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Certified time stamping of your creations
A simple first step to securing your rights
Certified time stamping offers a simple, secure first step to protecting your ideas and innovations. By creating a reliable, blockchain-based record of when your creation existed, you gain proof of ownership and integrity that can support future enforcement of your rights.
Our system provides:
- Strong privacy – only you can access the unencrypted content
- Tamper-resistant verification through decentralized blockchain technology
- Legally recognized certificates and electronic signatures
This gives you the confidence to use, share, and develop your creations while maintaining solid evidence of your rights.
Most artistic creations—such as literary works, visual art, paintings, drawings, 3D models, photographs, digital images, performances, music, films, and broadcasts—are automatically protected from the moment they are created, either by copyright or by related rights.
However, you may still need irrefutable proof of the creation date to prevent third parties from copying or claiming ownership of your work.
Certified, legally recognized time stamping of your documents through a tamper-resistant blockchain registry, as offered by LUTIN IP, provides the reliable evidence you need to safeguard your rights.
Some types of information—such as methods, processes, procedures, technical improvements, and know-how—are often best protected as trade secrets, especially when patents or other registered IP rights cannot offer protection that is long enough or strong enough for the asset in question.
However, choosing trade secret protection comes with important risks:
A trade secret is protected only as long as it remains confidential, which requires strict internal procedures.
If a competitor independently discovers the same information, you cannot prevent them from using it.
Most critically: if a competitor later files a patent for a similar method or process that they developed independently, you may be blocked from using your own trade secret—unless you can prove that you created and used it before the filing date of their patent.
You may also need proof of the existence of your trade secret at a given time if you suspect theft by competitors or former employees.
In all these situations, time stamping provides essential protection by creating reliable, dated evidence.
Blockchain-based time stamping certificates provided by LUTIN IP establish tamper-resistant, irrefutable proof of the existence, integrity, and ownership of your trade secrets at the moment they were registered—ensuring you are well prepared to defend your rights or prevent disputes altogether.
Time stamping your invention disclosures before filing provides tamper-resistant, irrefutable proof of the existence, integrity, and ownership of your invention at the moment of registration. This evidence can be crucial—for example, if a competitor files a similar patent application before you do and you need to establish prior-use rights.
Time stamping is also widely used in collaborative projects to clearly document the contributions of each party both before and during the collaboration.
Even though you should never publish or disclose your invention before filing your first patent application, certain situations may require sharing limited information with carefully selected partners under a Confidentiality Agreement (CDA). In such cases, time stamping provides an additional layer of protection for your disclosure (see the section on Confidentiality Agreements).
Combining a patented invention with thematically related trade secrets is a powerful way to strengthen the protection of your intellectual assets. Certifying your trade secrets through time stamping reinforces their legal defensibility (see the section on Trade Secrets).
No matter the nature of your business, research, or creative work, engaging with external partners often requires sharing sensitive information and intangible assets. To prevent others from using this information for their own commercial purposes—or from disclosing it further—you should clearly define how such information must be handled through a Confidentiality Agreement (also known as a CDA or Non-Disclosure Agreement, NDA).
A CDA allows you to share information safely with third parties. However, the scope and interpretation of a CDA can sometimes be disputed.
For this reason, it is highly recommended to time stamp and certify the information shared under a CDA. Doing so provides clear, tamper-proof evidence of what was disclosed and when, helping to avoid ambiguities and prevent potential conflicts in the future.
Trademarks—once registered—protect the names, symbols, colours, sounds, and phrases that consumers associate with your company, its products, and its values. By preventing competitors from using your registered trademarks, you safeguard the trust and goodwill your brand has built over time.
However, trademarks must be actively used in each jurisdiction to maintain their validity and the exclusive rights they provide.
Time stamping certification offers a reliable way to prove that your trademark was used in a specific country at a specific point in time. This evidence can be essential for defending your rights, maintaining market exclusivity, and preserving your brand’s competitive position.
No matter how you choose to protect your intellectual assets—whether through patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, or contracts—you may need to prove that your asset existed at a specific point in time and that you used it commercially in order to maintain your exclusive rights.
Intellectual property rights allow you to stop others from using your protected creations. However, these rights can be questioned—or even revoked—if you do not actively use them.
You may also need proof of prior use to defend yourself against “blocking patents” filed by competitors. If a competitor obtains a patent for a similar invention, you could be accused of infringement unless you can demonstrate that you were already using your asset commercially before the competing patent was filed.
In all these situations, time stamping provides crucial protection. Time-stamped documentation proves both the existence and the prior commercial use of your asset, helping you preserve your rights and defend your position.
By submitting your documentation to LUTIN IP for certified time-stamping, it is recorded in a tamper-resistant blockchain registry, creating a trustworthy and legally robust record of your prior use.
