IP Innovators
🎙️ Real Stories. Evolving Practice. The Future of IP Law
IP Innovators features in-depth conversations with leading patent practitioners about their career journeys and how technological advances—from automation to AI—are reshaping the way they practice law every day.
Hosted by IP journalist Steve Brachmann, each episode offers candid insights from attorneys on the front lines of innovation, sharing how they adapt, grow, and lead in a rapidly changing IP landscape.
📌 IP Innovators is proudly sponsored by DeepIP – your trusted AI patent assistant.
Podcasting since 2025 • 8 episodes
IP Innovators
Latest Episodes
Closing the Gap: Emily Teesdale on IP Strategy, Collaboration, and the Fractional Model
In this episode of IP Innovators, host Steve Brachmann sits down with Emily Teesdale, Founder of Pivot IP, to explore what fractional IP leadership actually looks like, and why smaller engineering companies are leaving serious value on t...
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Episode 9
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Writer’s Block Is Dead: Drew McElligott on AI in Legal Practice
In this episode of IP Innovators, host Steve Brachmann sits down with Drew McElligott, Counsel at Crowell & Moring, to explore what AI actually looks like inside a modern law firm—and why, as McElligott puts it, “writer’s block is pr...
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Episode 8
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Counting ROI or Chasing Hype: Stephanie Curcio on the True Test of AI in Patents
In this episode of IP Innovators, host Steve Brachmann sits down with Stephanie Curcio, CEO and co-founder of NL Patent, to explore how AI has evolved from concept-based prior art search to touching every stage of th...
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Episode 6
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42:24
Building a Tech-Forward Patent Practice: Phil Harris on Automation and AI
In this episode of IP Innovators, host Steve Brachmann sits down with Phil Harris, Equity Partner and Patent Practice Group Leader at Holland & Hart, to trace his journey from mechanical engineering to leading on...
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Episode 5
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Trust but Verify: AI as Every Attorney’s Second Pair of Eyes
In this episode of IP Innovators, host Steve Brachmann sits down with Mark Kesslen, Partner and Chair of the IP Group at Lowenstein Sandler, to trace his path from electrical engineering to chief patent counsel on Wa...
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Episode 4
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