**Crypto Avengers Assemble! COPA and Unified Patents Take on Patent Trolls**
- Crypto advocacy group COPA and Unified Patents have launched the "Blockchain Zone" campaign to combat patent trolls targeting blockchain and crypto tech.
- The campaign aims to protect blockchain firms and developers from costly legal claims by non-practicing entities (NPEs) who hoard patents for profit.
- Last year, NPEs accounted for 58% of all patent litigation in the U.S., mostly targeting tech companies.
- Coinbase's legal chief, Paul Grewal, calls patent trolls "barriers in the path of innovation" that must be stopped.
- Unified Patents CEO Kevin Jakel assures the crypto sector won't be hindered by baseless patent assertions.
đ Innovation, full speed ahead!