Fecha de publicación: -- Fuente: Wipo "digitalization" A computer-implemented method for controlling rights related to digital knowledge is disclosed. The method includes creating and managing a distributed ledger which includes a plurality of blocks linked via cryptography distributed over a plurality of nodes of a network. The method further includes implementing and managing a smart contract which includes a triggering event and a smart contract action. The method further includes receiving, tokenizing, and storing an instance of the digital knowledge in the distributed ledger. The method includes managing, rights of control of and access to the tokenized digital knowledge based on the smart contract, and performing, in response to an occurrence of the triggering event, the corresponding smart contract action with respect to the tokenized digital knowledge.