Blockchain And IP: Time To Timestamp Your IP Rights?

Trademark registrations enable organisations to establish exclusive rights to the protected mark. But, what if you create IP that you cannot or do not want to register, such as copyright, unregistered designs, trade secrets and other unique creations? Here, blockchain technology can provide the solution, as Fenna Dorgelo explains.

It can be a challenge for IP owners to establish evidence of ownership and creation for IP that is not registered, such as copyright, unregistered trademarks and designs, trade secrets, recipes and other unique creations. Unlike registered trademarks, which are recorded in the registries of IP offices, unregistered IP rights are not only unrecorded but, in some cases, purposefully kept private and confidential.