Managing Rights Management

Meta Platforms and Matthew James NFT and Smart Contract Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Meta Platforms, the first application discloses techniques for transactions associated with non-fungible tokens (NFT) using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Assigned to Matthew Charles James, the second application discloses... Read more →

Citibank and Hiro Systems Smart Contract Patents

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Both of today's Spotlight Patents address aspects of smart contracts. Assigned to Citibank, the first patent addresses techniques for conducting cryptographically secure actions in public, non-permissioned blockchains using bifurcated self-executing programs. Assigned to... Read more →

GridPlus and MRInnovations Smart Contact and Blockchain Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to GridPlus, the first application discloses techniques for secure conditional transfer of cryptographic data allows transfer of cryptographically-based data from one party to another while mitigating failure of a counterparty to perform.... Read more →

Experian and Wells Fargo Smart Contract and Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Experian, the first patent addresses techniques for symmetric encryption for private smart contracts among multiple parties in a private peer-to-peer network. Assigned to Wells Fargo, the second patent addresses techniques for... Read more →

Michael Lewis Podcast On Tracing Illicit Cryptocurrency

Podcast here For his next book, Michael Lewis wants to find out how investigators manage to trace the murky trail of illicit crypto. Cryptocurrency started with the dream of cash changing hands without a trace. But that dream has turned into a nightmare for many would-be criminals. A new field... Read more →

Goldman Sachs and Verona Holdings Blockchain and NFT Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. The first application from last Thursday, is assigned to Goldman Sachs, and discloses techniques for pseudonymous transactions on blockchains compliant with "know your customer" regulations and reporting requirements 20230117344, “Pseudonymous transactions on blockchains... Read more →

Two Wells Fargo Post-Quantum Cryptography Patents

Smart contracts, (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. Assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, the first patent addresses techniques for post-quantum cryptography optimization. The second Wells Fargo patent addresses techniques for post-quantum cryptography side chains. 11626983, “Systems and methods for post-quantum cryptography... Read more →

Mastercard and Precision Recource Smart Contract Patent Applications

Smart contracts (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications.Assigned to Mastercard, the first of today's applications discloses techniques for parallel processing of smart contracts in permissioned blockchains. Assigned to Precision Resources, the second application discloses techniques for a localized smart contract banking... Read more →

Strong Force, Intertrust, and ATT Smart Contract and Blockchain Patents

Smart contracts, (blockchains, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Patents. A three-fer today. Assigned to Strong Force, the first patent addresses techniques for implementing a smart contract and distributed ledger platform with blockchain authenticity verification. Assigned to Intertrust Technologies, the second patent addresses... Read more →

Albhy Galuten and Mphasis Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

Smart Contracts, Blockchains, and Digital Rights Management are the focus of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Albhy Galuten (Hi Albhy, best wishes), the first of today's applications discloses techniques for managing content from creation to consumption. Assigned to Mphasis Limited (IN), the second application discloses techniques for automatic generation of... Read more →