MUMBAI, India, Jan. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511103760 A) filed by Manipal University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, on Oct. 28, 2025, for 'a system for evaluating digital legitimacy and stakeholder trust in the digital economy.'
Inventor(s) include Bhoomika Batra; Vaibhav Bhatnagar; and Ritvik Khurana.
The application for the patent was published on Dec. 12, under issue no. 50/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a system for evaluating digital legitimacy and stakeholder trust in the digital economy. The present invention is founded on Institutional Theory and Stakeholder Theory and aims to advance their use within contemporary digital ecosystems. The model gauges how institutional pressures placed on organizations (e.g., data privacy regulation, like GDPR, cybersecurity frameworks, ethical AI principles, and peer conformity) create stakeholder trust responses that inform trust, perceived transparency, and data sharing intention. It uses a hybrid of predictive analytics and PLS-SEM for calculating a Digital Legitimacy Index and quantitatively defines trust and estimates potential downstream influences of customer loyalty, adoption, and rates of innovation. This invention provides a system that is scalable across sectors (such as, FinTech, HealthTech, EdTech) that gives a foundation for how to gauge compliance, transparency, and stakeholder trust."
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