Podcast: Building an AI-Native Law Firm

June 26, 2026

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Laurence Brown

Partner, UK and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative

Our partner Laurence Brown joined the Technically Legal podcast to talk about what it really takes to become an AI-native law firm, and how we're doing it through Visser AI.
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Laurence has spent 25 years as a patent lawyer. In the episode, he explains that being AI-native isn't about prompting a general artificial intelligence (AI) model. It means redesigning how patent work actually gets done, from drafting to prosecution.
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He also talks about Visser AI, our hybrid intelligence service named after the patent attorney Derk Visser. Visser AI uses tools built specifically for patent law, not general-purpose ones, so we can work faster without losing quality. That efficiency is also changing how we price our services, moving away from billable hours towards fixed fees.
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In the episode, Laurence and host Chad Main cover:

What it actually means to be an AI-native law firm
How Visser AI is redesigning patent drafting and prosecution
Why fixed fees are becoming possible without cutting quality
Why purpose-built AI tools outperform general models for patent law
How European patent regulation is adapting to AI

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