Patent Prosecution’s Fatal Asteroid: Why Law Firms Shouldn’t Wait for AI’s Full Impact
Given the recent proliferation of artificial intelligence patent drafting technology, some in the legal services industry are asking whether AI is the patent profession’s “ultimate bad day.”
As Michael Crichton once said:
“Extinction was simply proof of failure to adapt.”from his book "The Lost World".
This concern is reminiscent of the theory posited by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Luis Alvarez in 1980, which likened the demise of the dinosaurs to a catastrophic event, now law firms are facing a similar "ultimate bad day" due to AI.
Author summary: Law firms must adapt to AI's impact on patent drafting technology.