TrademarkNow Chief Scientist Elected to Executive Committee of International Association of Artificial Intelligence and Law (IAAIL), Capping a Successful First Half of Rapid Growth for the Company in 2015
HELSINKI, June 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Anna Ronkainen, Chief Scientist at TrademarkNow, has been elected to the executive committee of the International Association of Artificial Intelligence and Law (IAAIL), the company announced today. IAAIL is a nonprofit association devoted to promoting research and development in the field of AI and Law, with members throughout the world. Ronkainen was elected to IAAIL's executive committee at the organization's 15th international conference, held this month in San Diego.
"TrademarkNow's software is at the direct intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the law, and it's a field that I've been passionately studying for the past 15 years," Ronkainen said. "With my interest in the future of artificial intelligence and its impact on the law, I'm very excited to be elected to the IAAIL executive committee. I welcome the opportunity to continue exploring, discussing, and teaching how artificial intelligence is changing the broader legal tech landscape, as well as the way trademark law, specifically, is conducted."
Ronkainen's election to the IAAIL executive committee capped a busy and successful first half of 2015 for TrademarkNow, including:
- Ronkainen recently finished teaching a college course on legal technology and innovation at the University of Turku in Finland – the first of its kind in Northern Europe.
- Ronkainen spoke at four legal and technology conferences in the past two months. Ronkainen moderated a table topic discussion at the 137th International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. She was a guest lecturer on May 7th at The Program For Legal Tech and Design, based at Stanford University's Institute of Design (d.school). At The 15th International Conference on AI and Law (ICAL 2015) this month, Ronkainen led a CLE session entitled, Software Tools, Automation, and Machine Learning for Practice IPLaw. And she ended her West Coast speaking tour with a presentation at CodeX, the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics.
- TrademarkNow has already doubled the staff at the company's Kilkenny, Ireland office that opened earlier this year. TrademarkNow's Kilkenny office is located in NewWorkJunction, a shared co-working space in the city known as "The Friendliest City in Europe."
- TrademarkNow continued signing new clients – corporations, law firms, and branding agencies – including: Haworth Inc., Iovate Health Sciences International Inc., and McDonnell, Boehnen, Hulbert & Berghoff, LLP.
"Anna Ronkainen's pioneering research into artificial intelligence and the law is at the core of the innovation that powers the TrademarkNow platform. It's pleasing to see the recognition of Ronkainen's work via multiple speaking engagements and her election to the IAAIL executive committee," said Mikael Kolehmainen, TrademarkNow Co-founder and CEO. "Trademark attorneys internationally and in the U.S. are recognizing that the TrademarkNow platform can help them do their jobs more efficiently and effectively. That recognition is driving the company's continued growth, which is evident in our positive first-half metrics for 2015."
About TrademarkNow
TrademarkNow provides an intelligent web-based trademark management platform that is used by in-house legal teams, law firms, and branding agencies for instant trademark search and watch results. At its core is a unique artificial intelligence model of trademark law based on both explicit and intricate domain models of the law. Created by experts in trademark law and linguistics, our cutting-edge system also utilizes state-of-the-art machine-learning techniques to produce models that seamlessly take real-world complexities into account. While the underlying intelligence is complex, the platform's intuitive design and simple user interface make it very easy to use. The result: faster, smarter trademark search, watch, and analysis. www.trademarknow.com
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