John Lanza

John Lanza

Partner, Foley Hoag

John Lanza is a partner at Foley Hoag LLC and offers business-focused counsel on acquiring, transferring, and protecting John Lanza offers business-focused counsel on acquiring, transferring, and protecting intellectual property rights intellectual property rights. With extensive experience advising both startups and established companies in a wide range of industries, he helps his clients successfully navigate diverse business challenges.

John has been an adjunct professor and frequent guest lecturer, contributing valuable insights on intellectual property and commercialization, at Suffolk University School of Law, Boston University School of Law, Northeastern University School of Law, and the Georgia Institute of Technology. John is a Certified Patent Valuation Analyst.

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October 20, 2026

Startup Bootcamp Part 1: The Basics to Best Practices
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Room 207

Starting a robotics company, as well as growing and scaling, has many challenges.  Part 1 of the Robotics Startup Boot Camp will provide best practices that  includes discussions around the many common challenges that can make or break a company.  Experts will speak about topics that include:

  • Intellectual Property & Trademark Considerations

  • How to Fund Your Startup

  • RaaS Agreements and Structure of Contracts