Rachel Herder
SVP, Legal & Alliance Management (Head of IP) Mammoth Biosciences
Seminars
Thursday 6th August 2026
Panel Discussion: Ensuring Cross-Functional Alignment to Safeguard IP Defensibility & Preserve Enterprise Value
10:55 am
- Strengthening collaboration between scientific, regulatory and legal teams to support robust patent scope and resilient trade-secret protection
- Coordinating disclosure timing, data generation, and regulatory positioning to strengthen valuation, diligence readiness, and lifecycle strategy
- Reducing risks in downstream enforcement, inventorship, and documentation risk in an increasingly AI-enabled R&D environment
Thursday 6th August 2026
Fireside Chat: Aligning IP Strategy to Protect Assets and Strengthen Deal Leverage
11:40 am
- Build a deal-ready IP position by aligning exclusivity, data generation, and disclosure timing with partner expectations
- Avoid deal blockers by addressing ownership, platform boundaries, and other IP issues that commonly surface during negotiations
- Strengthen leverage with a clear IP narrative that distinguishes asset IP from platform IP and supports confident decision-making
