That isn't quite accurate. This was a joint trial for a preliminary issue in two cases. In one case Wright brought a claim seeking "hundreds of billions of po

That isn't quite accurate. This was a joint trial for a preliminary issue in two cases. In one case Wright brought a claim seeking "hundreds of billions of pounds" in damages against volunteer open source contributors to Bitcoin on the basis that their use and distribution of Bitcoin violate his database rights in the Bitcoin blockchain, Copyright in the Bitcoin whitepaper, and copyright in the bitcoin file format. In the other case The Crypto Open Patent alliance (COPA) sought a declaratory judgement on behalf of its members who had been threatened with litigation by Wright for distributing the Bitcoin whitepaper. COPA's request for declaratory judgement was subsequent to Wright bringing a similar claim against the operator of Bitcoin.org (the original Bitcoin website) and securing a default judgement against them because by policy the UK will not allow an anonymous party to present a defense, resulting in an order against Bitcoin.org to prohibit it from distributing the bitcoin whitepaper in the UK. Wright had also previously brought defamation claims against a number of private individuals for simply saying Wright isn't Satoshi, so the legal threats that motivated and justified COPA's declaratory relief weren't fanciful, but both serious and chilling.