companies evaluate and partner with relevant suppliers and solution providers. The summit unites experts in an exclusive networking environment and provides the opportunity to pre-schedule one-to-one business meetings with leading and forward-thinking executives.

Speakers include executives from Wells Fargo, Seagate Technology, ABRO Industries, and Google.

Bishop will discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the IP industry, and how IP lawyers should be preparing for the challenging task of protecting new inventions and encouraging innovation.

Join him in this session, where a panel of experts will discuss: 

• Technology and the IP landscape: what can we expect in the future?

• How will technology impact the patent space? 

• How we will work and interact over the next four to five years, and what this means for the way we do business and focus on technology  
• Structuring your IP portfolio for future trends 

Bishop formerly served as chief IP counsel for BellSouth Corporation and practised laws at King & Spalding in Atlanta. Additionally, he has been extremely active in professional and community activities. He is a past president of the Atlanta IP Inn of Court, a member of the board of visitors of the Savannah College of Art & Design, serves on the board of trustees of the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences, and is a member of the board of directors of the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential.

Find more information about the Marcus Evans IP LAW Summit via https://bit.ly/37XcZvC or contact Isidora Avraam at isidoraa@marcusevanscy.com