Patents
Coverage of Patents in the Nexus archive.
- Securitize and tZERO clash over patents as race to bring Wall Street onchain heats up
Securitize and tZERO are engaged in a patent dispute as competition intensifies to bring Wall Street onchain. The conflict highlights growing tensions in the blockchain and financial technology sectors.
- HARVEST: Patents, pesticides and preparedness
The article previews the upcoming week's focus on patents, pesticides, and preparedness. It highlights these three key topics as central to the edition's content.
- Patent clash threatens EU gene‑edited crops deal
A patent-related dispute could undermine the European Union's agreement on gene-edited crops. Proposed amendments tied to patents threaten to derail the compromise reached on regulating these crops.
- Mexico Builds the World’s Products but Invents Few of Its Own
Mexico's companies rarely develop their own technology, with only about one in eight doing so. The country spends less on research and files fewer patents compared to OECD peers, despite being a major manufacturing hub that primarily assembles foreign-invented products.
- FIRST AID: Patents or patients?
The article discusses the tension between drug patents and patient access, focusing on health technology assessment (HTA) and European Council (EUCO) considerations. It highlights drugs, HTA, and EUCO as key elements in the debate.
- Citing Gandalf, Pope Leo says we must "disarm" AI
Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, 'Magnifica Humanitas,' urging the 'disarmament' of AI to prevent its misuse in domination and exclusion. The document critiques autonomous weapons, exploitative data practices, and the monopolization of AI-related assets like patents and algorithms.