NEW YORK, NY - June 15, 2026 - tZERO Group, Inc., a pioneer in blockchain-based financial infrastructure since 2014, provided an update on enforcement actions stemming from its strategic review of intellectual property assets. The company also highlighted additional patent families from its portfolio that support regulated digital asset securities and tokenized financial markets.
On April 30, 2026, tZERO updated its portfolio review, noting a subset of its 105-patent portfolio, including 10 patents across five families: Self-Enforcing Security Token Compliance System, Upgradable Security Token Architecture, Splittable Security Token Structure, Federated PII Service for Broker-Dealers, and Crypto Integration Platform. The company indicated it is identifying commercialization and enforcement opportunities.
As part of this work, tZERO determined that certain products of Securitize, Inc., including their DS protocol and Vault Registrar, infringe tZERO patents. On June 15, tZERO sent a cease and desist letter to Securitize regarding U.S. Patent Nos. 11,216,802 titled “Self-enforcing Security Token Implementing Smart-contract-based Compliance Rules Consulting Smart-contract-based Global Registry of Investors” and 11,394,560 titled “Crypto integration platform”. tZERO is investigating further infringement of other patents, including U.S. Patent Nos. 11,704,733, titled “Crypto multiple security asset creation and redemption platform”; 11,410,159, titled “Upgradeable Security Token”; 11,436,673, titled “Consolidated Order Book from Multiple Asset Exchanges”; 12,051,078, titled “Account Owner Funding of Know Your Customer and Accredited Investor Verification Renewal and Monitoring Charges Through Coin Payment”; and 12,099,996, titled “Verifying Transaction Address Is Whitelisted Before Allowing Transfer to Transaction Address of Self-Regulating Token”.
tZERO’s investigation identified additional products from at least six other market participants in sectors like Regulated RWA & Digital Asset Securities Platforms, Institutional Infrastructure, Prime Brokerage & Liquidity Aggregators, Decentralized Sequencing, Fair Ordering & Crypto Infrastructure, and Decentralized Exchanges & Specialized DeFi Dark Pools that likely infringe its patents. tZERO plans to send demand letters after completing its analysis.
tZERO’s broader portfolio consists of 23 patent families encompassing 105 patents worldwide, focusing on compliant, scalable, and interoperable tokenized capital markets infrastructure. The company highlighted additional patent families relating to core infrastructure technologies: Crypto Multiple Security Asset Creation and Redemption Platform (7 patents), Consolidated Order Book from Multiple Asset Exchanges (3 patents), Decentralized Trading System for Fair Ordering and Matching of Trades (2 patents), and Obfuscation of Intent in Transactions Using Cryptographic Techniques (9 patents). These technologies span tokenized fund creation and redemption, cross-venue liquidity management, decentralized trade ordering, and privacy-preserving transactions.
tZERO will continue evaluating its intellectual property portfolio and expects further updates on patent strategy, enforcement, and licensing. For more information, visit www.tzero.com.
