Money is the lingua franca. I know this because I was a large law firm partner responsible for USD millions of invoices. Also because I was responsible for PAYING USD millions in invoices at a Fortune 100. Looking at legal spend management from both sides, I observed that: (1) Clients want to pay less/later, and firms want to be paid more/sooner; (2) Legal invoices are packed with valuable data that is rarely used; (3) Transparent collaboration about legal spend is good for BOTH clients and lawyers."

Rich Young (Founder & CEO Legal Maps)

Immaterialgüterrechte (allen voran Marken- und Patentrechte) sind essentiell für unternehmerischen Erfolg und müssen daher aktiv geschützt werden. Dabei ist es häufig schwierig, die Verletzung der eigenen Rechte überhaupt zu bemerken und anschließend gezielt dagegen vorzugehen. Um dieses Problem zumindest online zu erleichtern, gibt es zahlreiche Anbieter von IP Protection Services. Diese Anbieter durchsuchen gezielt hunderte von Online-Markplätzen, Suchmaschinen, Social Media Kanälen, Domainregister und Webseiten nach potentiell markenrechtswidrigen Kennzeichen bzw. patentrechtswidrigen Produkten. Die so aufgefundenen IP-Rechtsverletzungen können anschließend unkompliziert über die jeweiligen Anbieter entfernt werden. Die Implementierung eines solchen „Tools“ im Unternehmen erfordert neben einer vorangehenden Evaluierungsphase insbesondere einen detaillierten Vergleich diverser Anbieter und Lösungen sowie eine aufwendige Onboarding-Phase, um die Suche nach möglichen IP-Verletzungen möglichst zielgerichtet zu gestalten. Dominik Schelling ist Senior Legal Counsel bei Hirschmann Automotive und hat kürzlich ein solches Tool im Unternehmen implementiert, das nunmehr seit einigen Monaten dabei unterstütz, gegen IP-Infringements im Onlinebereich vorzugehen.

Dominik Schelling (Senior Legal Counsel Hirschmann Automotive GmbH)

There are a large amount of documents in the legal domain, which calls for more intelligent search software and text mining solutions.  To develop domain-specific search and text mining software, we need to understand the different information need requirements and the linguistic characteristics of the domain-specific text genres. The key component to create sustainable search solutions is to provide users with several search alternatives and not limit the users to just one alternative since it narrows the scope of the useability of the search system. Another central concept, when more deep learning algorithms are integrated into the search software, is Transparent Artificial Intelligence (AI). Transparent AI should provide users with explainable and thoroughly tested models.  In this talk, I will present the technology and the design behind Artificial Researcher text mining software and the SaaS text mining pipeline - Artificial Research Data Pipeline solution. The text mining pipeline can process any type of machine-readable text data and create sustainable ready to use full-text indices and domain-specific ontologies. By integrating domain ontologies into the Information Retrieval system, the Artificial Research Search software provides automatic query expansions with understandable, semantic information to provide Transparent AI. To visualize the multiple search functionalities produced by the Artificial Researcher Data Pipeline solution, we have developed an innovative Graph Search service – the AR Graph Search Service https://graph-demo.artificialresearcher.com/ .  Short Résumé – Linda Andersson  The TU Wien alumni and entrepreneur Linda Andersson is now the CEO of the start-up Artificial Researcher-IT GmbH. In 2018 they launched the product idea ‘Artificial Researcher in Science’, which received the Commercial Viability Award from the Austrian Angel Investors Association. Linda has over 17 years of experience in the text mining industry and worked with different aspects associated with domain-specific text mining solutions. Parallel with her academic studies, Linda has worked in the industry, designing different domain-specific patent text mining solutions. Her PhD Thesis, The Essence of Patent Text Mining, was a product of close collaboration with the text mining industry. For her PhD research results, she was awarded, in 2017, the most promising PhD research results prize by i²c Innovation Incubator Center, TU Wien. Linda has featured in the Austria Ai Podcast On the History and Challenges of Domain Specific Text Mining, and she is currently the guest editor for a Virtual Special Issue of the World Patent Information Text Mining and Semantic Technologies in the Intellectual Property Domain. 

