11 April 2022TrademarksAlex Baldwin

Bitcoin IP dispute rekindled with appeal

A computer scientist’s estate has appealed an award handed to self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright, who won a lawsuit to secure IP rights to the technology.

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