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title: IP Disruptors | How to Avoid Common IP Pitfalls & Prepare for Success
description: In this episode of IP Disruptors, we discuss this topic in detail with experts Mike McLean, the VP of IP Operations and Transactions at IAC, and Stephen Robertson, Founder of IP 100 and Metis Partners.
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# IP Disruptors

## Exciting and thought-provoking topics around IP

## Watch the latest IP Disruptors episode!

## Episode 5: How to Avoid Common IP Pitfalls & Prepare for Success

**June 30, 2021:** It’s a well-known fact that intellectual property is critical to fostering innovation, but when IP is not properly protected it creates company-wide bottlenecks.

 When your unique ideas, products, or services are infringed upon, your innovation strategy—and bottom line— takes a hit.

In this episode of IP Disruptors, we discuss this topic in detail with experts Mike McLean, the VP of IP Operations and Transactions at IAC, and Stephen Robertson, Founder of IP 100 and Metis Partners.

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