Patent Practice

Judgment

AI Is Most Dangerous When It Is Being Thorough

Sep 9, 2026

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3 min read

AI Is Most Dangerous When It Is Being Thorough

Completeness is a virtue in prose and a position in a legal instrument. The tool cannot tell the two apart.

Lana Akopyan

Judgment

Aug 21, 2026

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4 min read

The Instruction You Cannot See

A court just identified the half of AI review that human verification does not reach.

Lana Akopyan

Judgment

I Corrected the Paragraph Fifteen Times. It Was Still Wrong.

Aug 10, 2026

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3 min read

I Corrected the Paragraph Fifteen Times. It Was Still Wrong.

Every edit was justified. The paragraph was built around the wrong point.

Lana Akopyan

Benchmarks

The Number Was Right. The Conclusion Wasn't.

Aug 3, 2026

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4 min read

The Number Was Right. The Conclusion Wasn't.

How a benchmark can stay accurate while becoming misleading.

Lana Akopyan

Benchmarks

“A Human Reviewed It.” What Does That Actually Prove?

Jul 30, 2026

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4 min read

“A Human Reviewed It.” What Does That Actually Prove?

Human review matters. It is also being asked to prove things it cannot establish.

Lana Akopyan

Confidentiality

A Prompt Can Reveal a Client Without Naming Them.

Jun 9, 2026

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3 min read

A Prompt Can Reveal a Client Without Naming Them.

For IP and patent lawyers especially, "redact the client's name" is not a confidentiality strategy. It barely touches the risk.

Lana Akopyan

Patent Practice

AI Is Most Dangerous When It Is Being Thorough

The Instruction You Cannot See

I Corrected the Paragraph Fifteen Times. It Was Still Wrong.

The Number Was Right. The Conclusion Wasn't.

“A Human Reviewed It.” What Does That Actually Prove?

A Prompt Can Reveal a Client Without Naming Them.

The Agentic Lawyer