U.Today – In a new development in the legal saga surrounding the true identity of Bitcoin's creator, the UK High Court has issued an approved judgment along with some injunctions in the lawsuit involving Craig Wright, who has long claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin.
In an approved sentencing document released by the court on July 16, Judge James Mellor concluded that the injunctions sought by COPA appear to be based, more or less, on an accumulation of the subject matter of each of the five actions.
Mr Justice Mellor said: “I have concluded that the operative part of the first injunction should be read as follows, so that Dr Wright may raise as a defence any of the grounds which are the subject of this first injunction, but not bring a counter-claim.” He referred to the first injunction which refers to an injunction against the claim preventing Wright from attempting to re-litigate the case.
In relation to the second injunction, the judge concluded that “neither Dr Wright nor any of his companies will threaten (explicitly or implicitly) or induce any other person to threaten (explicitly or implicitly) that prohibited proceedings will be brought against any person in the courts.”
Other court orders
The third injunction seeks to prevent Dr. Wright or his companies from claiming rights based on any of the grounds set forth in the first injunction.
The fourth court order prohibits Dr. Wright or his companies from publishing or causing to be published any statements implying that he is Satoshi, or that he is the author of the Bitcoin White Paper, the Bitcoin source code, or the like.
The fifth injunction is a mandatory order directing Dr Wright and his companies to remove all such published statements. It was decided that Dr Wright would pay all of COPA's costs on an indemnity basis, with interest calculated from the date of payment. The judge found that 85% was an appropriate threshold for interim payment by COPA.
Judge Mellor also referred Wright to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for consideration of the perjury charge.
COPA took Wright to court for a final decision on whether he was the creator of Bitcoin. Judge Mellor found Wright not to be the creator in March, and in May, Wright was found to have lied extensively during the court proceedings.
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