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Leveraging Blockchain for the IP Ecosystem Kevin Fournier, IBM, Intellectual Property Law Department 30 April 2019

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Leveraging Blockchain for the IP Ecosystem

Kevin Fournier, IBM, Intellectual Property Law Department

30 April 2019

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Agenda

Current examples

Other possibilities

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Trademarks • Evidence of use• Timelines of trademark use

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Registering IP interests

• Ownership• Licenses• Liens• Security interests of any kind

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Inventorship recordations

• Evidence of inventorship• Replacing lab notebooks• Collaborative work environments

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IP License Management

• Securely record each licensee• Payment can be automated via smart

contracts

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IP Due Diligence

• Keeping all IP assets on a Blockchain• When each asset was created• What third party components exist• Enables efficient and complete IP due

diligence