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Why the Patent Office’s Accelerated Patent Issuance Means You Need to Act Faster Than Ever

Brett Trout

Brett Trout The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is once again modernizing its operationsthis time by accelerating the timeline for patent issuance. Beginning May 13, 2025 , the window between receiving an Issue Notification and the official Issue Date shrunk from roughly three weeks to just two weeks. While this change is designed to help applicants bring their innovations to market faster, it also means you will need to move faster tooparticularly when it comes to filing conti

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Court Permanently Enjoins Ohio’s Segregate-and-Suppress/Parental Consent Law–NetChoice v. Yost

Eric Goldman

Ohio enacted a segregate-and-suppress law that requires regulated websites to obtain parental consent before minors can access certain site features. In early 2024, the court granted a preliminary injunction against the law going into effect. Borrowing heavily from its prior opinion, the court has now granted the permanent injunction. This tees up the case for its inevitable appeal to the Sixth Circuit.

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The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: You Don’t Get a Patent Simply for Using Ordinary AI to Solve Ordinary Problems  

Brett Trout

Brett Trout On April 18, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the main court for resolving patent issues) issued a significant decision in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp. (No. 23-2437), affirming the district court’s dismissal of Recentive’s patent infringement claims against Fox.The court held that Recentive’s patents, which utilized generic machine learning techniques for event scheduling and network mapping, were not patentable, since they were dir

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Three Months After Its Acquisition of Playbook Builder Screens, Agiloft Completes Its Initial Integration

LawSites

Three months after announcing its acquisition of Screens, Agiloft has completed the integration of the AI-powered contract review and no-code playbook technology into its contract lifecycle management platform, the company says.

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No Objections: Better Case Management with AI for Paralegals

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Join this session to get a fresh look at how AI tools can help you work smarter, faster, and more effectively! Attorney and law professor Joe Stephens, J.D., will walk you through the complete journey of a legal case—from the first client meeting through the final outcome—while showing you how artificial intelligence can transform your daily work at each important step.

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Practical AI for Lawyers: Hands-On Tools for Daily Practice | Justia CLE & Webinars

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Join Ed Walters, CSO of vLex and co-founder of Fastcase for a practical, eye-opening session on what AI can actually do for your law firm. You’ll learn how AI actually works by recognizing patterns in data, what sets generative models like ChatGPT apart from earlier tools, and how they can be applied to everyday legal tasks like research and drafting.

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CloudNine and eDiscovery Today Partner to Bring Fresh Education to Legal Tech Pros

CloudNine

Were excited to share some big news: CloudNine is teaming up with Doug Austin and his industry-leading blog, eDiscovery Today , to launch a new educational partnership aimed at empowering legal and eDiscovery professionals. If youve been in the eDiscovery world for any length of time, chances are youve read Dougs work. eDiscovery Today is the only daily blog covering the latest in electronic discovery, information governance, cybersecurity, data privacy, and AI.

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The Top 15 Most Recommended Legal AI Vendors Are…

Artificial Lawyer

A survey by Skills.law of what legal AI tools major law firms would most recommend has found some very interesting results, with focused solutions generally.

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Australia–UK Legal Services Regulatory Dialogue Update

Legal Practice Intelligence

The Law Council of Australia welcomes the ongoing progress of the Australia-United Kingdom Legal Services Regulatory Dialogue established under the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement following its most recent meeting in.

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ikaun’s New AI Tools Help Law Firms Increase Win Rates

Legal Practice Intelligence

ikaun, an advanced platform for experience management, proposal generation, and intelligent AI automation, has announced the general availability of its latest release: AI Co-Authoring and advanced Agentic AI Workers. This.

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Agiloft Delivers AI Across Contract Lifecycle

Legal Practice Intelligence

Agiloft, a leader in data-first contract lifecycle management (CLM), has announced the advancement of the Agiloft Data-first Agreement Platform by integrating Screens, a leading AI-powered contract review technology. This integration.

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Leverage Trellis Court Data To Identify More Investment Opportunities

Finance teams find Trellis to be particularly effective in conducting comprehensive due diligence on both individuals and businesses. With our court data solution, financial experts can access critical litigation insights, making it an invaluable resource for informed decision-making in the financial sector.

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Docusign to Automate the Agreement Management Process

Legal Practice Intelligence

Docusign (NASDAQ: DOCU) has introduced a purpose-built AI contract agent designed to accelerate workflows, reduce risk, and achieve better outcomes across the entire agreement lifecycle. Instead of contracts sitting in.

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Anytime AI Launches Its 5th Gen All-in-One AI Platform

Legal Practice Intelligence

Anytime AI has announced the launch of its 5th Generation Legal AI Platform, an advancement in legal technology that transforms how plaintiff attorneys build, manage, and win cases. What's New.

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Insights: Converging Resource and Practice Management

Legal Practice Intelligence

Dave Cook, Global Director of Resource Management at BigHand, shares his insights from a recent Practice Group conference in Washington, DC. I recently had the pleasure of presenting at the.

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DocJuris Launches AI Contract Review Software

Legal Practice Intelligence

DocJuris has launched its innovative AI contract review software, designed to help users negotiate contracts and make precise edits with unmatched ease, all at the push of a button. This.

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Prep with Purpose: How to Build Better Trial Binders

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Get ready to master the art and science of trial preparation organization that top attorneys rely on in this exclusive webinar! Attorney and law professor, Joe Stephens, J.D., will walk through proven systems for creating comprehensive trial notebooks and binders that transform scattered case materials into a powerful command center. Learning Objectives: Strategic Organization 📊 Learn the essential sections every trial notebook needs and how to structure them for maximum clarity and acce

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Dentons Launches Office Hours, a Legaltech R&D Program

Legal Practice Intelligence

Dentons UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) is pleased to announce the launch of Office Hours a unique opportunity for tech companies to build, test, and develop innovative solutions.

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LexisNexis Expands Protégé AI Assistant to Lex Machina

Legal Practice Intelligence

Lex Machina, a LexisNexis company, today announced the incorporation of Protg, an AI-powered assistant, into its renowned Legal Analytics platform. This new user experience is set to transform legal work.

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XPENS.ai: New Automated Finance Workflows for Legal

Legal Practice Intelligence

XPENS.ai continues with its mission of reshaping financial operations in the legal sector. With the Spring 2025 Release, they have rolled out a series of innovations to giv 100 5847 0 5847 0 0 14162 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 14191 e law firms.