As much as we might wish it were different, it’s a fact of life that an in-house legal team will have to justify its IP and legal plans to senior management. Unfortunately, a good plan on its own won’t necessarily suffice. Being conscious of how you are presenting your strategic plan can play a critical role in how it is perceived.
There are several things you need to do to give your legal and IP plans the best chance of being approved (the most important of which is making sure they are sensible, achievable, and robust), but these five ‘magic’ sentences can certainly help!
5 Things to Say When Presenting Your Strategic Plan
1. This will add value to the business.
It sounds obvious, but it’s easy for an in-house legal team to forget that what they do exists in a wider business context. Legal plans are not just about the legal department. If you can show how your legal and IP strategy adds value to the business beyond merely providing protection, that will go a long way to
