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Bitcoin mining companies Marathon Digital and Core Scientific are being sued over encryption patents.
PANews, June 3 news, according to Cointelegraph, Malikie Innovations has recently sued Bitcoin mining companies Marathon Digital and Core Scientific, accusing them of infringing its patent rights by using Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) technology. The company acquired 32,000 "non-core" patents from Blackberry in 2023. The lawsuit claims that the defendant mining companies used the patented technology held by Malikie in their Bitcoin mining operations.
Legal expert Aaron Brogan stated that such lawsuits typically do not target individual Bitcoin users, but may have a significant financial impact on the defendant mining companies, as they could face six years of royalty recovery if they lose. AMLBot's legal director Niko Demchuk believes that if the patent in question has expired or only covers Bitcoin EC.
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