Dr. Craig Wright squared off in court against the Crypto Open Patent Alliance in September over a number of applications made by both sides, ending with a ruling which saw the court slap down COPA’s most significant requests.
The trial of COPA v. Wright is set to start in mid-January 2024, and for the first time, the central issue of a lawsuit is the truth of Satoshi’s identity.
Dr. Craig Wright won against Peter McCormack at a trial for defamation back in 2022 over a series of publications the blogger had made on social media calling Dr. Wright a fraud.
The English Court of Appeal heard argument Thursday that the trial judge in Dr. Craig Wright’s successful libel action against Peter McCormack was not legally entitled to reduce the damages awarded in the case.
Pursuing the case would not be in the public interest, in part due to the court being ill-equipped to handle contempt cases where the underlying facts were in dispute, the English High Court rules.
A court orders Dr. Craig Wright to pay the full legal costs of Peter McCormack and has requested the former to attend court over a possible breach of an embargo on the trial judgment.
Of course, the price matters to most regardless of whatever coping narratives one likes to construct, whether “only transaction volume matters” or “only use matters” or “only the court cases matter.”
Wall Street Technologist Jerry Chan addresses the media noise on the recent court case between Dr. Craig Wright and blogger and podcaster Peter McCormack.
The verdict of the case is simple and straight: The court found that Peter McCormack committed libel against Dr. Craig Wright for publicly calling him a fraud for claiming himself to be Satoshi.
The victory of Dr. Craig Wright in the recent Wright v McCormack case left many unsatisfied on both sides and looking forward to Bitcoin's next legal installment in the hope of a more decisive outcome.
Peter McCormack dropped his defense when presented with the evidence that Dr. Craig Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto, his backers stopped funding him, and he lost on all 15 counts.
Nearly £10 billion class action lawsuit was filed this week in the United Kingdom against Binance, Kraken, Bittylicious, and Shapeshift over collectively delisting the BSV in 2019.