Linda Andersson (CTO & CEO Artificial Researcher IT GmbH)

Colin Rule, the man behind the eBay Resolution Center and co-founder and COO of Modria.Colin Rule is President and CEO of Mediate.com. In 2011 Colin co-founded Modria.com, an Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) provider based in Silicon Valley, which was acquired by Tyler Technologies in 2017. From 2017 to 2020 Colin served as Vice President of ODR at Tyler. From 2003 to 2011 Colin was Director of Online Dispute Resolution for eBay and PayPal. He has worked in the dispute resolution field for more than 25 years as a mediator, trainer, and consultant. He is currently Co-Chair of the Advisory Board of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution at UMass-Amherst and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Gould Center for Conflict Resolution at Stanford Law School. Colin co-founded Online Resolution, one of the first online dispute resolution (ODR) providers, in 1999 and served as its CEO and President. In 2002 Colin co-founded the Online Public Disputes Project which applied ODR to multiparty, public disputes. Colin also worked for several years with the National Institute for Dispute Resolution (now ACR) in Washington, D.C. and the Consensus Building Institute in Cambridge, MA. Colin has presented and trained around the world for organizations including the Singapore Mediation Center, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the International Association of Court Administrators, the International Chamber of Commerce, and the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution. He has also lectured and taught at UMass-Amherst, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Pepperdine, Southern Methodist University, and Santa Clara University. Colin is the author of Online Dispute Resolution for Business, published by Jossey-Bass in September 2002, and co-author of The New Handshake: Online Dispute Resolution and the Future of Consumer Protection, published by the ABA in 2017, as well as many dozens of articles in ADR journals and publications. He serves on the boards of the Consensus Building Institute and the PeaceTech Lab at the United States Institute of Peace. Colin received the Frank Sander Award from the American Bar Association in 2019 and the Mary Parker Follett Award from the Association for Conflict Resolution in 2013.  He holds a Master’s degree from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government in conflict resolution and technology, a graduate certificate in dispute resolution from UMass-Boston, a B.A. from Haverford College, and he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Eritrea from 1995-1997.

Colin Rule (President & CEO mediate.com)

Die digitale Kanzlei konkret: Was schafft man an Legal Tech an einem Tag? Probieren Sie es aus mit UKY und Alexander Skribe (4 Stunden)

Alexander Skribe (Partner Skribe Rechtsanwälte GmbH)

Welche Prozesse eignen sich? Warum sollte ich selbst einen Roboter bauen? Wo findet man Citizen Developer? Eigene Erfahrungen

Christian Hutter (Business Development ARAG SE)

Wie man Submissions digitalisieren kann und welche Prozesse in Rechtsanwaltskanzleien dazu notwendig sind.   Die Anzahl und Recherchen der Legal Directories wird immer umfangreicher und vielfältiger. Anwälte und Marketingabteilungen von Rechtsanwaltskanzleien sind zunehmend gefordert und schnaufen unter der Last. Wie können sich Anwaltskanzleien in Deutschland für die Zukunft aufstellen und diese Prozesse effizienter gestalten? Welche Werkzeuge braucht es? Was brauchen die Werkzeuge? Und wie schafft man den perfekten Workflow?

Gina-Maria Tondolo (Founder and Creator Lawrence)

Christian Ritschka (Partner DORDA Rechtsanwälte)

Das Liquid Legal Institute (LLI, www.liquid-legal-institute.com) hat kürzlich einen Entwicklungssprung genommen. Vielleicht haben Sie/habt Ihr in JUVE diesen Artikel gesehen: https://www.juve.de/nachrichten/deals/2021/07/digitalisierung-liquid-legal-institute-entwickelt-bei-gaia-x-cloud-fuer-den-rechtsmarkt. Ergänzend dazu erschein unsere Pressemitteilung: Microsoft Word - LLI_Pressemitteilung DIKE.docx (liquid-legal-institute.com). Was ist passiert?  Mit großer Freude haben wir die Entscheidung des BMWi zur Kenntnis genommen, dass unsere Ideen zu einer Common Legal Platform (CLP) die Gutachter überzeugt und sie unser Vorhaben als innovativ und förderwürdig eingeschätzt haben. Einer Realisierung steht nun nichts mehr im Wege. Bis zum Start des Verbundvorhabens (voraussichtlich in Q2/2022) gibt es noch viel zu tun. Wer sich aus erster Hand informieren möcte – dem sei diese Session wärmstens empfohlen.

Kai Jacob (LLI)