We talk with Kurt Watkins of MG Miller Intellectual Property Law. Kurt is a lawyer who works with startups and is heavily involved in the crypto space here in New York. We’re glad we were able to talk to Kurt because some of the most interesting things being done in this space are by lawyers. We talk about how he got into crypto, the Reg D offerings he’s working on (securitized real assets and intellectual goods), a utility token client he’s working with (a sort of “Ripple 2.0” project), how patents in this space work and why they aren’t so bad, hard forks and “derivative works”, and how cartographers back in the day put fake towns in maps and how that’s related to crypto. We also get into the differences between utility and security tokens, how founders can structure their offerings better, and the differences between Reg D and Reg A offerings. We also cover decentralized exchanges and alternative trading systems. If you are an entrepreneur or a lawyer interested in this space, you will find this action packed episode interesting.

Topics:

How Kurt got interested in the Bitcoin/Blockchain space

His role at MG Miller

What a General Counsel does

Types of projects he's working on

Utility versus security tokens

What a utility token is

What a security token is

The differences between Reg D and Reg A offerings

Serious problems that stems from security tokens

Decentralised exchanges and alternative trading systems

Links:

Kurt’s email: kwatkins@mgmillerllc.com

Kurt's firm: https://mgmiller.legal/