Block.co’s latest live webcast “Intellectual Property Rights & Blockchain Solutions for Book Publishing” was extremely successful as it gathered viewers from 36 countries. The aim of the live discussion was to shed light on how blockchain and DLT will shape the Intellectual Property Rights and Publications Industries. Questions such as how are academic institutions, publishers, and producers impacted by the introduction of blockchain technology in managing IP, were answered during the webcast.

Hosted by Byron Russell, Director of Woodstock Publishing Services, the webinar featured three panelists, Jane Tappuni, Business Development Lead at Pottermore Publishing, Alexis Nicolaou CEO of Block.co, Phill…

Every single day we read articles related to the adoption of blockchain technology by big companies, governments, and non-profit organizations. There is no doubt that 2021 will be the year of blockchain! Blockchain is the core technology of Block.co, a Cypriot based company with the goal to eliminate document fraud. Block.co is pleased to welcome its new partner Moebius Limited, a company that aims to solve everyday business problems by providing customizable software modules to its clients. Moebius offers an integrated system, comprised of a range of modules, with each module carefully crafted to deliver practical solutions for specific business…

After the success of Block.co’s webinars in the year 2020, we are happy to invite you to our sixth LIVE webcast: Intellectual Property Rights and Blockchain Solutions for Book Publishing.

Time: 27th January 2021, 15:00 GMT

This webcast will shed light on how blockchain and DLT are shaping the Intellectual Property Rights and Publications Industries. This is a great opportunity for people of different levels to expand their knowledge base, and get a grasp of how technological innovation is disrupting their industry. How are academic institutions, publishers, producers impacted by the introduction of blockchain technology in managing IP? …

As the blockchain is gaining momentum in the industry, more and more companies from different fields of specialization show their interest in utilizing this technology. While full implementation of blockchain in the legal system is still regarded with skepticism by many lawyers that believe it will take some of their work away, legal pioneers such as Pyrgou Vakis Law Firm embrace the technology today!

It is with great pleasure we are welcoming Pyrgou Vakis Law Firm as our new partner in fighting the falsification and tampering of legal documents. Pyrgou Vakis LLC is a well-established law firm in Nicosia, Cyprus…

In this article, we will be discussing the state of technical standards in the blockchain industry. With every new technology, standard requirements arise because they help ensure safety, reliability, and contribute to the advancement of innovation. Technical standards are formal documents that establish consistent technical criteria, methods, and practices, developed through an accredited consensus process. They contain technical specifications and other precise criteria designed to be used consistently as a rule, guideline, or definition.

Applying technical and legislative standards to decentralized and open-source networks like distributed ledgers and blockchains undoubtedly presents challenges, but it’s not impossible to achieve. Decentralization means…

In this series of articles, we will be discussing the General Data Protection Regulation commonly know as GDPR, and explain its relation with Distributed Ledger Technologies such as blockchain. According to Article 8 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights on Protection of Personal Data, “Everyone has the right to the protection of personal data concerning him or her”, thus establishing data protection as one of the most important rights for EU citizens. …

Patents, trademarks, and industrial designs, along with copyrights, are all types of intellectual property protections that help creators of written stories, inventions, artistic works, or symbols to stop people from stealing or copying their pieces of work. In this article, we will examine how blockchain is used in Intellectual Property rights.

Broadly speaking, Intellectual Properties (IP) are “unique, value-adding creations of the human intellect that result from human ingenuity, creativity, and inventiveness.” (Kalanje, 2006).

By observing trends, we can identify a steady increase in the number of Intellectual Property applications worldwide. According to official statistics by the World Intellectual Property…

Blockchain as an immutable and incorruptible ledger of different types of data finds its natural expression in accounting. Or, we could reverse the concept in that accounting is the most natural application for blockchain technology. Modern accounting is based on the double-entry system which, since the Renaissance time, allowed managers to realize whether they could trust their own books.

In the double-entry system, transactions are recorded in terms of debits and credits. Since a debit in one account neutralizes a credit in another, the sum of all debits must equal the sum of all credits. Double-entry bookkeeping allows firms to…