Dragonfly partner Haseeb Qureshi challenged DFINITY founder Dominic Williams' claim that NEAR Intents infringed on threshold ECDSA signature technology, arguing the relevant patent was only approved in late July 2026 and had previously remained in "patent application" status. Qureshi noted that NEAR Intents modified the algorithm in September 2026, meaning any alleged infringement window would span approximately one month at most. Qureshi further pointed out that the underlying algorithm was originally published in an academic paper under a CC BY license, which NEAR cited in its implementation. The rebuttal directly counters Williams' earlier allegation of unauthorized use of the signature technology by NEAR Intents.