{"id":24211,"date":"2025-05-22T16:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/uniswap-dismisses-bancors-lawsuit-as-baseless\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T16:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:58:09","slug":"uniswap-dismisses-bancors-lawsuit-as-baseless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/uniswap-dismisses-bancors-lawsuit-as-baseless\/","title":{"rendered":"Uniswap Dismisses Bancor&#8217;s Lawsuit as &#8216;Baseless&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The team at Uniswap Labs has responded to a patent lawsuit from the decentralized exchange (DEX) Bancor, describing it as &#8220;baseless.&#8221; This was reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/355184\/what-a-wasteful-distraction-uniswap-responds-to-bancors-patent-infringement-lawsuit\">The Block<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The legal proceedings <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bancor-team-sues-uniswap-over-amm-patent-use\">commenced<\/a> following Bancor&#8217;s claim of copyright infringement concerning the automated market maker technology, which Uniswap allegedly used without permission since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>A representative from Uniswap Labs told The Block:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Our protocol&#8217;s code has been open and accessible for years. This is a distraction at a time when <\/em><em>DeFi<\/em><em> is gaining historic momentum.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The community criticized Bancor&#8217;s actions as contrary to the principles of decentralization. On social media, users labeled the lawsuit &#8220;anti-DeFi&#8221; and reminded that open code is the foundation of the industry.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s unclear why Bancor is litigating in an industry built on open source code,&#8221; wrote one commentator.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bancor and Carbon DeFi are dead to me now. <\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t think of any compelling reason for this lawsuit in an industry where open source is the norm. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NmuqRlYF7z\">https:\/\/t.co\/NmuqRlYF7z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brad (@b05crypto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/b05crypto\/status\/1924903813825094129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, some observers pointed out Uniswap&#8217;s double standards: the protocol benefits from intellectual property laws by preventing other teams from using its code for their later versions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bancor did invent the AMM, though. And Uniswap is a company that takes advantage of IP laws by blocking other teams from using code for their later versions.<br \/>Sounds like Uniswap is throwing stones from a glass house.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Big Bald Bird ?? (@shinsyotta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shinsyotta\/status\/1924875590793941190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Uniswap founder Hayden Adams called the situation &#8220;the dumbest thing&#8221; and promised to forget about it until the court&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Possibly the dumbest thing I&#8217;ve ever seen ?<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to not thinking about this again until a lawyer tells me we won <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NRyLi5whVm\">https:\/\/t.co\/NRyLi5whVm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hayden Adams ? (@haydenzadams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/haydenzadams\/status\/1924868037896757289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In May, Uniswap <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/uniswap-surpasses-3-trillion-in-cumulative-trading-volume\">became<\/a> the first among DEXs to reach a cumulative turnover of $3 trillion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team at Uniswap Labs has responded to a patent lawsuit from the decentralized exchange (DEX) Bancor, describing it as &#8220;baseless.&#8221; This was reported by The Block. The legal proceedings commenced following Bancor&#8217;s claim of copyright infringement concerning the automated market maker technology, which Uniswap allegedly used without permission since 2017. 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