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2026/2/27

【Intellectual Property】From dormant IP assets to strategic business capital: transforming IP operations with AI－Tradespace (U.S.A)

Founded in 2018, U.S.-based Tradespace supports approximately 80 companies worldwide with its Tradespace platform, which uses AI to integrate and manage the entire intellectual property (IP) lifecycle. Founder and CEO Alec Sorensen observed during his time as a management consultant that many high-tech companies failed to recognize the true value of their own IP. After leading a $250 million IP commercialization deal, he became convinced
that an intelligent system was necessary to treat IP as a core business asset. The company is now actively entering the Japanese market, proposing AI-driven IP management to Japanese firms
that hold a world-leading number of patents but face challenges in leveraging them effectively. What paradigm shift could this bring to the IP strategies of Japanese companies? In December 2025, during his visit to Japan, we asked Sorenson about the future of
IP management.

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