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In 2026, there are only two types of patent attorneys: those being replaced by AI, and those becoming indispensable "Mountain Guides". Which one are you?

Most of us were trained in the "Advisory Trap": acting as neutral facilitators who present options and let the client take the decision. In the age of LLMs, that is a career-ending move. In this episode, I break down the exact strategy I’m using to move into the "Consequence Space" and why your human accountability is the only moat that matters.

Imagine your AI-assisted prior art search concludes an invention is "non-inventive", but you disagree and get the patent? If that AI report is uncovered during litigation discovery years later, is your case destroyed?

This exact smoking gun scenario came up in my recent AI tool seminar. To get a definitive answer, I asked Robert Plotkin, one of my go-to U.S. patent attorneys for AI patents. His answer explains why, although the technology is new, the underlying legal principles are remarkably familiar and how you can confidently navigate this exact situation.

Connect with Robert Plotkin:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertplotkin/
- BLUESHIFT IP:...

The OpenAI "Legal Advice Ban": Why the social media headlines were wrong. What the new Terms of Use update really means for your professional liability as an attorney or in-house counsel.

Perplexity Patents Enters the Game: A first look at the new, dedicated AI patent research agent. We break down its two most powerful features: semantic search (understanding "fitness trackers" vs. "health wearables") and blended non-patent literature (NPL) search.

Announcing "Claim Drafter": An announcement about Bastian's new specialist AI tool for patent practitioners, Claim Drafter, and its official public launch on November 18th.

The Big Takeaway: Why these stories show...

In a world where AI is a common tool, what will be the key differentiator between a great patent attorney and an average one? Maria Luisa Laini has fantastic insights. She also shares her personal AI toolchain for patent work, and how she stays updated in such a rapidly changing environment.

Connect with Maria:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marialuisalaini
- Patrade website: https://www.patrade.dk/kontakt/maria-laini

Check my video courses, seminars and AI tools for patent drafting: https://powerclaim.io/

Anthropic, the company behind Claude, has just been granted its very first US patent – and it’s a big one. At 234 pages, this patent isn’t just a technical footnote, it’s a roadmap for how AI agents will move beyond conversation to actually use software the way humans do.

In this video, I break down:
* The backstory: from Google Brain’s Transformer to Adept and Amazon’s double bet
* What’s really inside US 12,387,036 B1 (hint: it’s not just one invention)
* The quirky technical twist involving a “newline character” in image patches
* Why this patent matters strategically —...

OpenAI's Custom GPT feature just got a new patent, and as a patent attorney, I'm diving into what it means. We'll break down the legal and technical details of this new patent, and what it could mean for the future of AI and custom chatbot development.

I asked the two podcasting AIs from NotebookLM for a recap of my seminar. They summed it up pretty accurately!

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I tested ChatGPT and Google Gemini to see if they can research patent case law without hallucinating cases that don’t exist. The results are pretty amazing! The task was to research case law on the sufficient disclosure of AI/ML inventions.

Here’s what the models came up with:
ChatGPT o1 with Deep Research: https://chatgpt.com/share/67cf85a4-3d00-8003-ba62-c384d20a8a66
Gemini 1.5 Pro with Deep Research: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KenSqsxYNU9beKQahOL9UygCj7gGY14sBtiD9OPOtLw/edit?usp=sharing

I’m explaining even more AI use cases for patent attorneys in my flagship seminar How to Draft Patents with AI. We’ll run through a complete patent drafting project end-to-end using various cutting-edge...

I'm explaining how the European Patent Office examines AI patents using the two-hurdle approach. This is a snippet from my 3-hour masterclass on patenting AI. The full masterclass covers:
1. Which parts of an AI solution should be patented
2. How to draft strong AI patent claims
3. How to ensure an enabling disclosure in an AI patent

👉 Join the next session of the Patenting AI Masterclass: https://powerclaim.io/patenting-ai-masterclass/