IP Consulting & Solutions
for Boutique IP Law Firms
Safeguard your client’s IP and liberate your small team from administrative burdens with IP AI software for boutique law firms and a responsive, affordable, and accurate partner.
Let’s Discuss Your IP Needs
More Counsel, Less Paperwork.
The AI-Powered Partner for Boutique IP Firms.
Your boutique practice thrives on expertise and client trust, yet valuable attorneys are overwhelmed by administrative tasks that hinder your firm’s growth.
Black Hills AI offers a solution as a U.S.-based extension of your team, managing high-liability, low-margin duties. Our attorney-built IP services free your practice from staffing concerns and operational complexity, allowing your team to concentrate on strategic counsel.
IP Management Services
For Your Boutique Practice
Automated Docketing
Protect your firm from the single greatest source of liability: manual error. Our system automatically pulls and processes correspondence directly from patent offices, loading it into your system with an error rate better than Six Sigma so you can have complete confidence in your docket.
Outsourced Paralegal Services
Instantly solve your most critical staffing challenges. Whether you’re facing unexpected employee leave or a sudden surge in work, our U.S.-based paralegals can immediately fill the gap, integrating seamlessly into your practice without the cost and time of hiring and onboarding.
IP Renewals
Offload this high-liability, low-margin task so your attorneys can focus on what they do best: strategic legal work. Our secure and transparent renewals platform ensures your clients’ IP assets are protected while freeing you from potential conflicts of interest.
Foreign Correspondence Management
End the confusion of messy international email chains. Honu provides a structured data system that streamlines international docketing and correspondence, bringing clarity to your global portfolio management.
Strategic Recommendations
Get proactive recommendations from experienced IP attorneys that include identifying hidden opportunities to improve your internal processes and make your practice more efficient.
Patent Prosecution Support
Make more confident, data-driven decisions during prosecution. We provide critical insights into all pertinent matters pending in the USPTO with our free prosecution analytics, and we keep you updated as actions are taken.
File Opening
Ensure your files are opened correctly and on time, every time. Our experienced team and innovative File Opening Supervisor system are experts in the file opening process, removing another administrative burden from your team.
IP Software Solutions
To Empower Your Firm
Gain the power of a mid-level associate without the overhead. Otto IP functions like a 3rd- to 5th-year associate, securely accelerating your document creation, research, and patent drafting so your lean team can handle a larger workload with unmatched precision.
Whether you’re looking for an inexpensive IP management system or want to supercharge the one you have, we connect with all major IP management platforms, serving as an intelligent engine that boosts your capabilities without disrupting your processes.
Gain immediate peace of mind with an instant quality control check on your current docketing. Our DocketSaver™ service is designed to catch costly errors before they can harm your firm’s reputation or your client’s IP.
Add an ironclad layer of security against catastrophic mistakes. Our SureDocket™ subscription includes the dual docketing of non-recoverable critical deadlines, providing world-class matter tracking delivered directly into your IP management system.
Get full transparency into every item we handle for you. Our cloud portal gives you on-demand access to all items we process or docket, as well as your entire history of correspondence and free prosecution analytics.
Get a powerful, easy-to-use docketing solution designed for the budget and scale of a small practice. This affordable, turnkey solution features our seamless U.S. and foreign SureDocket™ service and makes all your docket items fully accessible in our cloud portal.
About
Black Hills AI
Black Hills AI, founded by experienced IP attorneys, offers precise solutions for portfolio management. We understand the challenges of boutique IP law firms and provide flawless docketing through automation, transparent IP renewals, and our Otto IP™ AI tools.
As a nimble and trusted partner, we help simplify your operations, allowing your legal team to focus on growth and innovation.
Benefits of Our IP Consulting & Services
For Boutique IP Law Firms
Mitigate Cost & Risk
For a small practice with less predictable cash flow, our fully-managed automation is a more cost-effective solution than hiring another employee. Our system provides an error rate better than Six Sigma, eliminating human error and protecting your practice from the high liability of costly mistakes.
Solve Staffing Challenges Instantly
A small team is critically vulnerable to staffing changes. Whether you’re facing a key member on leave or an unexpected increase in workload, we can immediately shore up critical gaps in your processes with no time-consuming hiring or onboarding required.
Focus On Revenue-Generating Work
As a boutique firm, your time is your most valuable asset. Free yourself from the administrative burdens that pull you away from your core mission so you can dedicate your specialized expertise to high-level counsel and building deeper client relationships.
Gain a Trusted U.S.-Based Partner
In a boutique practice that prioritizes personalized client relationships, trust is everything. As a U.S.-based company founded by experienced IP attorneys, we're not just a vendor. We’re an extension of your practice and your team who share your values and ethics.
Frequently Asked Questions
About Black Hills AI’s IP Outsourcing for Boutique Law Firms
How does Black Hills AI ensure data security and privacy with its AI tools?
Black Hills AI prioritizes discretion and data security above all. Our proprietary AI tools operate within a closed, U.S.-based environment, and we have a strict zero-data retention policy. We never use your confidential data to train our models, eliminating the risks associated with public-facing AI like ChatGPT and ensuring your sensitive information remains secure and compliant with U.S. export controls.
My firm struggles with staffing. How can Black Hills AI help without us having to hire more people?
We are uniquely positioned to assist with your docketing and paralegal needs immediately, with no hiring or onboarding required.
Our team and technology can instantly shore up critical gaps caused by staff turnover or an increased workload, acting as a seamless extension of your team. This frees up your existing attorneys and paralegals to focus on strategic, revenue-generating work.
What makes your automation and docketing services more accurate than other solutions?
Our automation was developed by experienced IP attorneys, so it understands the nuances of IP law and patent office processes. This deep expertise, combined with our proprietary technology, allows us to achieve an error rate lower than Six Sigma.
We also offer an extra layer of quality control with our DocketSaver™ service, which verifies your existing docketing to identify and correct errors before they become costly.
How does Black Hills AI compare to offshore outsourcing?
Unlike offshore providers, our entire team and all of our tools are based in the U.S., which removes security risks and compliance concerns directly associated with offshore outsourcing, ensuring your data is always protected.
Our technology-driven approach allows us to deliver impeccable accuracy at a more cost-effective price point than traditional offshore labor, ensuring you get the highest quality service without compromise.
Partner with Black Hills AI Today
Ready to transform your IP operations? Our attorney-built IP outsourcing solutions for boutique law firms are designed to help you mitigate risk, optimize costs, and liberate your practice to achieve its fullest potential.