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New Collaborative Venture: AI Robotics + Tokkyo.Ai

AI Data Corporation, a leader in data utilization, and LegalTech Inc., a dynamic player in the legal tech sector, have announced an innovative partnership. Their collaboration focuses on integrating generative AI with a robust intellectual property (IP) strategy tailored for the robotics industry. This initiative aims to transform control know-how and operational data owned by robotics companies into valuable intellectual assets, facilitating potential revenue through licensing agreements.

Background

In recent years, the global robotics market has witnessed a significant shift from hardware-centric competition to a more value-driven focus on software, intellectual property, and interoperability. Despite this trend, many Japanese enterprises are still grappling with the issue of knowledge being highly personalized. Often, valuable technological insights remain unsystematized and inadequately protected as intellectual property, hindering the monetization process.

Both companies recognize the necessity of establishing a streamlined approach to manage technical know-how and operation data as intellectual properties. The collaboration aspires to assist robotics firms in organizing and safeguarding their technical assets effectively, ultimately leading to enhanced revenue opportunities.

Challenges Addressed

1. Personal Dependency on Control Knowledge: Control know-how often relies heavily on individuals, making reuse and dissemination challenging.
2. Lack of IP Organization: Technical insights are not appropriately categorized as IP, making it difficult for companies to extend and monetize these technologies.
3. Management of Technical Documentation: Without proper oversight, the evidence supporting technological claims is poorly managed, complicating evaluation and justification processes.
4. Burden of Technical Information Management: The need for organized technical data can burden companies, particularly regarding due diligence and funding processes.

The AI Robotics + Tokkyo Model

This collaborative model's success hinges on three significant stages that create a viable IP loop for revenue generation:
1. Invention to Template Conversion: Using generative AI, the control logic and operation know-how of robots will be analyzed and organized into patent templates.
2. Evidence and IP Protection: Through Tokkyo.Ai and a Virtual Data Room (VDR), the generated IP is thoroughly documented and protected, ensuring secure management.
3. Licensing Sales: The templates will be made available on AI Robotics on IDX as a SaaS offering, targeted towards various industry applications.

Key Differentiators

• - Intellectual Property Transformation: Extracting suitable elements for IP from operation data and action procedures enhances value.
• - Revenue Model Development: Companies can leverage these templates to cultivate new revenue streams based on their intellectual assets.
• - Transparency in ROI and Implementation Effects: Providing insights into performance metrics and success stories allows companies to construct compelling presentations for investors and financiers.
• - Secured Technical Evaluation Environment: Establishing a safe data room for sharing technical information addresses contamination concerns, fostering a productive evaluation space for M&A, funding, and technical due diligence tasks.

Use Case Examples

• - A robotics system integrator registers pre-designed templates as intellectual property and licenses them to small enterprises.
• - A manufacturer spreads its line control template across its series of factories, enabling visible internal royalties.
• - Research institutions template their algorithm developments, facilitating international patent applications and monetization.

Futuristic Developments

Looking ahead, both firms are committed to expanding their library of industry-specific templates, engaging in joint development with local manufacturing entities and universities, and refining operational designs following international IP standards. Their efforts aim to establish a robust framework for IP strategies within Japan's robotics sector, balancing technological safeguarding and utilization.

About AI Data Corporation

Founded in April 2015, AI Data Corporation has built a solid reputation for over 20 years, safeguarding data assets for over 10,000 companies and a million individual clients. The organization offers comprehensive data ecosystem services, winning the BCN Award for 16 consecutive years, among various acknowledgments in data management and legal service domains.

About LegalTech Inc.

Established in March 2021, LegalTech Inc. specializes in patent research and invention extraction, leveraging its proprietary AI platforms to streamline the legal tech landscape and enhance collaborative development. The company's parent AI platform,