Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: What is Blockchain Technology?
Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts
DECEMBER 21, 2020
Blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies are rapidly expanding throughout the world – and with that rapid expansion has come a growing interest in IP protection for blockchain and cryptocurrency inventions. USPTO statistics confirm blockchain’s ascendance. As of July 2020, roughly 7,600 applications containing the word “blockchain” had been filed, up from only 37 in 2014 ( see Figure 1).
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