tZERO Group, Inc., a pioneer in blockchain-based financial infrastructure since 2014, announced today that it has sent a cease and desist letter to Securitize, Inc. alleging infringement of two of its patents: U.S. Patent No. 11,216,802 titled “Self-enforcing Security Token Implementing Smart-contract-based Compliance Rules Consulting Smart-contract-based Global Registry of Investors” and U.S. Patent No. 11,394,560 titled “Crypto integration platform.” The action is part of an ongoing strategic review of tZERO’s intellectual property portfolio, which comprises 105 patents across 23 families worldwide.
In addition to the action against Securitize, tZERO is investigating at least six other market participants in sectors including 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. The company expects to send demand letters to these entities upon completion of its analysis. tZERO’s broader portfolio includes patents related to self-enforcing compliance, upgradeable security tokens, splittable security tokens, federated PII services, and crypto integration platforms, as previously highlighted on April 30, 2026.
tZERO is also previewing additional patent families covering core infrastructure technologies. These include the Crypto Multiple Security Asset Creation and Redemption Platform (U.S. Patent No. 11,704,733), which enables blockchain-based creation and redemption of tokenized funds and multi-asset digital securities; the Consolidated Order Book from Multiple Asset Exchanges (U.S. Patent No. 11,436,673), which aggregates liquidity across multiple trading venues; the Decentralized Trading System for Fair Ordering and Matching of Trades (U.S. Patent No. 10,937,083), using distributed node consensus for fair transaction ordering; and the Obfuscation of Intent in Transactions Using Cryptographic Techniques (U.S. Patent No. 10,552,829), which conceals order details to mitigate front-running risks.
The enforcement actions underscore tZERO’s commitment to protecting its intellectual property as the tokenized capital markets industry scales. The company’s portfolio, developed over years of research and investment, focuses on compliant, scalable, and interoperable infrastructure. tZERO stated it will continue evaluating additional components of its portfolio and expects to provide further updates on patent strategy, enforcement, and licensing activities.
Market participants interested in licensing discussions may contact tZERO at sales@tzero.com. For more information, visit www.tzero.com.
