Managing Rights Management

Worldpay and AmEx Smart Contract and NFT Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Worldpay, the first application discloses techniques for hyperledger-based payment transactions, alerts, and dispute settlement, using smart contracts. Assigned to AmEx, the second application discloses techniques for non-fungible token authentication. 20230035321, “Systems... Read more →

Block, Madisetti, and BofA Blockchain and Smart Contract Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications.Today we note three patent applications. Assigned to Block, Inc. (formerly Square), the first application discloses techniques for non-fungible tokens for media item samples. Assigned to Vijay Madisetti, the second application discloses techniques for... Read more →

Joint Statement on Crypto-Asset Risks to Banking Organizations

(Thanks to Dave Farber's IP List) On January 3, 2023, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, FDIC, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a three page Joint Statement on Crypto-Asset Risks to Banking Systems. Read more →

USPTO Online Roundtable: Patents and non-fungible tokens-Jan 26

web.cvent.com Roundtable: Patents and non-fungible tokens 1–2 minutes This program is the first in a series of three virtual roundtables looking at intellectual property (IP) law and policy issues associated with non-fungible tokens (NFTs). It will focus on patents and NFTs, providing panelists—including technologists, patent owners and practitioners, academics, and... Read more →

Shopify and Hessegg Blockchain Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Shopify (CA), the first application discloses techniques for controlling transfers of digital assets. Assigned to Hessegg, Inc. (KR), the second application discloses a media distribution system using blockchain comprising: at least... Read more →

Beatdapp and Musicow Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Beatdapp, the first application discloses techniques for detecting fraudulent streaming activity. Assigned to Musicow, the second application discloses techniques for NFT-based digital content management. 20220391474, “Streaming fraud detection using blockchain,” assigned... Read more →

TuneGO and Aurign Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts, (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to TuneGO, first patent addresses techniques for tokenized media content management. Assigned to Aurign, the second patent addresses techniques for creating music publishing agreements from metadata of a digital audio workstation. 11500972,... Read more →

IBM and Verona Holdings Smart Contract Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to IBM, first application discloses techniques for smart contract based user feedback for event contexts. Assigned to Verona Holdings SEZC (KY), the second application discloses smart contract-managed decentralized lending processes using collateral... 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 →

QPQ Smart Contract and Metadyn DRM Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assgined to QPQ, LTD (IE), the first application discloses techniques for generating and managing machine executable digital contracts. Assigned to Metadyn, the second application discloses techniques for rights-enabled tokens, such as non-fungible tokens... Read more →