R. Lakshminarayanan

Samsung Electronics
Director & Head - Intellectual Property & Innovation Management

Lakshmi institutionalized patent creation culture and significantly improved quantity and quality of inventions originating from Bangalore. Samsung became top patent grantee and top patent filing company in IT sector in India from inventions made and first filed in India. Samsung won National IP Award Y2015 & Y2018, WIPO IP Enterprise Award Y2015, Zinnov “Great Place to Innovate” Y2015 & Y2017 and CII IP Award Y2017. Lakshmi specializes in patenting of software technologies and management of large global patent portfolio, and has been twice featured as world’s leading IP Strategist in “IAM Strategy 300”.