Blockchain startup Tari Labs has won a temporary restraining order against Bitcoin developer Lightning Labs for its Taro protocol and platform. The ruling means Lightning Labs will not be able to make updates to the Taro protocol or announce further developments on the protocol. U.S. District Judge William Orrick granted the motion on Monday, placing the restrictions on Lightning Labs until a hearing on any motion to lift the temporary restraining order.

Lightning Labs unveiled its protocol in April last year. Its goal is to be used for the issuance of assets on the Bitcoin chain, which can then be transferred over the Lightning Network. Lightning Labs itself was founded in 2016 and develops software to power Bitcoin’s second-layer Lightning Network.

Tari Labs created its Tari protocol in 2020, which allows the transfer of digital assets. Tari owns the U.S. registered trademark Tari for various cryptocurrency trading and exchange services. The blockchain platform sued Lightning Labs for copyright infringement in the Northern District of California last year. The company claimed that the name of its Taro protocol and platform is similar to its own trademark and provides similar services. (The Block)