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Research paper | Open Access

Blockchain and IoT-based architecture design for intellectual property protection

Jun Lin1( ), Wen Long2, Anting Zhang3, Yueting Chai4
Alibaba-NTU Joint Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Joint SDU-NTU Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research C-FAIR, Shandong University, Jinan, China
Intellectual Property Publishing House Co., Ltd, Beijing, China
Department of Automation, National Engineering Laboratory for E-Commerce Technologies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Abstract

Purpose

The blockchain technology provides a way to record transactions that is designed to be highly secure, transparent, trustable, traceable, auditable and tamper-proof. And, the internet of things (IoT) technology provides the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction, which is able to link computing devices and digitized machines, things, objects, animals and people that are provided with digital unique identifiers (UIDs). This paper aims to explore the combined application of blockchain and IoT-based technologies, especially on the intellectual property protection area.

Design/methodology/approach

In this paper, the authors propose a high-level architecture design of blockchain and IoT-based intellectual property protection system, which can help to process three types of intellectual property: (1) patents, copyrights, trademarks etc.; (2) industrial design, trade dress, craft works, trade secrets etc.; and (3) plant variety rights, geographical indications, etc.

Findings

Using blockchain peer-to-peer network and IoT devices, the proposed method can help people to establish a trusted, self-organized, open and ecological intellectual property protection system.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first work that applied blockchain and IoT technologies on traditional intellectual property protection and trade ecosystem.

Keywords

Internet of things (IoT)BlockchainIntellectual property protection

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International Journal of Crowd Science
Volume 4 Issue 3,
September 2020
Pages 283-293
DOI: 10.1108/IJCS-03-2020-0007
Cite this article:
Lin J, Long W, Zhang A, et al. Blockchain and IoT-based architecture design for intellectual property protection. International Journal of Crowd Science, 2020, 4(3): 283-293. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCS-03-2020-0007

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Received: 05 March 2020
Revised: 19 May 2020
Accepted: 21 May 2020
Published: 01 July 2020
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