Can one patent DeFi in Europe? Well, you can’t patent the idea of providing financial services on public blockchains with smart contracts, because the fact that this enables financial transactions without a central regulatory entity is not a technical effect, but a business-related one.
Is it really so difficult to enforce digital patents? I sat down with my patent litigator friend Thomas Gniadek and learned a lot about digital patent infringement. Thomas shared several first-hand tips for how to prove that a software patent is infringed. Topics we talked about: Software patent litigation in Germany: Does the strategy differ when software is involved? How can you prove that the...
This question comes up frequently at manufacturing companies when they tap into machine learning and digitalization. The good news is: In Europe you can patent just the software part without a physical carrier, as I explain in my latest #askbastian video on YouTube. If you’re wondering how to phrase your software patent claims exactly, download my free Word template. What’s your burning...
“What advice would you give young lawyers and entrepreneurs?”, Priggya Arora asked me on her podcast. And now I’m feeling very old 🙂 It was a wonderful conversation with Priggya on The Priggya Arora show the other day. We covered topics like: How I got interested in technology and software before deciding to become a patent attorney How being in the patent field keeps things...
