For all the discussion about blockchain, the distributed ledger that is the foundation for fast, decentralized transactions, relatively few patents have been issued. Only about
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China’s growth in European patent apps was three times the U.S. in 2017
The European Patent Office (EPO) 2017 annual report, recently published, revealed several surprising patent filing trends, including the rapid growth of China . The People’s
Pace of patent litigation declines; 2018 applications still flat
Early indications are that U.S. patent litigation for 2018 is on track to be among the lowest in since 2005. So far in 2018, approximately
Accenture upsets blockchain believers with patent filing
Consulting giant Accenture has rattled the cage of the fintech community by filing a patent for an “editable” blockchain that would allow a central administrator
IBM Files Patent on Patenting Process
Is Big Blue Co-Opting Innovation? It was reported in early 2011 that an application has been published for an IBM patent that apparently attempts to
