Blockchain Patents news and trends

China Accelerates Blockchain Patent Activity
B2B Payments // September 12, 2018

In tech, innovation is everything. In innovation, intellectual property is, well, almost everything — it can be the hardware, the software, the processes that comes from the creative endeavor. You might consider patents a form of competitive advantage. News came last week that, when it...

Bank Of China And China UnionPay Unveil Blockchain Partnership
Blockchain // August 17, 2018

To look into blockchain payment applications, Bank of China (BOC) is teaming up with China UnionPay. The tie-up was fueled by regulatory requirements as well as market demand, and provides opportunities for cross-border payments, Cointelegraph reported. The two companies are seeking to look into distributed ledger...

Five At Five: What Does Amazon Mean To QSRs?
News // June 18, 2018

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at today’s payments and commerce news. Coverage includes a new, comprehensive look at the QSR world, and Apple’s good day before the U.S. Supreme Court. Walmart is going further with blockchain, Google has a new plan to take...

TD Bank Applies For Blockchain Patent To Digitally Track Assets
Blockchain // April 03, 2018

TD Bank has submitted a patent application to use a public blockchain to digitally track assets. The patent application, which was published last week, is for “an apparatus for use in a digital asset tracking system [that] includes a storage device and a processor coupled...

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Bank Of China And China UnionPay Unveil Blockchain Partnership

August 17, 2018
To look into blockchain payment applications, Bank of China (BOC) is teaming up with China UnionPay. The tie-up was fueled by regulatory requirements as well as market demand, and provides opportunities for cross-border payments, Cointelegraph reported. The two companies are seeking to look into distributed ledger and big data technology to update products for mobile banking. […]

TD Bank Applies For Blockchain Patent To Digitally Track Assets

April 03, 2018
TD Bank has submitted a patent application to use a public blockchain to digitally track assets. The patent application, which was published last week, is for “an apparatus for use...