Prompt Computer Engineering Is NOT Legal Engineering!

Thinking about using ChatGPT or Gemini to draft your Intellectual Property (IP) Applications?

Generative AI is a powerful tool, but applying it to IP law is a billion-dollar risk for your brand or patented idea.

An algorithm cannot protect your business in the real world.

• Destructive Disclosure: Entering a secret invention into a public AI prompt counts as public disclosure. This instantly destroys your chances of ever obtaining a patent and design in many countries. It can also reveal to your competitors what you are doing, and they may even file an IP Application first.

• Invalidity: Your questions and discussions with AI are published to the web without a lawyer to protect you. You may unknowingly make disclosures or admissions which could enable third parties to apply for cancellation of your patent, trademark or design rights. And, the dates of disclosure are BEFORE you’ve filed your IP applications.

• Hallucinated Law: AI models regularly fabricate fake legal precedents, quote fictional legislation, and misinterpret the relevant Acts and IP Australia’s strict guidelines.

• Register Blindness: AI cannot run deep-tier, phonetic clearance searches. It will not warn you if a competitor already owns a deceptively similar mark.

• Zero Accountability: If an AI gives you bad advice, you have no recourse. You will be told that you should have seen an Attorney and you’ll wear the legal remifications and costs! Registered Attorneys carry professional indemnity insurance and are bound by strict statutory codes of conduct.

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