AI revolution in patent law
The world of patent law is changing rapidly. Fast-growing areas of technology such as quantum computing, fusion energy, and AI agents are presenting law firms with new challenges, while the demands for speed and precision are constantly increasing. BARDEHLE PAGENBERG, one of Europe’s leading IP law firms (with more than 240 experts), shows how these challenges can be overcome with the help of innovative AI solutions.
The challenge: UPC and time pressure in patent law
Patent disputes before the Unified Patent Court (UPC) entail special requirements: stricter deadlines, greater complexity, and the need to quickly familiarize oneself with highly specialized domains. This time cannot be fully billed, as it often involves additional work.
Dr. Niels Gierse and Dr. Nikolaus Buchheim, responsible for AI development and implementation at BARDEHLE PAGENBERG, sum up the problem:
“We had to ask ourselves: How can we support our clients even better without compromising on quality and legal precision?”
A platform for customized AI solutions
The LLM-agnostic sandbox design of Blockbrain’s AI platform enables law firms to develop specific solutions without having to build large in-house AI teams, let alone develop their own development skills. Seamless integration via APIs and the highest security standards through ISO 27001-certified data centers in Europe create the perfect basis for AI applications in the legal sector, among other things.
The quality of the response is crucial here, because anyone who has experimented with generic productivity tools in the form of chatbots knows how quickly the time savings offered by AI can turn into a time dilemma. Only those who combine expertise with advanced context-enhancing functions and the necessary IP protection in an AI platform will reap the desired time savings that make all the difference in difficult cases.
Measurable successes in practice
A concrete example illustrates the revolutionary potential: tens of thousands of pages of technical documentation, which would normally have required a team of several people to analyze, could be analyzed overnight with the help of Blockbrain.
“This would have been possible manually, but only at disproportionately high cost,” report Dr. Gierse and Dr. Buchheim.
More than just efficiency
In addition to increased speed, the AI solution systematically improves quality by minimizing human error and inconsistent terminology. Digital knowledge twins also secure company knowledge for the long term.
The transformation at BARDEHLE PAGENBERG shows that strategic use of AI creates measurable benefits through increased efficiency and improved quality. Book a demo now and find out how such a transformation is possible in just one year!
