Blockchain for Intellectual Property
Discover IP management on the blockchain: Bernstein certified version history allows anyone to create a digital trail of records of their innovation & creation processes using the Bitcoin blockchain and national timestamping authorities.
Any digital asset of any size and format can be quickly registered online to prove existence, ownership, and development over time, in real-time.
Most importantly, all notarized data will remain perfectly private, thanks to a unique cryptographic layer - even Bernstein does not know about your data!
Defend and claim your intellectual property rights worldwide with the Bernstein web app.
How it works
Discover Blockchain-based Intellectual Property Protection:
Securely upload
your Work
Bernstein is the perfect vault for all your creations, ideas and innovations. Safe, unlimited, versioned.
click to
certify
In one click, the entire content of your project is certified and proven forever.
Sit back
& relax
Iterate, develop, refine, share, sell or license your work knowing it's protected. Repeat as you go.
Features
All your projects in one safe place
Unlimited, locally encrypted storage for all your ideas, innovations and creations in any form and size. Everything locked with a key that is never shared, not even with Bernstein.
One click, three certificates
Bernstein combines the global reach of the Bitcoin blockchain with the reliability and recognition of national timestamping authorities (EU & China) to create an indisputable proof of your rights.
A detailed development history
By chaining the certificates to each other, Bernstein lets you prove the progress of your project over time. Each updated version is frozen in time, allowing you to navigate back and forth in time to any specific stage.
What you can do
Blockchain and Intellectual Property law: A match made in heaven!
Discover how Blockchain technology shapes the future of Intellectual Property management, today.
Protect & claim your IP rights
Whether you want to prove control, authorship, usage, or knowledge, Bernstein lets you create the documentation you need to prove your existing rights - either to defend or enforce them.
Use cases:
Trade Secrets
Trademark proofs of use
Prior use
Copyrights
Unregistered designs
Build stronger relationships
Use your certificates to better define the perimeter of confidential agreements involving your IP. Replacing vague definitions, blockchain-enhanced contracts give both parties a stronger basis to build upon.
Use cases:
Open innovation
Employment contracts
Licensing
Joint research
NDAs
What does WIPO says about it?
Blockchain technologies have both disruptive and transformative potential; they are among a number of frontier technologies that could offer new ways to do business and manage IP assets.
Blockchain can certainly be used in the context of generation of tamper-proof documentation bearing a precise date and time, and attributable to a specific individual or entity. Some platforms integrating this utility are already available from relevant and established providers such as Bernstein […]
— Blockchain technologies and IP ecosystems: A WIPO white paper (2022) - World Intellectual Property Organization
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