Bitcoin miners face lawsuit concerning cryptography patents in US court.
Mariki Innovation Sues Major Bitcoin Miners Over Patent Issues Mariki Innovation, a firm that secured numerous Blackberry patents in 2023, has taken legal action against leading Bitcoin mining companies, Marathon Digital and Core Scientific. The lawsuit centers on the use of elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) within the Bitcoin blockchain. Interestingly, in a related turn of […]
The government has a new plan to seize patents, and it’s a huge threat to innovation
Over the weekend, I took my daughter and her best friend on a day trip from Northern Virginia to Hico, West Virginia. In just 120 minutes, we went from one of the statistically wealthiest areas in the U.S. to a residential neighborhood along one of the poorest roads in the region. My friend asked me […]
Baldwin calls on drug companies to stop gaming patents for asthma inhalers
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) is calling on four major inhaler manufacturers to stop inappropriately listing their patents in the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) database. This action could delay the introduction of low-cost generic drugs to the market. In a letter sent Monday to AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Teva, Mr. Baldwin said that […]