Who owns the Blockchain? - Looking Through the Patent Lens

Speaker: Ridhma Dhar (IP Solutions Consultant, Southeast Asia, Clarivate Analytics)

Partner: Clarivate Analytics

• The global blockchain market is expected to be worth $20 billion by 2024
• 90% of major North American and European banks are exploring block chain solutions
• Over the last five years, VCs have invested more than $1 billion into block chain companies

The conversation about blockchain has sky-rocketed in the recent times and its distributed ledger technology has the potential to be transformative. The promise of blockchain, they say, is reminiscent of the early days of internet. As Singapore gears to become a Smart Nation, the country is aiming to integrate blockchain into the daily lives of Singaporeans. If you are curious to know more about the overall patent landscape, major players, evolution of technology and emergence of innovations, join us for a 30-minute session to know more.

Lunch will be provided for all attendees, courtesy of Clarivate Analytics.

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About the Speaker

Ridhma Dhar is a solutions consultant for IP solutions, Southeast Asia at Clarivate Analytics, formerly the IP and science business of Thomson Reuters.
With over a decade of experience in intellectual property, Ms Dhar has worked with universities and corporate and governmental clients to help them to power innovation and make confident IP decisions. She has worked across the IP lifecycle and her areas of expertise include prior art searches, patent analytics and IP management. She has conducted several IP awareness workshops and speaks regularly at innovation and IP events. Before joining Clarivate Analytics, Ms Dhar worked with IBM and Evalueserve.
Ms Dhar graduated from Punjab Engineering College in India with a degree in electronics and telecommunications engineering. It was her training at the World Intellectual Property Organisation summer school in South Korea that led her to a career in intellectual property. Ms Dhar has lived in India, Thailand and Singapore.