tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post5084036594978510171..comments2024-03-29T13:59:42.629+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Blockchain my IPVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-69522788116214382672018-02-20T13:42:54.799+00:002018-02-20T13:42:54.799+00:00Here's a European IP blockchain startup (with ...Here's a European IP blockchain startup (with WIPO support):<br />https://www.ipchaindatabase.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-50448603628342132682018-02-20T08:15:14.628+00:002018-02-20T08:15:14.628+00:00ipwe.com is headed by Erich Spanenberg, and with h...ipwe.com is headed by Erich Spanenberg, and with his history I'm not sure I trust his motives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-59833746510231950222018-02-19T20:10:15.180+00:002018-02-19T20:10:15.180+00:00We've already past the purely theoretical. The...We've already past the purely theoretical. There's a block-chain enabled patent register: https://ipwe.com/Sam Bergstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04455443535067698767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-22219133547951012352018-02-19T18:10:56.204+00:002018-02-19T18:10:56.204+00:00Optimist,
You are too optimistic if you think tha...Optimist,<br /><br />You are too optimistic if you think that the "<i>ensure that the originators of the information were rewarded fairly</i>" comment, as no "ensure" comes merely from traceability. That may <i>help</i> <b>other</b> efforts to "ensure," but does not - and cannot - take the place of those other efforts. <br /><br />As to "<i>everyone who has been a bit negative in their comments</i>," certainly, where appropriate, additional innovative uses of blockchain technology (as with any technology) should be pursued. The "negativity" comes from <b>in</b>appropriate "everything is nails" viewpoints that either do not recognize, or improvidently dismiss, aspects of blockchain technology that "call for screws instead of nails," to turn the phrase.THE US anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-21748067855865424282018-02-19T17:58:59.303+00:002018-02-19T17:58:59.303+00:00Agreed that that there is no pressing "need&q...Agreed that that there is no pressing "need" across the board for blockchain in IP. But there are at least two areas (both mentioned in the article) where blockchain-based systems could provide a more convenient and elegant solution than anything currently available: on the one hand, recordal and controlled exchange of confidential material, and secondly, documentation requirements under the Nagoya Protocol. For those of us working at Unis the latter is our worst nightmare, and is having a huge deterrent effect on biodiversity research.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-2711072515350883692018-02-19T17:16:18.593+00:002018-02-19T17:16:18.593+00:00Anonymous of 11:06, I think there is a complex pro...Anonymous of 11:06, I think there is a complex problem in patents awaiting solving. As we start to get more and more collaboration in R&D, with for example hospitals, universities and research companies working together we need a way of ascribing ownership information (and then assignment and licencing information) for bits of potentially patentable information (or perhaps just commercially useful technical information?). <br /><br />See:<br /><br />https://www.multichain.com/blog/2016/05/four-genuine-blockchain-use-cases/ <br /><br />for the 'tracking' uses of blockchain.<br /><br />So I think blockchain offers the way that bits of 'owned' information is used and exchanged in collaborations, and that would ensure that the originators of the information were rewarded fairly. Blockchain would be used for all to collectively be able to see how the information moves between parties and to ascribe it a value.<br /><br />To everyone who has been a bit negative in their comments, I don't disagree, but would point out how patent people have had beneficial impacts in the wider world (apart from in R&D). Firstly claim construction and interpretation has helped law in general by contributing to the development of interpretation, especially for example in helping to strengthen 'purposive construction' in other areas of law. Secondly the formation of the EPO was a pilot project in European cooperation that helped other European institutions to develop. It proved that Europe-wide institutions could work. I hope that once we adopt blockchain technology as our own we will contribute to it an a major way. We patent people are the hub of technology, money, and collaboration in a free market environment, and so are well placed to develop innovative uses for blockchain.<br />Optimistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-42063311880111164012018-02-19T12:17:25.568+00:002018-02-19T12:17:25.568+00:00Sandeep,
Why is "recordable and traceable&qu...Sandeep,<br /><br />Why is "recordable and traceable" being placed into such prominence?<br /><br />Here in the States, the property of which a patent is, is deemed personal property.<br /><br />Would you consent to having ALL of your personal property "recordable and traceable" across thousands of public ledgers?<br /><br />"Easier" is not the panacea that it appears to be.<br /><br />Big Brother - even a decentralized one - remains an affront to personal privacy, which includes personal property. If I want to tell the world what I have in my pockets, that is my business. Making a system that takes that choice away should not be considered so lightly.THE US anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-71745368477517129622018-02-19T12:13:07.058+00:002018-02-19T12:13:07.058+00:00To the man with a hammer, all the world looks like...To the man with a hammer, all the world looks like nails.THE US anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-51378732060152108222018-02-19T11:06:19.171+00:002018-02-19T11:06:19.171+00:00The problem with many blockchain considerations is...The problem with many blockchain considerations is that people mentally go the wrong way: they look at the tools (blockchain) and then try hard to find problems to apply them to. The smarter way is however to identify a problem and then look for a suitable tool to solve the problem. In my opinion, going the second route does not excactly make a strong case for blockchains in IP. There are simply no pressing problems in IP that would require blockchains to solve them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-40819909074273566402018-02-19T09:25:38.351+00:002018-02-19T09:25:38.351+00:00It is the nature of the wisdom of the crowd ("...It is the nature of the wisdom of the crowd ("mob") that we get carried away with things without always thinking things through. <br /><br />Blockchain requires repeated copies of the ledger to be held and processed on multiple (thousands) of computers and this distributed ledger "verifies" the transaction because it is so hard to change all these copies. This is redundancy in the extreme and provides the veracity and near incorruptibility. but at the same time this redundancy costs huge amounts of electricity, and minerals (in the hardware)and climate changing carbon to keep distinct multiple copies of the same thing. The entire ledger verifies that the ledger remains accurate when it is updated. A powerful tool indeed, but one that uses resources whilst not in fact producing anything physical. This use of resources is a regrettable waste that will do much to harm our Blue Marble. And we will slip into this because of the bandwagon that naturally follows the invention of a radical new thing.<br /><br />Now what would be really clever, really really clever, is to develop such a distributed ledger (an eco-friendly Blockchain), that does not require us to use precious energy. And in the meantime, what would be wise in policy decision making is to limit ledger activities to only those powered by renewable energies (a more eco-friendly Blockchain). <br /><br />Blockchain has the power to undo so much of the good work towards tackling climate change. And this is just the beginning. <br /><br />PseudononimouseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-38927727044974779072018-02-19T07:21:02.194+00:002018-02-19T07:21:02.194+00:00On a simpler level, IP in blockchain could be star...On a simpler level, IP in blockchain could be started with ownership management for TM and Patents etc., - making the process of right recordal easier and traceable.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Sandeep K. RathodGenericIPguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11496346005259927408noreply@blogger.com