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Charging Ahead or Slowing Progress? The Patent Battles Shaping EV Infrastructure
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Charging Ahead or Slowing Progress? The Patent Battles Shaping EV Infrastructure

The lawsuits, standard-essential patents, and licensing strategies from Tesla, ChargePoint, and WiTricity that are shaping the EV charging network race.

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2025-02-20
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Legaltech Hub Product Briefing - NLPatent
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Legaltech Hub Product Briefing - NLPatent

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2025-02-14
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Why Size Matters in Large Language Models
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Why Size Matters in Large Language Models

What parameter count actually buys you in an LLM, plus the compute cost, water use, and environmental tradeoffs behind training GPT-scale models.

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2025-02-13
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How Self-Supervised Learning has "Transformed" Natural Language Processing
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How Self-Supervised Learning has "Transformed" Natural Language Processing

How transformer-based LLMs learn language context through token masking, and why the shift is often called NLP's ImageNet moment.

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2025-01-29
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Tracing the (Surprisingly) Long History of Language-Based AI
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Tracing the (Surprisingly) Long History of Language-Based AI

A timeline from 1883 semantics through Turing, ELIZA, RNNs, and transformers, showing that today's language AI builds on over a century of ideas.

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2025-01-16
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Driving Innovation: AI, Software, and the IP Powering the Future of EVs
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Driving Innovation: AI, Software, and the IP Powering the Future of EVs

How AI, onboard software, and patent portfolios power modern EVs, from battery management and OTA updates to voice assistants and bi-directional charging.

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2024-12-10
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NLPatent Launches NLPatent | Monitor: The World’s First Truly Intelligent Patent Monitoring Platform
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NLPatent Launches NLPatent | Monitor: The World’s First Truly Intelligent Patent Monitoring Platform

NLPatent | Monitor delivers context-aware patent alerts that explain why each result matters, replacing keyword-based watch tools with tunable AI monitoring.

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2024-10-15
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NLPatent Launches AI-Driven Patent Monitoring Tool
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NLPatent Launches AI-Driven Patent Monitoring Tool

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2024-10-15
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Meet Stephanie Curcio, RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards Ones to Watch Recipient
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Meet Stephanie Curcio, RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards Ones to Watch Recipient

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2024-09-12
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Shocking Developments: The Secret Life of EV Batteries and the Power of IP
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Shocking Developments: The Secret Life of EV Batteries and the Power of IP

The history of lithium-ion, LG Energy Solution's 30,000-patent portfolio, and the trade secret battles including Tesla v. Matthews reshaping EV battery IP.

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2024-08-08
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Accelerating Clean Tech Innovation: How Patents Drive Progress in the Age of AI
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Accelerating Clean Tech Innovation: How Patents Drive Progress in the Age of AI

How AI-powered patent search helps clean-tech innovators navigate rapid growth in EV filings, government incentives, and dense technical prior art.

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2024-07-13
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NLPatent Achieves SOC 2 Compliance - Ensuring Trust and Data Security in the AI Era
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NLPatent Achieves SOC 2 Compliance - Ensuring Trust and Data Security in the AI Era

NLPatent earns SOC 2 accreditation, formally verifying the security and privacy controls behind sensitive patent work for law firms and corporate IP teams.

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2024-04-23
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