No one can ‘patent the blockchain’: Cerian Jones dispels myths on software patents
Blockchain patent expert Cerian Jones dispel some of the myths about software patents as well as blockchain related patents.
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Building on nChain’s patents
Businesses need to generate revenue to stay alive, and patenting inventions is one of the best ways to protect a potential revenue stream for a finite amount of time.
Do blockchain patents encourage innovation?
Data in the Santa Clara High Technology Journal shows that nChain could profit from its patent portfolio and is one of the top five companies holding the most blockchain-related patents.
Square secures patent for crypto payment network
Payments firm Square has been awarded a patent for a new payments system designed to allow merchants to collect payment in any currency, including cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin BCH.
Mastercard files for instant payment blockchain patent
Mastercard has become the latest multinational payments company to explore blockchain patents, after their most recent application was published.
Huawei seeks patent for blockchain-powered storage
Huawei has filed for multiple patents related to blockchain technology storage methods and devices, according to local media outlets.
TAAL files patent for blockchain computing device
TAAL Distributed Information Technologies Inc. announces that its operating subsidiary has filed a patent application (the “Patent“) with the United Kingdom patent office, an important step in realizing the Company’s strategic vision and in leveraging the power of blockchain infrastructure technologies in applications for transaction processing for general computational tasks.
Why a position of ‘anti-patents’ is bad for business
Eli Afram delves into patents and how damaging it can be, in today’s society, to reject patents altogether.
Mastercard secures anonymous blockchain transactions patent
Payments giant Mastercard has secured a handful of new blockchain patents, including protection for a system designed to process anonymous transactions on the blockchain.
JPMorgan patent punts on blockchain for ‘network payments’
In a dramatic reversal of outlook on the cryptocurrency and blockchain market, banking giant JPMorgan Chase has—you heard it right—applied for a blockchain patent as far off as last October.
PayPal files cryptocurrency transactions patent
The patent marks a new direction for how PayPal might integrate cryptocurrency's technology in future.
Crypto Open Patent Alliance is rotten to the core
In the latest charges against COPA members, Kraken was charged by the SEC on November 20 over illegally selling digital asset securities and comingling customer and corporate funds.