Founder – Michael Faibisch

Deep‑Tech IP Strategist | Attorney (Israel & NY) | Registered US Patent Attorney (USPTO)
Specialist in Turning Complex Engineering Into Strategic IP Assets

Michael Faibisch is a senior IP strategist with 30+ years of experience helping deep‑tech, semiconductor, electro‑optical, and AI infrastructure companies transform breakthrough engineering into clear, defensible, and valuation‑ready intellectual property. His work enables technology leaders to accelerate innovation, strengthen competitive positioning, and build IP portfolios that directly support funding, product differentiation, strategic partnerships, and long‑term enterprise value.

What Michael Helps Tech Leaders Achieve

Michael works with CTOs, founders, VPs of R&D, and architecture teams to build IP programs that:

  • Protect core differentiating technologies aligned to product and roadmap priorities

  • Establish lean invention capture workflows that engineers actually use

  • Modernize and strengthen portfolios after rapid scaling, pivots, or acquisitions

  • Prepare companies for due diligence, M&A, and investor scrutiny with clean, coherent IP assets

  • Reduce risk and improve negotiating leverage with strategically structured portfolios

  • Convert complex innovation into market‑ready, enforceable IP without slowing engineering velocity

Experience & Impact

During his 18‑year leadership role as Assistant General Counsel for IP Development at Marvell, Michael partnered with engineering teams across networking, semiconductors, packaging, cloud and enterprise infrastructure, and automotive connectivity.

Automotive Ethernet – Building a Portfolio from Zero

Michael created Marvell’s Automotive Ethernet IP portfolio from the ground up—ultimately more than 300 patent families supporting the company’s $2.5B divestiture to Infineon. The portfolio became a benchmark in the industry for synchronizing rapid innovation with long‑horizon IP value.

Inphi Acquisition – Transforming a World‑Class Engineering Portfolio

He also led one of Marvell’s most strategic IP programs: the intake and transformation of the extensive electro‑optical PHY patent portfolio acquired through the $10B Inphi acquisition. Michael worked closely with Inphi’s engineering leadership to modernize, strengthen, and realign the portfolio around Marvell’s long‑term commercial and competitive roadmap. The result: a cohesive, enforceable, and strategically decisive portfolio matching the sophistication of Marvell’s high‑speed interconnect roadmap.

Additional Strategic Work

Michael also supported Marvell’s Wi‑Fi divestiture to NXP, ensuring retention of critical licensing and defensive rights.

Before Marvell, Michael served as Legal Advisor & Manager of IP at Orbotech (now a KLA company), where he drafted and prosecuted dozens of patents, driving a 200% expansion of the company’s portfolio and strengthening its leadership in electro‑optical inspection.

He is licensed in Israel, New York, and before the USPTO.

Innovation‑First Philosophy

Michael’s approach is built on one principle: innovation creates the value - IP preserves and amplifies it. His frameworks integrate seamlessly with engineering workflows, allowing teams to capture inventions early, articulate them clearly, and protect what truly drives competitive advantage.

He combines:

  • In‑house discipline

  • Strategic foresight

  • Fast, founder‑friendly execution

  • Deep understanding of semiconductor, electro‑optical systems, packaging, networking, and AI hardware design technologies

Beyond IP

Michael is an avid cyclist and long‑time supporter of Bartali Youth in Movement. He completed a coast‑to‑coast U.S. ride as a celebration of resilience - marking more than two decades of remission from multiple sclerosis.

If you lead a deep‑tech, semiconductor, or AI hardware organization, Michael helps you turn breakthrough engineering into durable, enforceable IP assets that strengthen valuation, accelerate deals, and enhance competitive advantage.