Dan Holmander
Shareholder; Co-Chair Intellectual Property Group; Chair of Patent Group
Daniel J. Holmander is a registered U.S. patent attorney and Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Group at Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C., where he founded and leads the firm’s patent practice. With over 20 years of experience, Dan serves as trusted IP counsel to publicly traded companies, high-growth startups, research hospitals, and university tech transfer offices across the United States. His work spans core innovation sectors—medical devices, advanced materials, software/AI, cleantech, and consumer products. Dan is recognized by IP Stars (Patent Star 2025), Chambers USA, Super Lawyers, and holds an AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Known for his technical fluency and business-aligned approach, he helps clients secure, commercialize, and enforce their IP portfolios. His expertise covers patent prosecution (U.S. and international), trademark protection, PTAB proceedings, FTO analysis, licensing, commercialization strategy, and IP litigation.
From Idea to Reality - Product Life Cycle & GTM
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Taking a product from concept to market is one of the most complex challenges a founder faces — and the order of operations matters more than most people realize.
This panel brings together experts in R&D, intellectual property, product strategy, and go-to-market to help you navigate the startup development landscape with more clarity and less chaos. We'll cover what needs to happen at each stage, how these disciplines intersect and often run in parallel, and how to know when it's time to bring in outside expertise. You'll leave with a clearer picture of the full product lifecycle — and a better sense of how to make confident decisions when you're doing everything at once.
Ideal for: early-stage founders, entrepreneurs in the idea-to-MVP stage, and anyone building a product for the first time.
AI Is Coming for Your Moat: What Investors and Founders Need to Know About Defensible Enterprise Value
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AI is making it easier to build, copy, search, test, and challenge. For startups and investors, that changes the meaning of defensibility. This session will explore how companies can build durable enterprise value through technology ownership, software and data rights, trade secrets, patents, trademarks, contracts, commercialization strategy, and exit readiness.
