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Augmenting Man

"The combination of machines and ICT has brought exponential development into the engineering world. As a result we see the emergence of autonomous machines. The complexity of tasks as well as the...

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What is innovation?

I'm being profiled on WIN-novators later this spring. As an preview, here's my take on the question in the title of this post:I suppose there are basically two possible aspects on innovation. The first...

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Zombies and robots and cyclists, oh my!

Inspired by today's Decision by Rector Magnificus Thomas Wilhelmsson, I have made one of my own as well. Rather than keep struggling with writing a traditional monograph, I have decided to leverage my...

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What is Legal Technology?

In my opinion, AI & law desperately needs a makeover. One simple but effective way for the field to reinvent itself is rebranding, and the best label for this I can think of is Legal Technology...

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Lies, damned lies, and performance metrics

In the DESI IV e-discovery workshop at ICAIL last June, in one of the presentations there was a single slide that really caught my attention. It showed the performance of a large number of e-discovery...

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IP TRANSLATOR, or why MY BRANE HERTZ

If the words IP TRANSLATOR don’t immediately ring a bell, don’t worry. Probably it just means that you are not a EUropean trademark lawyer. (Neither am I, but I play one on TV.) IP TRANSLATOR, or more...

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It's alive!

This blog has been a bit (too much) on the quiet side the past months, but at least we have plenty of good excuses. First of all, at these latitudes, summer is a convenient all-around excuse, and not...

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Guest post at VoxPopuLII

I had a guest post on my research in general on the VoxPopuLII blog of the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law a couple of weeks ago.

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Phantoms, RoboCops and teleportation law - just an ordinary day at an...

About a month ago (oh dear) I had again the pleasure of attending GikII, the world's top most number one conference on geek law, this time at the London campus of the University of East Anglia. I also...

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Happy World Usability Day!

Today, November 8th, is World Usability Day, arranged annually since 2006. List of events here (although if you are interested in events near you, the map on the front page is much more usable),...

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Peter Thiel on Singularity and legal technology

Betabeat (just one of many tech blogs I follow regularly) had yesterday a interesting post on Peter Thiel’s (Stanford Law graduate, PayPal co-founder &c &c) presentation at the Legal Technology...

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What is Artificial Intelligence?

Prompted by the discussion at a presentation I gave yesterday on intelligent legal technology (titlend Älykäs oikeusteknologia, ie. in Finnish, for once) I guess I feel the need to export a part of the...

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Translation Technology and Copyright

Translation technology (TT) has made significant technical advances over the past decade. Machine translation has become increasingly commonplace in everyday use through services such as Google...

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Legal startup news (February 2013)

Online dispute resolution for real: Ebay Spinoff Modria Is Judge Judy For Cyber Shoppers (Fast Company) Case factor analysis for real: Judicata Raises $2M From Peter Thiel, Keith Rabois And Others To...

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Legal startup news (March 2013)

Starting close to home: Onomatics products are now branded TrademarkNow, coinciding with the release of two new products: NameRank and NameCheckA legal startup especially for startups: YC-backed Clerky...

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Intelligent legal technology in Finnish courts by 2025?

In Finland, the select committee on judicial reform presented its report to the Minister of Justice today. (Press release in Finnish, Swedish.) The report, responding to the political pressure of...

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Legal startup news (April 2013)

Wevorce, a Y Combinator (the non plus ultra of startup accelerators) alumn developing legal technology for divorces (WSJ). For what it’s worth, I believe it has possible to file for (amicable) divorce...

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Legal startup news (May 2013)

Lex Machina closes a $4.8M Series A funding round led by Cue Ball Capital. Congrats!Ditto on TechCrunchSilicon Valley’s Start-Up Machine, featuring Wevorce (New York Times Magazine)Previous...

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Legal startup news (June 2013)

Modus Raises $10M For Data Driven Approach To E-Discovery (TechCrunch)ditto on VentureBeatPrevious editions:May 2013April 2013March 2013February 2013

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Legal startup news (July 2013)

Foundry Group invests in the online dispute resolution startup Modriaditto on VentureBeatPrevious editions:June 2013May 2013April 2013March 2013February 2013Legal startups on AngelList

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Legal startup news (August 2013)

YC-Backed SimpleLegal Reduces Legal Bills With Machine Learning (TechCrunch)YC-Backed Casetext Takes a New Angle on Value Added Legal Research With Wikipedia-Style User Annotations...

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Legal startup news (September 2013)

Legislation Tracking And Prediction Startup FiscalNote Raises $1.2M From Mark Cuban And Others (TechCrunch)Previous editions:August 2013July 2013June 2013May 2013April 2013March 2013February 2013Legal...

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Legal startup news (October 2013)

Online Attorney Marketplace UpCounsel Raises $1.5 Million, Opens Its Patent Practice To All (TechCrunch)Docstoc Redesigns Its Site To Become The Go-To Place For Small Business Documents...

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Legal startup news (November 2013)

LPO provider Exigent raises stakes in lower cost offering with mLegal acquisition (The Lawyer)Previous editions:October 2013September 2013August 2013July 2013June 2013May 2013April 2013March...

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Legal startup news (December 2013)

Online Matchmakers Offer New Way to Find Legal Help (Wall Street Journal, h/t @jkubicki)Previous editions:November 2013October 2013September 2013August 2013July 2013June 2013May 2013April 2013March...

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