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Frequently asked questions

Everything studios ask about protecting and licensing their IP on-chain: legal standing, certificates, confidentiality, and billing.

The basics

What does IPWeb3 do for studios?

We register, protect, and help you monetize your studio's intellectual property on the blockchain, so you do not have to build or understand any of the underlying technology. Your studio gets its own portal with the full IP portfolio, certificates, team access, and licensing tools.

How does the registration process work?

Your team uploads files (characters, episodes, artwork, scripts) through your studio portal. We process each one: a unique fingerprint of the file is recorded on the Polygon public blockchain under your studio's own registry, and a certificate is issued with a permanent public verification page. You see everything in your portfolio dashboard.

Can my whole team use the portal?

Yes. You can invite team members with different roles, so production, legal, and management each see what they need. Every studio's data is fully isolated: your catalog is never visible to any other studio.

Legal standing

Will this evidence hold up if a dispute reaches court?

Courts have already accepted on-chain evidence: the Hangzhou Internet Court in 2018, and the Court of Marseille in 2025, which recognised blockchain timestamping as legitimate evidence of copyright ownership (highlighted by the EUIPO). Under the EU eIDAS regulation, electronic timestamps cannot be denied admissibility solely for being electronic.

What does the EU Legal certificate add over Standard?

EU Legal certificates include a qualified electronic timestamp under eIDAS Article 42, issued by a Qualified Trust Service Provider on the official EU Trusted List. That grants a legal presumption of accuracy across all 27 EU member states: in a dispute, the burden of disproving your timestamp falls on the other side. For studios licensing into Europe, that is the strongest evidentiary position available.

Is this a substitute for trademark or copyright registration?

No, it is the evidence layer underneath them. Formal registrations come from IP offices, and most catalogs are too large to register everything formally. On-chain protection covers the entire catalog immediately, and for the properties you do take to an office, we offer official filing services (EUIPO, IP Australia) directly from the platform.

Certificates and verification

What does each registration produce?

A certificate (PDF) carrying every proof coordinate: the file's SHA-256 fingerprint, the blockchain transaction, block number, on-chain date, and your studio's registry address, plus a permanent public verification page you can hand to partners, distributors, or counsel.

Can a licensing partner verify our proof without involving IPWeb3?

Yes. Every certificate includes self-verification instructions: compute the file's SHA-256, match it against the value printed on the certificate, and confirm the transaction and date on any public Polygon explorer. Due diligence can be completed by any third party with free public tools, no IPWeb3 involvement required.

What happens to our proofs if IPWeb3 disappears?

They keep working. The records live on a public blockchain that cannot be edited or deleted, and each certificate contains everything needed to verify it independently, forever. Your evidence does not depend on us staying in business.

Confidentiality and security

We register unreleased IP. Who can see it?

Nobody outside your studio. Uploads are private, your portal is isolated per studio, and what goes on the blockchain is the file's fingerprint, not the file, so unreleased work cannot be reconstructed or previewed from the public record. Public visibility (for example on a verification page or marketplace listing) is always your choice, per work.

Do we need wallets, keys, or any blockchain knowledge?

No. We operate the blockchain infrastructure with managed, secured keys. Your team works in a normal web portal. If your studio ever wants direct custody of its on-chain registry, ownership can be transferred to you.

Licensing and monetization

Can we license our registered IP through IPWeb3?

Yes. You can create license offers on any registered work, set your terms, and receive inquiries directly from interested parties. Works you choose to make public can appear in the marketplace; everything else stays private.

How do buyers know a license is backed by real proof?

Every listed work links to its verification page, where the on-chain record, registration date, and certificate can be checked independently. Buyers are not trusting a claim, they are checking a public record.

Plans and billing

How is the service priced?

An annual plan for the portal plus a one-time fee per registered work. Current plans and registration pricing are always on the pricing page. The proof each registration creates is permanent, with no recurring cost to keep it valid.

Can we register our back catalog in bulk?

Yes. Collections let you organize and register related works together (a series, a season, a character set), and the portal is built for catalog-scale registration. Talk to us about onboarding if you have a large library; that is exactly what the service is for.

Still need help?

Write to us and a real person will get back to you, usually within one business day.

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