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Overview
Black Hills AI is legal software designed to support intellectual property teams with research, renewals, and portfolio administration. It offers strong IP automation and attorney-built tools. However, some users note limited pricing visibility, but its renewals accuracy, structured workflows, and U.S.-based support remain key strengths.
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Black Hills AI Specifications
Compliance Tracking
Document Management
Reporting And Analytics
Alerts/Notifications
What Is Black Hills AI?
Black Hills AI is a legal software platform built for intellectual property law firms and in-house legal teams handling patents and trademarks. It focuses on automating research, prosecution support, renewals, and recurring docketing tasks. By combining AI-assisted drafting with structured portfolio workflows, the platform helps reduce administrative risk while improving consistency across complex IP operations.
Black Hills AI Pricing
Black Hills AI price plans are structured around its intellectual property tools and managed services. The vendor flexible pricing for all its modules. However, for IP Renewals, the plans are:
- Manual Instructions: $45/instruction
- Reports: $45/report
- Status Retrieval: $24/matter
- Retrieval + Updates: $65/matter
Disclaimer: The pricing is subject to change.
Black Hills AI Integrations
The software supports integration with multiple intellectual property (IP) management platforms, including:
- FoundationIP®
- Memotech®
- AppColl®
- AltLegal®
Who Is Black Hills AI For?
Black Hills AI is ideal for a wide range of industries and sectors, including:
- Law Firms
- Corporations
Is Black Hills AI Right For You?
Black Hills AI may suit organizations managing complex or high-volume intellectual property portfolios that require accuracy and audit-ready workflows. Its attorney-built AI tools, structured renewals processes, and U.S.-based service delivery support compliance-sensitive environments. The platform also emphasizes secure data handling through controlled access and documented procedures.
Still doubtful if Black Hills AI is the right fit for you? Connect with our customer support staff at (661) 384-7070 for further guidance.
Black Hills AI Features
Otto IP™ AI supports patent prosecution by assisting with legal research and document drafting using attorney-built AI models. It helps reduce drafting time while preserving legal context, enabling faster responses to office actions and more consistent filings across patent matters.
IP Renewals manages annuities and maintenance deadlines through structured workflows that emphasize transparency and verification. Evidence-of-use scanning and centralized tracking reduce missed deadlines while improving long-term planning and visibility across patent and trademark portfolios.
Black Hills AI features ‘IP Automation’ that simplifies recurring paralegal and docketing tasks for patents and trademarks by applying consistent logic across workflows. This reduces manual errors and liability risks while easing administrative workloads tied to ongoing portfolio management.
IP Outsourcing provides U.S.-based support for renewals, docketing, and paralegal services using secure proprietary tools. It helps organizations manage capacity gaps while maintaining data control and continuity across internal and external IP operations.
