Managing Rights Management

Micro Focus and Visa Smart Contract and Blockchain Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Micro Focus, the first application discloses techniques for blockchain malware protection. Assigned to Visa, the second application discloses techniques for creating multiple records based on an ordered smart contract. 20220417272, “Blockchain... Read more →

Pilab and nChain Smart Contract Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Pilab (KR), the first application discloses techniques for automatically splitting smart contracts. Assigned to nChain, the second application discloses techniques that allow for multiple parties to jointly generate or jointly agree... Read more →

Three EMC Smart Contract Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. The first EMC application discloses techinques for storing digital data in DNA storage using blockchain and destination-side deduplication using smart contracts. The second application discloses techniques for securely archiving digital data in DNA... Read more →

BofA and EMC Smart Contract Patents

Smart contracts, (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to BofA, the first patent addresses techniques for executing, securing, and non-repudiation of pooled conditional smart contracts over distributed blockchain network. Assigned to EMC, the second patent addresses electronic agreement data management... Read more →

Cloudinary and Theta Labs Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Cloudinary (IL), the first of today's applications discloses techniques for providing authenticity and rights verification mechanism for media content and for its derived versions. Assigned to Theta Labs, the second application... Read more →

8 Plus Ventures and IBM Blockchain and Rights Management Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. This week's Spotlight Patents continue the theme of blockchains (distributed ledgers, smart contracts) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Eight Plus Ventures, the first patent addresses techniques for an image chain of title management. Assigned to IBM, the second patent... Read more →

Yoti and Walmart Blockchain and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of blockchains (distributed ledgers, smart contracts) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Yoti, the first patent addresses techniques for a digital identity system generating a sharing token for authenticating a bearer to a validator. Assigned... Read more →

Walmart and Americorp Blockchian and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Today's Spotlight Patents concern blockchains (distributed ledgers, smart contracts) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Walmart, the first patent addresses techniques for managing reservations and deliveries for a docking station. Assigned to Americorp Financial, the second patent addresses techniques for... Read more →

Huawei and Smart Security Systems Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications continue our theme of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Huawei (CN), the first application discloses techniques for copyright management. Assigned to Smart Security Systems, the second application discloses... Read more →

AirWatch and Microsoft DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays. Both of this week's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to [VMWare] AirWatch, the first application addresses techniques for applying rights management policies to protected files. Assigned to Microsoft, the second patent addresses techniques for using multiple content protection... Read more →