ChatGPT and Natural Language Processors in Patent Prosecution: Protecting Privacy, Ensuring Accuracy

Course Details
- smart_display Format
On-Demand
- signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level
Intermediate
- work Practice Area
Patent
- event Date
Thursday, July 20, 2023
- schedule Time
1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT
- timer Program Length
90 minutes
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This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on the use of ChatGPT and other natural language processors. The panel will discuss the implications of the use of such tools. We will address privacy concerns and what steps companies can/should do to protect their information and works while leveraging the power of AI.
Faculty

Mr. Hyams is Senior Counsel at The Marbury Law Group and has a wide range of in-house and law firm experience.  Mr. Hyams builds and protects valuable business assets from the products of your creativity and industry, develops intellectual property (IP) portfolios, and establishes best-in-class IP protection strategies and policies.
Mr. Hyams advises in the areas of patent preparation and prosecution, software and technology licenses, open source software licensing and use, content licensing, and data privacy issues, as well as confidential information (trade secret) policies and best practices, and content (copyright) licensing and use.  His transactional experience includes intellectual property due diligence and deal negotiation for corporate mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions, as well as an array of commercial agreements including sales, procurement, professional services and service contracts, promotional deals, manufacturing agreements, and nondisclosure agreements.

Mr. Mazahery has experience in many aspects of intellectual property law, including patent preparation and prosecution; patentability, validity, and infringement opinions; strategic patent portfolio development; and litigation.
Mr. Mazahery focuses his practice on patent preparation and prosecution in the electrical, computer, and telecommunication arts.  Mr. Mazahery has experience with software systems, microprocessors/microcontrollers, wireless communications (e.g., 5G, 4G, LTE, UMTS, CDMA, OFDMA, WiFi, etc.), sensor networks, resource-constrained systems, autonomous vehicles, virtual/augmented reality, machine learning, behavioral analysis, anti-virus systems, electronic displays (e.g., LCDs, OLEDs, smart glasses, HUDs, etc.), parallel processing, distributed computing, and other similar technologies.
Mr. Mazahery also has over seven years of experience working as a software engineer for a global defense firm.
Description
The artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT can generate lyrics, stories, play scripts, and much more after receiving some basic information. It may be able to quickly generate a patent application. But there are many reasons to be wary of using it in patent drafting. Using AI to automate tasks is potentially game changing, freeing attorneys to focus on higher level work. However, these tools must be used with caution.
For example, while some startups and other companies are using code that is generated by ChatGPT or other natural learning processors, they may be unaware or ignoring that, if the overall code includes any code that is under a public license, their overall code must be publicly disclosed. Use of such code is rampant by software engineers. It is critical for companies to scan software for any code that uses public license code but this is cost prohibitive and most companies cannot afford to do this.
Companies and their patent counsel should carefully consider how they can leverage the use of tools like ChatGPT while protecting the confidential information and the IP rights involved.
Listen as our authoritative panel of patent attorneys examines the use of ChatGPT and other natural language processors and the implications of that use. The panel will address privacy concerns and what steps companies can/should do to protect their information and works while leveraging the power of AI.
Outline
- ChatGPT and other natural language processes
- Implications of using ChatGPT
- Privacy concerns
- Leveraging AI
- Best practices
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- How can Open AI and tools like ChatGPT be used while protecting confidential information?
- What are the implications for IP ownership when ChatGPT or other natural processors are used?
- What best practices can counsel employ to leverage the use of ChatGPT and similar tools?
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