Payments Giant Square Launches Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA)

[1] Payments giant Square launches Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA) What: COPA wants to stop companies from locking up useful technology patents—with some firms filing ‘pre-emptive patents’ for ideas they have no plans to develop. Importance: COPA claims this practice stifles innovation and adoption, threatening the growth of cryptocurrency technologies. It plans to create a […]