# Publications — Enrique (Rick) Sanchez, Jr.

> Chapters, articles, and papers on intellectual property, enforcement, and AI governance, 2011 to present.

Source: https://ricksanchez.org/publications.html · Updated: 2026-09-02 · Contact: rick@ricksanchez.org · (877) AI-CAIO-1

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## Publications.

Chapters, articles, and papers on intellectual property, enforcement, and the governance of artificial intelligence — written across fifteen years of practice, in two languages.

**Forthcoming**

#### In Progress.

- 2026 Contemporary Legal Relationships within the International Context (co-author), in Relaciones Jurídicas Contemporáneas en el Contexto Internacional (CUTonalá 2026).

- 2026 AI Governance and Policy , Texas Bar CLE, Law in the Age of AI.

- In Progress AI Governance: Law, Liability, and Regulation — a casebook for law school and executive programs. Six-layer treatment of governance, liability, and regulation, built around the Black Lion Integrated AI Framework™.

**Articles & Chapters**

#### Published Work.

- 2012 Patents and the Internet (co-author), in Intellectual Property Law in Cyberspace (2d ed. 2012 Supp.), BNA Books.

- 2012 Pleading and Proving Willfulness Under the America Invents Act , 23 ABA Intell. Prop. Litig. 3 (Spring 2012).

**Presentations & Papers**

#### Delivered.

- 2025 Inteligencia Artificial Aplicada al Derecho , Bexar County Courthouse Cross-Border Exchange.

- 2024 Inteligencia Artificial en la Práctica de Patentes , Supreme Court of the State of Jalisco, Mexico.

- 2020 IP Protection for the Agricultural Industry , Ag Law in the Field Podcast, Episode 76.

- 2019 Global Trends in Enforcement , UT 24th Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute.

- 2019 Protecting Creativity and Innovation , Global Entrepreneurship Week.

- 2011 Toast to the Constitution , Hon. Barbara M. G. Lynn American Inn of Court, Inaugural Meeting.

**Series**

#### Where Your Data Lives in AI.

An ongoing series written for governance and legal audiences on what actually happens to enterprise data inside an AI system — the prompt boundary, vendor terms, retention, and the difference between a policy and an audit trail.

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