Craig Wright has filed a request to launch an appeal with the UK courts according to the legal counsel of the Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA).
Law firm Bird & Bird, representing COPA, confirmed to Protos that Wright filed the appeal request and said it would respond in due course. The firm added that it’s “confident that there is no proper basis for the appeal.”
The UK Court of Appeal also confirmed that the appeal was issued on August 14.
According to the UK’s Courts and Tribunal Service, a request for appeal may not be accepted on the basis that those filing it believe the judge ‘got it wrong.’ In order for the request to be accepted it must be shown that the decision was wrong due to a serious mistake or improper procedure.
Wright’s appeal was revealed this morning
There was speculation surrounding Wright’s appeal after an X (formerly Twitter) account, believed to be under his control, shared a snippet detailing part of his filed appeal this morning.
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This account has also shared the notices Wright is legally obliged to post following injunctions from the court, suggesting it may indeed be his.
It’s unclear exactly what the dates 05-08-2024 and 09-08-2024 mean in relation to the filing. Some X users believe it means he filed the appeal on time by August 5, 21 days after the July 16 judgment, while others think the later date implied it was filed too late.
Protos previously reported that Wright, based on confirmation from the Judicial Office and UK appeals tracker, had not filed an appeal by August 5.
‘Craig Wright’ X account says he isn’t using ChatGPT in filings
One X account, claiming to be a UK and Europe patent attorney, said that his appeal submission may have been written using ChatGPT.
The supposed Craig Wright account then refuted these claims, claiming “COPA keeps pushing the false narrative that I relied on AI to write my work.”
“They can’t accept that my work stands on its own merit, so they’re left with weak and unfounded accusations,” it said.
Now we have to wait and see if Wright’s request for an appeal will be accepted.
