Intellectual Property Magazine
Blocking the trolls
One of themost talked about technologies today is blockchain. Marc Kaufman explains how to protect the techfrom patent trolls
Marc Kaufman, Rimon
Blockchain was originally designed with the promise ofbringing more transparency to financial transactions by way of a distributedledger
of hack-proof records. Over the last several years, blockchaintechnology has been applied to many applications in addition
to financialtransactions, such as supply-chain management, anti-counterfeiting, identity,and land-records management. For
blockchain innovators, protecting IP is asignificant component of success. There is a large amount of patent filingsdirected
to various aspects and applications of blockchain technology. Forexample, we’re seeing increases in patent filings for applying
blockchain tosupply-chain management, healthcare, and other verticals.