Von Seidels is an intellectual property law firm specialising in protecting and enforcing IP rights throughout Africa. We have offices in South Africa, ARIPO (Namibia), OAPI (Cameroon), Nigeria and Kenya.
How and why to brief a patent attorney in the age of large language models
18 August 2026 TLDR: don’t use LLMs. Your own thoughts in your own words is where the value is. LLMs just embed your invention in noise. If you have come up with an invention and want to understand how to use intellectual property rights to protect it, the thought of briefing an IP attorney can be daunting if you have never done it before. What...
