Ep 79: Understanding the Future of Patent Law with Patsnap's Matt Veale

How is the rise of AI going to affect the intellectual property field and patents? What are some common mistakes that GCs make when setting up a patent strategy? Or tips that our guest has learned from years as a patent examiner?

Join Matt Veale, European Patent Attorney and UPC at PatSnap, as he leads us into this podcast’s first-ever deep dive into all things patents and IP, sharing expert advice on the best way to work with examiners to bring your innovations to the world.

Listen as Matt discusses why he thinks IP is the most important thing in the world, the importance of data analytics, bridging the gap between lawyers and R&D, building a strong patent strategy, the future of IP law, and much more.

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Topics:
Introduction: 0:00
What inspired Matt to be a lawyer: 1:48
What does intellectual property law mean?: 3:40
Starting your legal career at the UK Intellectual Property Office: 5:11
Tips for people filing their first patent: 6:42
Interesting patent applications Matt has seen: 8:47
Tips for GCs who inherit corporate patents: 9:39
Looking for outside patent counsel: 11:55
Patent analytics at PatSnap: 13:44
The future of IP law: 16:38
AI as a tool for patent lawyers: 20:55
Contacting Matt: 25:23
Rapid-fire questions: 25:37
Book recommendations: 26:46
What Matt wishes he knew as a young lawyer: 27:17

Connect with us:
Matt Veale - https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-veale-ip/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraft

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