Blockchain

Blockchain

William Choi | AlixPartners LLP

Consider a situation where a product is covered under manifold patents held by multiple third-party patent holders. Imagine the time and costs of, among others, monitoring sales and royalty payments. Now imagine a technology that could (1) ensure that every time a sale is made, royalty payments are...

Blockchain

David Felsenthal, Jesse Overall | Clifford Chance

In recent months we’ve witnessed an explosion of legal and regulatory developments involving blockchain and distributed ledger technology.[1] Such diverse authorities as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the U.S. Department of State and the Cook County (Illinois) Recorder of...

Blockchain

Stephen Obie, Harriet Territt | Jones Day

Organizations across every sector and of every size and complexity are being told that blockchain technology will revolutionize their business – both for the better (by reducing costs/transaction times or increasing security) and for the worse (by disrupting or even extinguishing entire...