Managing AI Intellectual Property at UC Berkeley
This webinar explores the challenges and opportunities of managing intellectual property for innovations involving artificial intelligence, including practical guidance for Berkeley researchers considering commercialization of their AI innovations. Across campus, AI has proliferated as a tool in research and an underlying technology of intellectual property \(IP\). However, in comparison to conventional device and method-based patents, AI IP has different attributes that impact its patenting and licensing potential. Likewise, in comparison to copyrightable software, AI IP often includes weights and data as well as code. Those differences require new approaches to managing, patenting, licensing, and com mercializing AI IP. Bring your questions! Hosted by the UC Berkeley Office of Technology Licensing, in the Office of Intellectual Property and Industry Research Alliances. Learn about intellectual property protection on the IPIRA website \(https://ipira.berkeley.edu/researchers/intellectual-property-protection\). SpeakerMike Cohen is director of innovation ecosystem development at UC Berkeley. In this role, he develops initiatives and agreements that support the commercialization of university innovations and the funding of campus research. He works with faculty, students, startup companies, corporations, entrepreneurs, investors, and a ttorneys to advance technology transfer and new venture creation. Mike has worked with hundreds of startups and has led the patenting and licensing of more than 100 innovations across fields including biofuels, medical devices, nanotechnologies, novel materials, photovoltaics, robotics\\ , semiconductors, software, smart grid technologies, wireless sensors\\ , and biomimetic systems. Mike is the author of Startup Campus: How UC Berkeley Became an Unexpected Leader in Entrepreneurship and Startups \(2025\).f Intellectual Property and Industry Research Alliances.
Learn about intellectual property protection on the IPIRA website .
Speaker
Mike Cohen
is director of innovation ecosystem development at UC Berkeley. In this role, he develops initiatives and agreements that support the commercialization of university innovations and the funding of campus research. He works with faculty, students, startup companies, corporations, entrepreneurs, i nvestors, and attorneys to advance technology transfer and new venture creation. Mike has worked with hundreds of startups and has led the patenting and licensing of more than 100 innovations across fields including biofuels, medical devices, nanotechnologies, novel materials, photovolt aics, robotics, semiconductors, software, smart grid technologies, w ireless sensors, and biomimetic systems. Mike is the author of Startup Campus: How UC Berkeley Became an Unexpected Leader in Entrepreneurship and Startups \(2025\).