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Blog: Blockchain Blog | 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:
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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 |
Watch the interview in full below:
