A New Panorama for Intellectual Property: The Benefits and Challenges of Blockchain

¹ Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability (GSAIS), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
² Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, Brazil
* Corresponding author. Email: thiago.chuba.44w@st.kyoto-u.ac.jp (T.N.C.)
Manuscript received November 7, 2023; accepted December 15, 2023; published January 25, 2024

Abstract—Intellectual property (IP) plays an essential role in protecting the output of human creativity and is a tool for transforming intangible assets into innovation. The increased use of digital technologies and the transition to a knowledge-based economy have brought unexpected challenges to the IP system, which needs more robust tools. Blockchain presents itself as a technology with disruptive potential because of its revolutionary nature and potential to break several paradigms imposed by the regulation of the IP system. This article aims to introduce to readers of both areas which challenges blockchain can solve within the IP ecosystem, as well as to understand how these proposals are understood and worked on an international scale, primarily through the actions of global organizations, performing a diagnosis of how it is possible to make blockchain bring tangible benefits to the IP system.

Keywords—intellectual property, blockchain, intellectual property rights, innovation, intellectual property ecosystem

Cite: Thiago Negrão Chuba and Gabriela Simões Pazelli, "A New Panorama for Intellectual Property: The Benefits and Challenges of Blockchain," International Journal of Blockchain Technologies and Applications vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 1-7, 2024.

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