CIP FORUM 2023 focused on Connectivity, convening industry, academia, and policy leaders to unpack how global standards, licensing models, and geopolitics were reshaping innovation and competitiveness. The forum took place in Stockholm on October 2–4, 2023, hosted by Ericsson and the Swedish Patent Office (PRV), and featured sessions spanning the future of connectivity, diversification in innovation, re-globalization, AI regulation dilemmas, patent platforms in IoT (including the Avanci journey), and the evolving role of IP in an increasingly interconnected world.