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Trust service: protecting intellectual property with blockchain

Published on February 22, 2024·by Rubens Valcy·1 min read
Trust service: protecting intellectual property with blockchain

UNYRA officially launches its Trust Service, the first technological pillar of its platform. This service allows contributors to store data on the blockchain and protect their intellectual property in a secure and verifiable way.

The Problem Addressed

In a collaborative ecosystem, the question of intellectual property is central. When multiple people contribute to the same project, how do you prove who had which idea? How do you protect an innovation before it is even formalized in a patent?

Traditional methods — patent filing, sealed envelopes — are slow, expensive and poorly suited to the pace of collaborative innovation. The Trust Service provides a modern answer to this challenge.

How Does It Work?

The service relies on the blockchain to create a tamper-proof timestamp for every contribution. In practice, when a member shares an idea, concept or document on the UNYRA platform, a digital fingerprint is automatically recorded on the blockchain.

This fingerprint constitutes a timestamped and unalterable proof of authorship. In case of dispute, the contributor can demonstrate that they are indeed the originator of their creation, with a certified date.

A Fundamental Pillar

The Trust Service is the first of UNYRA's three pillars to become operational. It complements the economic pillar (the WAO token) and the synergies pillar (Nexus AI) to form a complete ecosystem where every contribution is protected, valued and connected.

For UNYRA, trust is not a slogan: it is a technical infrastructure.