Rimon Partner Dror Futter will be co-chairing PLI’s Blockchain 2.0: 2019 Legal & Regulatory Developments Program. He will be joined by Rimon Partner Marc Kaufman who will present on Blockchain Patents. Host: Practising Law Institute, New York Location: 1177 Avenue Of The Americas Second Floor Entrance on 45th Street New York, NY Why You Should Attend:…

The digital asset roadshow continued this last week with The July 30th Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on virtual currencies and online market places, convened to hear “…how Congress should regulate digital currencies and blockchain technologies in the online financial market…”. Just a few days earlier, on July 25th, the Securities and Exchange…

Rimon Partner Marc Kaufman was extensively quoted in an article by Abovethelaw.com titled “The Crystal Ball Of Blockchain: What Does The Future Hold?”. One way to predict the future of technology is by looking to patent filing trends. It’s like an ultrasound during pregnancy: you can get a glimpse of what’s developing. Here are six trends in…

Tokens, security tokens, cryptocurrency, or however you wish to define the digital asset which distributed ledger technology has now allowed us to pull from ether, puts issuers and exchangers of this value within the cross-hairs of both Federal and State money transmitter regulation. The question becomes then whether token-driven blockchain businesses that mint and sell…

Rimon was cited by LawFuel and Coinnounce as one of the best law firms to advise on the legal structures of cryptocurrencies and the regulatory environment around them. Both publications list Rimon as a top law firm in the crypto space, and stress the importance of finding qualified law firms with robust experience in the complex and dynamic…

FinTech Partner, Dror Futter, has authored a chapter on “Blockchain Law: ICO Regulation and Other Legal Considerations in the Blockchain Ecosystem,” for the second edition of Practicing Law Institute’s (PLI) treatise, Financial Product Fundamentals: Law, Business, Compliance. Read more here. ­­­­­­­­ Dror Futter focuses his practice on startup companies and their investors, and has worked with a wide…

Patent Strategy Partner, Marc Kaufman, was named FinTech Sector IP Attorney of 2019 in Washington D.C. by Corporate INTL Magazine. Marc Kaufman concentrates his practice in the area of patent strategy, in particular, advising clients in protecting, managing and monetizing their intellectual property assets. He has represented clients in defending against patent assertions in district courts and through post-grant administrative proceedings…

Rimon’s FinTech Partner Dror Futter will be speaking at CFA Institute’s Blockchain Panel. Topics to be discussed: Bitcoin Distributed Ledger Initial Coin Offerings The accounting approaches for alternative currencies Host: CFA Society Stamford Date & Time: Nov. 14th, 2018 6:00 – 9:00 PM ET Location: Rockrimmon Country Club 2949 Long Ridge Road Stamford CT Read more about the event and register…

The SEC has issued a Cease & Desist Order and sanctions against a token issuer and its founder.  Among several findings, the SEC determined that the “Bounty Program” run by the issuer constituted a securities offering.  The Order states “a ‘gift’ of a security is a ‘sale’ within the meaning of the Securities Act when the [issuer]…

Worldwide patent filings directed to blockchain technology are increasing at an exponential rate. As a result, even the open-source ethos in the community will not insulate innovators from patent risk. Rimon’s Patent Strategy Partner, Marc Kaufman, will discuss the patent landscape, the commensurate risk, and how it can be managed with an industry-led strategy. This presentation…