ai in legal practice – the research perspective
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AI in legal practice – the research perspective
Anna Ronkainen, Chief Scientist, TrademarkNowLegal Geek Conference, London 2016-10-18
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Relevant affiliations (list too long to fit on title slide)
• chief scientist and co-founder, TrademarkNow
• external lecturer, University of Turku Law School (Introduction to Legal Technology)
• executive committee member, International Association for Artificial Intelligence and Law (industry liaison) (iaail.org)
• organizer, Helsinki Legal Tech Meetup
• president, Finnish Legal Tech Forum (legaltech.fi)
@ronkaine#legalgeek
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What is artificial intelligence
It’s not any specific technology, it’s a research programme! A cross-disciplinary approach combining• computer science• psychology• linguistics• neuroscience• philosophy of mind, language, ...• robotics• ...
@ronkaine#legalgeek
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My simple practical definition for artificial intelligence
Using (or trying to use) computers to do things which people can do comparatively easily and computers cannot (or couldn’t) do at all.
→ when it starts working, it gradually stops stopped being called AI – at least until 5–10 years ago...
@ronkaine#legalgeek
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What is artificial intelligence and law
• theoretical discussions since the 1950s
• organized (societies, conferences, journals) as a research field since the 1980s
• some dominating themes:• expert systems (1980s)
• ontologies (~2000)
• argumentation (~2010)
• successful legal applications of broader AI research (e.g. NLP) a wake-up call in this decade
@ronkaine#legalgeek
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This is what document review used to look like
@ronkaine#legalgeek
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This is what due diligence used to look like
@ronkaine#legalgeek
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This is what trademark search used to look like
@ronkaine#legalgeek
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This is what trademark search looks like now
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This is what trademark research looks like now (not AI, just great UX)
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Trademark clearance: old vs. new
Traditional process
• specify search strategy (wildcards, Nice classes, registries)
• carry out 1st stage of search
• review 1st-stage results• select marks for which
further information is needed
• retrieve full information• review 2nd-stage results• give recommendation and/
or create report
AI-powered process
• give trademark, product, countries
• review relevancy-ranked results (click through for more information on individual marks as needed)
• give recommendation and/or create report
@ronkaine#legalgeek
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...but don’t take my word for it!
@ronkaine#legalgeek
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Why AI & law and legal tech startups need each other
“No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy.” – Helmuth von Moltke
• confronting theory with reality
• capable people in academia who could be some startup’s secret weapon
• demonstrating relevance of AI & law research
• some startups with academic origins
• first(?) major collaboration between Riverview Law and University of Liverpool
@ronkaine#legalgeek
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...and on that note
16th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law (ICAIL) to be held at King’s College London June 12–16 3 days of main conference, 2 workshop daysTentative plans to also organize a legal startup event the weekend before/after; please contact me (@ronkaine, [email protected]) if interested in speaking/sponsoring/attending
More info: http://nms.kcl.ac.uk/icail2017/
@ronkaine#legalgeek
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