IP Litigation Tracker
Below are summaries of key IP litigations that have implications for AI and web3.
You can download selected filings and learn more about each case by clicking the “Read More” link. Click on a category (like “Trademark”) to see all cases in that category. The dates indicate the date last updated.
True Return Systems v. MakerDAO
True Returns owns a patent that purportedly addresses “computational, time, storage, and security constraints inherent to distributed ledgers (such as blockchains)” by “separat[ing] certain processing and storage functions from a base distributed computerized ledger (such as a blockchain) but link[ing] such separated processing and storage to the base distributed computerized ledger.” MakerDAO is a decentralized autonomous organization that issues the Dai stablecoin and whose governance rights are represented by MKR tokens. True Returns accuses MakerDAO of infringing its patent.