AI.Law sues competitor Eve Legal for alleged patent infringement
Aba Journal
AI.Law accuses Eve Legal of infringing its AI-driven document generation patent.Summary
AI.Law filed a complaint in the Northern District of California accusing Eve Legal (operated by Butler Labs) of infringing its U.S. Patent No. 12,461,932, titled "Method and System for Transforming Data Using Artificial Intelligence to Generate Content," which covers AI‑driven transformation of unstructured material into formatted legal documents. AI.Law said it received the patent in November 2025, notified Eve Legal in May and June 2026, and after receiving no response, alleges continued infringement. The complaint claims Eve Legal’s platform practices the patented method and induces or contributes to infringement by its users, and notes that Law360 reported the lawsuit with no comment from either party.
(Source：Aba Journal)
