Barker Brettell

Who they are

UK IP law firm — 140 staff, 60 attorneys, 119K active rights

Patents, trademarks, designs, disputes

Why them

• Document-heavy workflows
• Mixed-matter complexity
• AI-aware

The problem

Startup sends pitch deck, product names, screenshots, "announcing next week"

Attorney spends 30 min–2 hours figuring out: Patent? Trademark? Design? Who handles it? What's missing?

Not billable. Quality varies. Slow = lost client.

The solution

AI structures the first pass: extract, classify, generate triage memo

Attorney reviews and approves

Minutes instead of hours. Consistent quality. No liability risk.