Our affiliated law practice.

Orrery Counsel LLP

Patent attorneys and litigators who sit beside the researchers, so legal advice draws on the same evidence we publish.

Practice areas

AI Patents & Inventorship

Prosecution of patents on machine learning methods, agent architectures and training techniques. Inventorship records for AI-assisted work, and freedom-to-operate opinions on model features.

Algorithmic Discrimination

Independent bias audits, defense and plaintiff-side expert work on automated decisions in hiring, housing, credit and benefits.

Training Data & Copyright

Data licensing, provenance diligence and opt-out compliance for model developers and for creators whose work is used in training.

AI Regulatory Compliance

EU AI Act conformity, U.S. state AI laws, sector rules and procurement clauses. Governance programs for boards and public agencies.

Emerging AI Rights

Scenario counsel on agent liability, AI-generated works and the legal status of autonomous systems, for labs, insurers and legislatures.

Representative matters

2026Patent portfolio for a provenance-watermarking method, 14 jurisdictions11 granted
2026Bias audit of a state benefits eligibility modelModel retrained; appeal path added
2025Inventorship dispute over an AI-assisted drug-discovery claimHuman inventors upheld
2025EU AI Act high-risk conformity file for a hiring platformConformity declared
2025AI governance charter and procurement clauses for a U.S. countyAdopted by board
2024Training-data licensing framework for a coalition of publishersSigned by 3 developers