In 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) reversed examiners’ decisions in about 30% of appeals, and only in about 7% of appeals related to patent applications for business methods, which include financial technology...more
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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
12/9/2022
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Crypto-asset transactions are rapidly growing in popularity. However, a surge of cybersecurity breaches and hacker attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges and cryptocurrency wallet service providers has caused billions of dollars...more
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
Arent Fox has procured for Bloomio, a fintech pioneer and provider of a blockchain-based investment platform, a U.S. patent covering a new technology for crypto-asset recovery.
There has been a tremendous increase in...more