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 <p class="is-style-lead">A nonpartisan research and advocacy group says it is trying to invalidate efforts by a patent troll to sue crypto projects.</p> 
 <p>The DeFi Education Fund (DEF), a Washington D.C.-based policy research <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="group" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/group.html">group</a>, said in a recent blog post it has taken action against True Return Systems LLC (TRS), calling the firm a “<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="patent" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/patent.html">patent</a> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="troll" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/troll.html">troll</a>.”</p> 
 <p>According to the statement, DEF filed a petition last week with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), trying to initiate an inter partes review (IPR) and cancel all claims in a <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="patent" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/patent.html">patent</a> owned by TRS. The move comes after TRS filed a lawsuit against MakerDAO and Compound Protocol in October 2022 for alleged infringement of a US <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="patent" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/patent.html">patent</a>. DEF argues that the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="patent" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/patent.html">patent</a> should have never been issued, citing a lack of unique solutions.</p> 
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  <p>“In our petition, we demonstrate to the USPTO that the technology described in the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="patent" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/patent.html">patent</a> [owned by TRS] was not new or unique at the time the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="patent" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/patent.html">patent</a> was granted, and, in fact, there was prior art in circulation prior to its issuance.”</p> <cite>The DeFi Education Fund</cite> 
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 <p>DEF admits the case won’t be quick, as TRS can respond to the petition within three months. Currently, TRS is the owner of US Patent No. 10,025,797.</p> 
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 <p>In the meantime, the USPTO must decide by March 2024 whether to accept the petition and move forward with the review of the patent. If and when a review is initiated, the USPTO must decide within one year, DEF explains.</p> 
 <p>The Washington D.C.-based group hopes the efforts will defend “people’s ability to use and develop open source software.”</p> 
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<p>Source: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://thebittimes.com/defi-group-urges-upsto-to-protect-crypto-from-patent-trolls-tbt62388.html">https://thebittimes.com/defi-group-urges-upsto-to-protect-crypto-from-patent-trolls-tbt62388.html</a></p>

DeFi group urges UPSTO to protect crypto from patent trolls

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