- Pre-IP Secures Ownership of R&D Content Before Legal Patent Is Issued -
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Dec. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Unify Platform AG of Switzerland, with its Japan Hub in Shin-Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, announced on December 6 the launch of a new feature on the company's online platform service, UNIPLAT. The new feature, named Pre-IP, is an abbreviation for "Pre (applied) Intelligent Property" and a unique UNIPLAT term. When researchers and entrepreneurs register their content (images, videos, text, etc.) published on the platform as Pre-IP, UNIPLAT will issue a third-party certificate stating that the content is authentically registered under the name of the relevant researcher or entrepreneur by using blockchain's smart contract technology. This Pre-IP certification will be available on the platform from January 14, 2022.
Pre-IP certificate display on researcher's and entrepreneur's "My Lab" page
(Image from development site): https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M106816/202112014254/_prw_PI1fl_28W48Q46.jpg
In the era of social media, information security could be at risk because anyone can store and make false claims against anything on the internet that is not registered or patented yet. UNIPLAT, through the establishment of the Pre-IP feature, intends to solve this problem. Pre-IP is introduced as an alternative to assure the authentication of research and development (R&D) content even before a legal patent or any other legal registration is...
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