Bancor Sues Uniswap for Allegedly Stealing Core DeFi Technology

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Bancor describes its Constant Product Automated Market Maker (CPAMM) as the first DeFi primitive designed to solve liquidity fragmentation across decentralized exchanges.

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Jona Jaupi

Publish date

May 20, 2025

Publisher

The Defiant

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https://thedefiant.io/news/defi/decentralized-messenger-session-goes-live-on-arbitrum-with-usdsesh-token-launch

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Bancor sues Uniswap over patent infringement

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Richardson claimed that for the last eight years, Uniswap has been using the patented technology without Bancor’s permission. “As a result, we have taken legal action to defend our technology for the good of the entire DeFi community,” he said.

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In the suit, Bancor alleges Uniswap – a DEX with nearly $5 billion in TVL – has used this system since launching its first version in 2018 and continued to build on it through to its latest v4 release in January.

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