A Singapore-founded company that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to help innovators, IP analysts and lawyers sort through global patents has hired its first general counsel—from another AI-driven firm.

Eric Topel joined Patsnap this month from Socure, a company based in the U.S. state of Nevada  that makes use of AI in its digital identification verification and fraud-prevention platform. Topel had been with Socure since April 2022.