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McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Trump, Crypto and a New Era for IP Protection

The cryptocurrency industry is undergoing a transformative period as the Trump administration adopts a more structured and proactive regulatory approach to digital assets such as Bitcoin. This evolving legal framework not...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Blockchain Patents and Litigation — Updated May 2023

Blockchain had a challenging year but continues to grow as a technology with broad applicability. Here, we update our previous article on the state of blockchain patents and patent litigation with an overview of the landscape...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Do DAOs Need to Worry About Infringing Patents? MakerDAO and Compound Protocol Serve as Test Cases

Certain decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are currently named as defendants in different court cases. However, the patent infringement cases in which True Return asserts that MakerDAO and Compound Protocol...more

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Global Perspective on Patenting of Blockchain, Crypto, and DeFi Technologies

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The proliferation of blockchain, cryptocurrency, and decentralized finance (DeFi) applications in recent years has been accompanied by a surge in patent filings worldwide by blockchain tech developers. And, despite some early...more

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Patent Considerations and the Metaverse

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The Metaverse presents a variety of possibilities: from technology that enables digital content to be laid over the real world to application of real-world characteristics to a purely online environment. It is also a...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

At the COPA: Patent Alliances and the Real Satoshi Nakamoto

The Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) is a prominent (and possibly the only) defensive Crypto patent alliance. COPA advertises that it was “formed to encourage the adoption and advancement of cryptocurrency technologies and...more

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Patenting Fintech: ArentFox Schiff Obtained Patent for Secure Crypto Wallet and Cryptocurrency Payment Protocol

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The use of cryptocurrencies for online purchases has been steadily gaining popularity. However, using crypto to pay for goods in stores has been slow due to the lack of infrastructure that can support crypto transactions....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

The Compelling Implications of Using a Blockchain to Record and Verify Patent Assignments

Given the recent bust cycle of cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), all things blockchain are currently tainted with words such as "bubble", "scam", and "fraud".  But blockchain technology, which is what enables...more

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NFTs: The Future of Managing Patent Assets?

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What do William Shatner, Snoop Dogg, Mark Cuban, Tom Brady, and patent owners have in common? They are all now minting non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”), turning assets into a token that is represented on the blockchain. ...more

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IP, Blockchain, and Digital Assets

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In 2008, a still-unknown person or group going by the alias Satoshi Nakamoto introduced blockchain technology and the first cryptocurrency to the world. In 2020, the cryptocurrency market was valued at $1.49 billion. And, in...more

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NFTs: What's in Store for 2022?

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2021 was a banner year for non-fungible token sales, which are projected to climb even higher in 2022. Selected by Collins English Dictionary as the 2021 Word of the Year, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are unique...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Blockchain Patents and Litigation

Blockchain has the potential to be the new frontier of innovation and a disruptor of existing technologies, and with this, has the potential for significant patent litigation. The technology now commonly known as “blockchain”...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Risks of NIL Pitfalls Prove Greater Than ‘NIL’

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Just two weeks into the name, image, and likeness (NIL) era in college sports, and we are already starting to see not only novel and creative partnerships, but also the emergence of legal gray areas and pitfalls for college...more

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New Crypto Payment Services Launch; Blockchain Pilots Announced for Agriculture, Textile, Seafood Supply Chains; DeFi Project...

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New Crypto Payment Services Launch, Bitcoin ATM Firm Asserts Patent Rights - Late last week, BitPay, a major cryptocurrency payment provider, announced the introduction of BitPay Send, a new mass payout service that enables...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - September 2020

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U.S. Developments - CFTC Approves LedgerX to Clear Fully-Collateralized Futures and Options - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it has approved LedgerX, LLC’s amended order of registration to...more

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New Blockchain Patents, Crypto Mining Expands in US and Russia, French ICO Approved Under New Law, DOJ and INTERPOL Enforcement...

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Patents Granted to Blockchain Payments Firms, Crypto Mining Expands in Texas and Russia - Last month, a U.S. patent was reportedly granted to a major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange for a new system that would allow users to...more

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Walmart gets a patent for using Crypto, which may be a game changer for retail!

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The-BlochChain.com reported that in “…early August 2019, Walmart announced it had published a patent for a methodology for using stable coins and distributed ledger technology to eliminate the need for credit cards, to bank...more

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As Blockchain Goes Mainstream, Patent Applicants Face Familiar Hurdles

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Over the past several years, blockchain and the technologies based on it – most notably cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum – have dominated much of the discourse in the banking and financial services industries. ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Blockchain Games and Collectibles – Patents and Other Legal Issues

1. Blockchain Games and Collectibles Are on the Rise – The use of blockchain (or distributed ledger) technology for games (a.k.a blockchain games) and token-based digital collectibles is on the rise. The overnight popularity...more

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Blockchain Goes Wall Street – New Issued Patent Covers Cryptocurrency Trading Platform

With bitcoin prices rising from the dead over the last few weeks (up nearly 25% from a December 14 low), there’s a degree of renewed excitement regarding blockchain and cryptocurrency. But as general public interest rises and...more

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Blockchain Patents and Patient Data Pilots, Capital Markets Movements, Mining Malware, and More

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Blockchain Enterprise Developments in Food Supply Chain, Patient Data, Patents, Mobile Devices and More - An international supermarket conglomerate operating in 17 countries worldwide recently announced that it will implement...more

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Overview of the Patent Landscape in the Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and Cryptographic Token Space

This analysis identified and processed over 8,000 patents and patent applications worldwide relating to blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and cryptographic tokens as of July 2018. The analysis did not include patents and...more

BakerHostetler

Blockchain Developments: Payments, Capital Markets, Enterprise and Patents

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Payments and Capital Markets Blockchain Developments Continue to Progress - This week saw several blockchain-related developments in the payments and capital market spaces....more

Knobbe Martens

Banks Hate Cryptocurrency, But Are Filing Patents Anyway

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Blockchain is a technological innovation underlying cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Given the importance of cryptocurrencies not only for buying and selling goods and services, but also as funding and investment vehicles, the...more

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Investments, Pilots and Patents: Recent Blockchain Developments

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Blockchain Investment Continues Across Private and Public Sectors - The International Data Corporation (IDC) has published its update to the Worldwide Semiannual Blockchain Spending Guide, which estimates that worldwide...more

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