COPA v Wright and others

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Neutral Citation Number: [2024] EWHC 1809 (Ch)
Case Numbers: IL-2021-000019
IL-2021-000035
IL-2021-000036
IL-2022-000069
BL-2021-000313

In the High Court of Justice
Chancery Division
Business and Property Courts of England and Wales
Intellectual Property

16 July 2024

Before :
Mr Justice Mellor

Between:

Crypto Open Patent Alliance

-v-

Craig Steven Wright


And Between:

(1) Dr Craig Steven Wright
(2) Wright International Investments Limited

-v-

(1) Coinbase Global INC.
(2) CB Payments, LTD
(3) Coinbase Europe LIMITED
(4) Coinbase INC.

And Between:

(1) Dr Craig Steven Wright
(2) Wright International Investments Limited

-v-

(1) Payward, INC.
(2) Payward LTD
(3) Payward Ventures, INC.

And Between:

(1) Dr Craig Steven Wright
(2) Wright International Investments Limited
(3) Wright International Investments UK Limited

-v-

(1) BTC Core
(2) Wladimir Jasper Van Der Laan
(3) Jonas Schnelli
(4) Pieter Wuille
(5) Marco Patrick Falke
(6) Samuel Dobson
(7) Michael Rohan Ford
(8) Cory Fields
(9) George Michael Dombrowski (a.k.a ‘Luke Dashjr’)
(10) Matthew Gregory Corallo
(11) Peter Todd
(12) Gregory Fulton Maxwell
(13) Eric Lombrozo
(14) John Newbery
(15) Peter John Bushnell
(16) Block, INC.
(17) Spiral BTC, INC.
(18) Squareup Europe LTD
(19) Blockstream Corporation INC.
(20) Chaincode Labs, INC
(21) Coinbase Global INC.
(22) CB Payments, LTD
(23) Coinbase Europe Limited
(24) Coinbase INC.
(25) Crypto Open Patent Alliance
(26) Squareup International Limited

And Between:

Tulip Trading Limited

-v-

(1) Bitcoin Association for BSV
(2) Wladimir Jasper Van Der Laan
(3) Jonas Schnelli
(4) Pieter Wuille
(5) Marco Falke
(6) Samuel Dobson
(7) Michael Ford
(8) Cory Fields
(9) George Dombrowski
(10) Matthew Gregory Corallo
(11) Pteter Todd
(12) Gregory Fulton Maxwell
(13) Eric Lombrozo
(14) Roger Ver
(15) Amaury Sechet
(16) Jason Cox