Managing Rights Management

Disney and VCB Tech Smart Contract Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Disney, the first application discloses techniques to facilitate game unit management with a smart contract responsive to battles involving the game units. Assigned to VCB Technologies, LLC, the second application discloses... Read more →

Two Kyodai Technologies Smart Contract and DRM Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications are assigned to Kyodai Technologies Inc. d/b/a Rensa Games. The first application discloses techniques for managing digital rights associated with digital objects using distributed ledgers. The second application... Read more →

nChain and Mythical Smart Contact and Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts, (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to nChain (CH), the first of today's patents addresses techniques for parameterisable smart contracts. Assigned to Mythical, the second patent addresses techniques for facilitating transactions of musical stems between users of an... Read more →

Three Digital Seat Media Blockchain NFT Smart Contract Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. All are assigned to Digital Seat Media: the first application discloses techniques for delivering augmented reality content. The second discloses techniques for quality control related to NFT purchases. The third discloses techniques for... Read more →

Strong Force Smart Contracts and Kakao Games Blockchain Patents

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Strong Force, the first patent addresses transaction-enabled techniques for smart contracts. Assigned to Kakao Games (KR), the second patent addresses techniques for mediating advertisement based on block chain. 11,373,259, "Transaction-enabled systems... Read more →

NIKE and ANT Smart Contacts and Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts, blockchains (distributed ledgers), and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to ANT, the first patent addresses techniques for deploying a smart contract. Assigned to NIKE, the second patent addresses techniques for video game integration of cryptographically secured digital assets. 11,307,990, "Deploying a... Read more →

Inveniam and Aristocrat Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Inveniam, the first application discloses techniques for digital contracts in blockchain environments. Assigned to Aristocrat, the second application discloses techniques for a mobile support system for providing wagering game play to... Read more →

Big Time Studios and Adara Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Big Time Studios (Cayman Islands), the fist application discloses techniques for more efficiently storing, issuing, and transacting tokenized blockchain game assets managed by a smart contract. Assigned to Adara, Inc., the... Read more →

IBM and Mythical Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts, blockchains (distributed ledgers), and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to IBM, the first patent addresses techniques for proof-of-work for smart contracts on a blockchain. Assigned to Mythical, the second patent addresses techniques for transfer of rights pertaining to game assets between... Read more →

Velo and IGT Blockchain Patent Applications

Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Velo Holdings (GB), the first application discloses techniques for managing blockchain transactions through the use of guards and sentinels. Assigned to IGT, the second application discloses techniques for a digital instant... Read more →