IP in Crypto: Open Source, Patents, and Everything In Between
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IP issues in crypto rarely look like they do anywhere else. Much of your stack may be open source, your brand is a constant target for copycats and scammers, and patent litigation — long a TradFi and big-tech problem — is now creeping toward the industry's edges.
Join us for a practical discussion on the IP landscape crypto legal teams are actually navigating, including:
- Open source licensing: what your engineers are shipping, which licenses carry real obligations, and how to keep forks and dependencies from becoming liabilities
- Protecting your brand and protocol: trademarks, domain squatting, and enforcement in a pseudonymous world
- Trade secrets vs. patents: what's worth protecting formally when so much of your stack is public
- The emerging patent picture: TradFi's blockchain portfolios, early litigation signals, and what to watch (without losing sleep over it)
Whether you're at a protocol, exchange, or infrastructure company, you'll leave with a clearer sense of where your real IP exposure sits — and where it doesn't.
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By invitation only. Chatham House rules apply.
This program is eligible for up to 1.25 hours of CLE credit in 50-minute states and 1 hour of CLE credit in 60-minute states.
Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules. This course is appropriate for experienced attorneys only. The L Suite has been certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board and the State Bar of California as an Accredited Provider of continuing legal education. We have also recently received accreditation in Illinois and Texas. Additionally, we will seek CLE accreditation in WA, FL, PA, CO, GA, and any of the other 50 states by selecting your jurisdiction in the affidavit form received from the ABA. Canadian participants may use their certificates to submit for credit directly to the Law Society of British Columbia, the Law Society of Ontario, and the Maison du Barreau du Quebec.
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