Defense Atty In Valve Patent Troll Trial Says He Never Used AI

By Rachel Riley ( February 26, 2026, 7:12 PM EST) -- An intellectual property attorney who defended inventor Leigh Rothschild in a landmark patent-trolling trial has denied allegations that his firm used artificial intelligence to prep a pretrial brief, according to a Thursday filing, following a Seattle federal jury's Feb. 17 verdict in favor of plaintiff video game company Valve Corp....

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