Artificial Intelligence Patenting in FinTech

Jay Halt is a Shareholder with Volpe Koenig, an intellectual property law firm in the U.S. Jay. collaborates with clients at all stages of development, from startup entrepreneurs to teams of engineers at Fortune 500 companies. Jay helps clients secure, manage and protect their IP, devising and implementing results-oriented strategies in order to provide peace of mind that those assets are secure. Clients appreciate Jay’s holistic and inventive approach to optimizing the value of their intellectual property portfolios.

Jay is on the Engineering Entrepreneurship Advisory Board at Villanova University. He is a frequent speaker and blogger regarding Intellectual Property, and in particular artificial intelligence, medical devices and block chain applications, and is the author of four Intellectual Property books.

Natalie Raffoul is the co-founder and managing partner of BRION RAFFOUL LLP, a Canada law firm specializing in intellectual property law. She is a world-renowned expert in the patenting of software, business methods, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and the legal issues surrounding such subject matter. Since 2020, Natalie has been recognized as global leader in the IAM Strategy 300:  The World’s Leading IP Strategists. Since 2019, she has served as an Intellectual property advisor/expert on several international panels for the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) and other high-profile organizations to assess IP strategies in multiple countries around the world.

Bernd Laqua studied computer science with particular focus on artificial intelligence and business intelligence. He established businesses in the fields of high frequency trading as well as chart trading of financial instruments, where he became acquainted with intellectual property. Bernd was then trained to become German and European Patent Attorney and has been a partner at WUESTHOFF & WUESTHOFF since 2018. Bernd has expertise in all aspects of European patent practice and focuses on prosecuting patents as well as on handling opposition, appeal and litigation cases. Due to his computer science background, Bernd has extensive experience in the field of software-related inventions.