Innovation is the currency that can set a company apart. But how do startups protect their ideas and inventions? Patents are a key tool in this endeavor, but navigating the patent landscape can be a complex task for startup founders. This article...
My 2024: The Year Of AI And New Business Models
Here are my three predictions for 2024: Generative AI will arrive in the patent attorney practice Generative AI will kill the billable hour Generative AI will boost patent quality Let me explain: AI Will Arrive In The Patent Attorney Practice I...
The 3 Stages of AI-Assisted Patent Drafting
tl;dr— AI-assisted patent drafting isn’t about replacing human intellect with machines; it’s about augmenting our capabilities as legal professionals, freeing us to focus more on the complex and creative aspects of patent law. AI tools...
Ai Pin: What Humane’s Patent Filings Tell
Many tech reviews have been done about Humane’s Ai Pin which sets out to be “an opportunity for people to take AI with them everywhere and to unlock a new era of personal mobile computing which is seamless, screenless and sensing“...
5 quick checks on your outside counsel’s software patent claims
If you came just for the checklist: Download Here » The other day I came across this post about a claim drafting seminar my IP friend Ronak was giving. Interestingly, most attendees were in-house patent attorneys who wanted to be able to better...
The AI-powered patent attorney
Very soon, the patent attorney profession will be disrupted by conversational language models. Any doubts? Then please listen to this interview with DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman. It’s a fascinating first-hand perspective on the journey from...
Where AI inventions happen
In this week’s live Q&A on LinkedIn, the question came up when, where and how patentable AI innovations actually happen today. In this article, I’ll try to unpack the notion of AI patents from different angles, showcasing the immense...
Software patents in Europe (presentation slides)
It’s all about the technical contribution, but what exactly is “technical” at the European Patent Office? Is it “technical” when engineers solve hard industrial problems with AI? These and other questions were the topic...
Patents in the Metaverse
This episode is a recording of a presentation I was giving on 29 March 2023 on patents in the Metaverse at the 7th WIPO Conversation on Intellectual Property and the Metaverse. The WIPO Conversations are a forum to facilitate discussion about the...
Patenting the Metaverse
The Metaverse as a borderless virtual world encompassing work, play, entertainment, and more, is the next evolution of the Internet as we know it. It’s a real opportunity to drive economic growth and bring its benefits to everyone, everywhere. With...