As part of the uncontroversial chronology, I mentioned how Dr Wright’s claim to be Satoshi gave rise to the Kleiman, Granath and McCormack actions, and then this COPA claim, the two passing off actions and the BTC Core Claim. It is not necessary to discuss the Kleiman, Granath and McCormack actions any further.

There is one other claim which has been brought to my attention: the COBRA claim (IL-2021-000008) in which Dr Wright sued unnamed defendants as ‘The person or persons responsible for the operation and publication of the website www.bitcoin.org (including the person or persons using the pseudonym ‘CBRA’’. The claim was for infringement of copyright in the Bitcoin White Paper. Dr Wright secured Judgment in default of acknowledgement of service and defence by the Order of HHJ Hodge QC dated 28 June 2021, which includes an injunction preventing the defendants from infringing copyright in the Bitcoin White Paper, whether by making the Paper available for download or in any other way. To the extent necessary, the status of that Order can be considered at the Form of Order hearing following hand down of this Judgment.