Mr. Vikrant Rana, Managing Partner at S.S. Rana & Co., was invited as a speaker at the AIPPI Mid-term Meeting, 2025 (February 20 -21, 2025) in Zagreb, Croatia!
Mr. Rana’s session was on IP Practice Session: From Theory to Practice: Is the IP Services Sector Ready for AI Transformation? discussed about the impact of AI on Law Firm practice.
The session took the form of a structured debate, offering diverse perspectives and sparking insightful dialogue on the following motions:
- The Integration of AI in professional services will hinder productivity rather than improve it
- Professional firms need not adopt AI to meet evolving client expectations
- The integration of AI in firms will lead to the replacement of lawyers
During the session Mr. Rana and Ms. Uttara Gautham, Legal Products Specialist, Travers Smith put their arguments on both “for” and “against” the motions, discussing the pros and cons of the integration of AI in professional services. In the conclusion, a middle ground was reached, emphasizing the importance of ethical and security consideration that needs to be considered by law firms and legal professionals when using AI to enhance efficiency.
We would also take the opportunity to thank Fred Barbieri for moderating the session smoothly and all the panelists Ms. Amy Conroy, Principal Legal Engineer, Leya Law, Mr. Dr. Jan-Christian Schütte, Managing Partner, Noventive, Mr. Kiyoshi Tsuru, Founding Partner, TMI Abogados, Mr. Jan Vleck, European and UK Patent and Trademark Attorney, Reddie & Grose for keeping the session interactive and providing practical and wonderful insights on whether AI is ready for prime time for use by IP service providers.