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Sanjay Prasad

Sanjay has practiced at the forefront of technology and intellectual property for over twenty years. He is experienced in all business and legal aspects of intellectual property from developing IP strategy for senior management to execution of the strategy, including patent portfolio development, deal development and negotiation and monetization.

Sanjay has practiced in law firms in Boston and Silicon Valley, served as chief patent counsel to Oracle Corporation, headed up the India office of IPVALUE Management and served in several senior roles at Intellectual Ventures. Sanjay has been repeatedly recognized by Intellectual Asset Management Magazine as one of the world’s leading IP strategists. He has testified before a U.S. Congressional Subcommittee on hearings that led to passage of §19 of The America Invents Act.

Sanjay is an Associate Professor of Law in the Intellectual Property Law Program at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. Sanjay is also a frequent speaker on topics pertaining to IP law and has served in leadership capacities on several IP association boards. Sanjay is admitted to practice in California, Massachusetts, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and various federal courts.

Sanjay earned his law degree from Syracuse University College of Law where he was an editor of the Syracuse Law Review. He also earned a Masters in Computer Engineering and a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering, both from Boston University.


Financial Poise Contributions

  • Patent Application Preparation Webinar premiered on May 22, 2025 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property-301 (Patents)
  • Legal Issues for Innovators & Inventors Webinar premiered on May 8, 2024 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property 201
  • Choosing, Building, & Protecting Your Brand Webinar premiered on April 3, 2024 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property 201
  • Leveraging & Protecting Trade Secrets in the 21st Century Webinar premiered on March 13, 2024 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property 101
  • Legal Issues for Innovators & Inventors Webinar premiered on November 29, 2023 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property 201
  • Buying & Selling IP Webinar premiered on August 23, 2023 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property 201
  • Choosing, Building, & Protecting Your Brand Webinar premiered on July 12, 2023 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property 201
  • Leveraging & Protecting Trade Secrets in the 21st Century Webinar premiered on May 24, 2023 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property 101
  • Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks...Oh My! Webinar premiered on April 26, 2023 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property 101
  • IP-What Every Lawyer & Every Client Must Understand Webinar premiered on March 22, 2023 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property 101
  • Legal Issues for Innovators & Inventors Webinar premiered on December 28, 2022 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property 201
  • Buying & Selling IP Webinar premiered on August 30, 2022 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property 201 2022
  • Choosing, Building, & Protecting Your Brand Webinar premiered on July 26, 2022 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property 201
  • Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks...Oh My! 2022 Webinar premiered on April 19, 2022 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property 101 - 2022
  • IP-What Every Lawyer & Every Client Must Understand 2022 Webinar premiered on March 22, 2022 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property 101 - 2022
  • Legal Issues for Innovators & Inventors 2021 Webinar premiered on July 15, 2021 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property 201 - 2021
  • Buying & Selling IP 2021 Webinar premiered on June 17, 2021 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property 201 - 2021
  • Choosing, Building, & Protecting Your Brand 2021 Webinar premiered on May 21, 2021 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property 201 - 2021
  • The Oracle v Google Saga: Copyrightability and Fair Use in Computer Programming Article published on May 4, 2021
  • Legal Issues for Innovators & Inventors 2020 Webinar premiered on June 18, 2020 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property 201 - 2020
  • Buying & Selling IP 2020 Webinar premiered on May 21, 2020 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property 201 - 2020
  • Buying & Selling IP 2019 Webinar premiered on April 4, 2019 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property Boot Camp 2019
  • Choosing, Building, & Protecting Your Brand 2019 Webinar premiered on March 7, 2019 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property Boot Camp 2019
  • Introduction to Key Concepts 2019 Webinar premiered on February 7, 2019 Webinar Series: Intellectual Property Boot Camp 2019