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CLS Bank v Alice Corp Blockchain

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Is Your Blockchain Invention Patentable?

Blockchain is becoming central to more FinTech patent portfolios than ever – but it’s harder to obtain protection on blockchain than most other technologies. The US Supreme Court’s decision in Alice v. CLS Bank (2014)...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

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter - November 2018: Blockchain-ing Alice?

Over the past few years, a dramatic number of blockchain-related patent applications have been filed at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). Blockchain innovations may be categorized as software-use cases and thus may...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter - November 2018

Technology Spotlight - Patenting Blockchain Technology - Blockchain is a booming technology, causing a dramatic increase in patent filings at the U.S Patent and Trademark Office. The November 2018 issue of Sterne Kessler’s...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

Ward and Smith, P.A.

The Blockchain Revolution: Time to Ramp Up Your Software Patenting Effort?

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As you read this article, hundreds of startups and other organizations are working on blockchain applications in such areas as energy trading, data storage trading, peer-to-peer lending, and verifying professional or other...more

Proskauer - New England IP Blog

Patenting the Blockchain

Last year’s spike in the valuation of bitcoin has much of the technology world focused on blockchain, the distributed database ledger technology behind bitcoin and many other cryptocurrencies. Lost behind the scenes,...more

Polsinelli

Innovation on the Blockchain: Protect your IP Assets in 2018 and Beyond

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Blockchain-based patent applications started as a trickle, beginning with a few applications being filed in 2014. It has now exploded, with a few big filers jumping into the market in hopes of creating licensing opportunities...more

JD Supra Perspectives

Perspective: The Accenture Blockchain Patent

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Blockchain innovators need to understand that they are working in an early-stage, evolving IP landscape where the potential risks are still very difficult to evaluate....more

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