25 October, 2016
Chris Mammen recently interviewed Berkeley Law professors Narechania and McCrary about some of the IP applications of blockchain. This short video touches upon the following points:
- What is blockchain?
- Does it have broader applications outside Finance?
- Who is the inventor and why is his/her/their identity important?
- How might ownership of a core set of blockchain patents play out in IP terms?
- Is there a public interest element to patent ownership here and might the “open source” ethos be embraced?
- Improvement inventions, patentable subject matter and inventiveness questions in the context of bringing claims
- Who is active in the patenting space of blockchain?
- Economic perspective of blockchain innovation vs. patent law perspective
- What is the relevance here of the Supreme Court’s Alice patentability decision?
- The defensive approach in the context of improvement patents and encouragement/discouragement of innovation.
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Christian E. Mammen, Partner, Hogan Lovells
chris.mammen@hoganlovells.com
