Are you working on new NFT-related projects in the wake of the current market hype around NFTs? Like for any other technology, you should be considering whether there are any aspects of your project which may be patentable. In this second part of our two-part series on NFT technology and patents, we will give you some tips about…

A picture is worth a thousand words, but what is the value of an art collage in US dollars? In the case of Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, the answer is shockingly high: 69 million USD. Winkelmann’s collage was digitized and packaged as an NFT, then sold at auction. Many similar examples of digital art …

There can be only one invention per one patent application. If an Examiner finds that the claims in a single application point to multiple inventions, he will issue a Restriction Requirement, to choose one of the multiple inventions found for the current application. This can be issued at any time during the application process, up until a final office action.

Claims are single sentence descriptions of an invention that clearly establish the parameters and limits of what can infringe on a given patent. All non-provisional applications, including design applications, must have claims. There are two types of claims: independent and dependent. By default, each utility application allows for 3 independent claims and 20 claims total.