The Best Practice

I’m answering the three questions every patent attorney is asking about AI right now: 1. Is cloud AI safe? 2. Can I trust AI? 3. What about hallucinations?

In this screensharing session, I'm sharing my complete step-by-step claim drafting process.

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 an...

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 wearabl...

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....

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...

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! In my seminar "How to Draft Patents with AI", you get to play through a complete patent drafting workflow using cutting-edge AI tools 🛡️ 100% secure AI toolchain 🔍 Hands-on examples and best practices 🚀 3-hour live online session with me, Bastian Best 👉 SIGN UP: https://powerclaim.io/s...

How to draft patents with AI 👉 https://powerclaim.io/seminar/ 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/67...

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:...

MagicLeap just lost a patent on a biometric information sharing function in their AR headset. The EPO Board of appeal ruled that the patent covered “a mere administrative scheme” rather than a true technical advancement, leading to its complete revokation. In this video, I break down MagicLeap’s patent, the resoning behind the decision, and the lessons we can learn to navigate software patents in...

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Here's a sneak peek into my seminar "How to Draft Patents With AI". I'll take you from “0” to “Basic AI Literacy” in 3 hours. After the seminar, you can critically evaluate the AI tool landscape and design your own AI-powered toolchain tailored to your own patent drafting workflow. Get Your Ticket 👉 https://powerclaim.io/seminar/

Join patent expert Benita Mackay and me for a discussion on the future of software patents in Europe. We'll go beyond the COMVIK approach and explore potential new standards, especially for AI inventions. In this session, we'll cover: - Why COMVIK may be failing: Unpacking its limitations in protecting cutting-edge software and AI technologies. - A new era of software patents: Exploring possible m...

In this session, we’ll dive into even more of OpenAI's latest patent filings that we didn’t get to last time. We need to talk about their strange patent pledge, too. Links from this episode: • Deep dive into the patents discussed in this livestream: https://bestpatent.eu/new-chatgpt-patents/ • My earlier OpenAI patent reviews: https://bestpatent.eu/unlocking-openais-patent-secrets-a-deep-dive-into...

https://powerclaim.io/ 👈 prompt cheat sheets and free tutorials in your inbox! This episode dives into a thought-provoking discussion about "Cloud AI vs. Local AI" inspired by a recent debate I had in the LinkedIn comments. I explore the different perspectives and insights from that conversation, and unpack the key pros and cons of cloud AI vs. local AI for patent drafting. Links from this episod...

In this episode, I share the exact AI tools I use daily to streamline my patent attorney work. We cover key areas where AI can make a real impact: Patent Drafting • I talk about my AI patent drafting journey, from early attempts with chatbots to the current setup using GPT4All with Llama 3.2 and Rowan Patents. • Discover how integrated drafting environments, like those used in software development...

Google’s NotebookLM just turned any document into a podcast! It’s like having two people discuss the topic in a super realistic conversation. As a patent nerd, I couldn't resist feeding it the COMVIK decision. Hear the AI’s autogenerated podcast and my commentary in this video. It's wild! 🤯 Hi, 👋 I’m Bastian Best, and I help innovation leaders level up their digital patents. Need help? Let’s gra...

OpenAI is one of the most influential companies in artificial intelligence, and since I’m both a computer nerd and a patent attorney, we have to take a look at their patents, obviously. My earlier review of OpenAI’s patent portfolio https://bestpatent.eu/unlocking-openais-patent-secrets-a-deep-dive-into-ai-innovation/ The two new US patents discussed in this session: US 12,051,205 B1 Systems and m...

I've started to look more seriously into commercial patent drafting software products. One tool called Rowan Patents looked quite promising to me, so I thought why not take a look together. Disclaimer: I’m not affiliated with Rowan Patents. I just think this could be a very handy tool, so I wanted to share my experience. This is a recording of my weekly AI Patents Coffee Break. Join me live on Lin...

... this is what happens at the European Patent Office. This is a recording of my weekly AI Patents Coffee Break. Join me live on LinkedIn next time: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bastianbest/