NIPC Law

By Taner Yildirim ( The National Institute of Standards and Technology - NIST ) -  Public Domain ,  Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (HH Judge Melissa Clarke)  Boghossian v IOP Publishing Ltd .  [2025] EWHC 3317 (IPEC) (17 Dec 2025) This was an action for copyright infringement brought by  Ardemis Boghossian ("Prof Boghossian")  against  IOP Publishing Limited ("IOP"), the publishing arm of the Institute of Physics  and publisher of the journal Nanotechnology .  Prof Boghossian claimed joint ownership of the copyright in a paper which IOP published in Nanotechnology in the names of Dejan M Djokic ("Dr Djokic") and  Aranya Goswami ("Mr Goswami") on 23 Oct 2017.  IOP brought Part 20 proceedings against Dr. Djokic seeking an indemnity or contribution in case Prof Boghossian's claim succeeded. The Parties Prof Boghossian was a chemical engineer and research scientist. In 2015, she was an Assistant Profe...

Author  Satoshi Nakamoto  Source  Wikimedia Jane Lambert Chancery Division  (Mr Justice Mellor)  Crypto Open Patent Alliance v Wright   [2024] EWHC 3315 (Ch) (19 Dec 2024) and  [2024] EWHC 3316 (Ch) (20 Dec 2024) This was an application by the Crypto Open Patent Alliance ("COPA") for the committal of Craig Steven Wright ("Dr Wright") for contempt of court.  COPA alleged that Dr Wright had breached various anti-suit and anti-threat injunctions that Mr Justice Mellor had granted on 16 July 2024 by issuing proceedings against BTC Core and SquareUP Europe Ltd.  Mr Justice Mellor heard the application on 18 Dec 2024 and delivered judgment on 19 Dec 2024 (see Crypto Open Patent Alliance v Wright [2024] EWHC 3315 (Ch)).  At para [136] of that judgment he found Dr Wright to be in contempt of court.  At paras [2] and [79] of  Crypto Open Patent Alliance v Wright (Re Sentencing)  [2024] EWHC 3316 (Ch) which he handed down on...

Author  Satoshi Nakamoto  Source  Wikimedia   Jane Lambert Chancery Division (Mr Justice Mellor)  Crypto Open Patent Alliance v Wright (Rev1) [2024] EWHC 1809 (Ch) (16 July 2024) Immediately after hearing the evidence and arguments in a trial to determine whether Dr Craig Steven Wright was Satoshi Nakamoto, the originator of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, Mr Justice Mellor announced on 14 March 2024 that Dr Wright was not Satoshi Nakamoto. The question of whether or not Dr Wright was Satoshi Nakamoto had been an issue in two actions:  first an action that the  Crypto Open Patent Alliance ("COPA")  had brought against Dr Wright and, secondly, an action that Dr Wright and two companies that he controlled had brought against BTC CORE and others,   The learned judge set out his reasons for finding that Dr Wright was not Satoshi Nakamoto in Crypto Open Patent Alliance v Wright [2024] EWHC 1198 (Ch) on 20 May 2024.  I discussed that judgmen...