Annual IP Dealmakers Forum 2026
A business forum focused on intellectual property valuation, financing, licensing, litigation and commercialization.
- Dates
- November 2–4, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
- Organizer
- Dealmakers Forums
TL;DR
- The forum is scheduled for November 2–4, 2026, in Austin, Texas.
- Its program combines strategic sessions, arranged one-to-one meetings and networking.
- The stated audience spans corporate IP leaders, patent owners, law firms, funders and investors.
Who you'll find in the room
Corporate IP leaders
Corporate professionals responsible for intellectual property.
Patent owners
Owners of patent rights.
Law firms
Legal practices participating in the IP sector.
Litigation funders
Funders active in IP litigation.
Investors
Investors involved in the IP ecosystem.
Featured speakers
17 listedJacob Babcock
CEO · NuCurrent
Kurt Brasch
Director, IP Transactions · Uber
Becca Cavin
Senior Corporate Counsel · Microsoft
Patrick Diaz
CFO · VoiceAge EVS
Hon. Derek T. Gilliland
U.S. Magistrate Judge, Western District of Texas
Kenneth Jenq
Director, Legal (IP, Product and Litigation) · Abnormal Security
Ivan Kirchev
Chief Patent Counsel · Argonne National Laboratory
Mitsuaki Matsumura
Head of IP Licensing, AP and EMEA · IBM
Jack McKinney
Director, IP · HP
Hon. Roy Payne
U.S. Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of Texas
Greg Penoyer
Assistant GC · Hyper Solutions
Jinnie Reed
General Counsesl · Qomplx
Patricia Stepp
AVP, Technology Transfer · Rice University
Steven Udick
Director, IP Litigation · Klein Tools
Mike Waltrip
Senior Executive, IP Strategy and Commercialization · SRI
Cheng Yu
Licensing Director · Xiaomi
Feng Zhou
VP, Head of IP · Insitro
Questions people ask
5 answeredIt takes place November 2–4, 2026.
The forum is held in Austin, Texas.
The listed audience includes corporate IP leaders, patent owners, law firms, litigation funders and investors.
It is most useful for in-house IP counsel, licensing heads, patent owners and funders who come to negotiate deals, since the participant list covers corporate IP leaders, law firms, litigation funders and investors and the speakers include licensing and IP leads from IBM, Microsoft, HP and Xiaomi.
Attendees at legal and IP dealmaking conferences usually wear business professional or sharp business casual, with suits or blazers common, adjusted for Austin's warm climate in early November.
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