“A potential patent war looms over the blockchain,” according to a January 2017 piece in The Economist. That fight over patent rights to aspects of blockchain technology is a sign of the blockchain’s potential, according to Morrison & Foerster intellectual property partner Colette Reiner Mayer.
Colette was quoted in the The Economist piece, which also describes strategies some startups are using to avoid blockchain-related patent wars.
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