Posts Tagged: LOT Network
Open Invention Network: A Mission to Maintain Open-Source Status for Linux Systems
As Jaime Siegel, OIN’s Global Director of Licensing, notes, OIN is able to grant free membership to companies joining the consortium thanks to the efforts of …
LOT Network surpasses 275 members, fighting PAE patent litigation
LOT Network markets itself as a non-profit consortium, which offers its members a legal mechanism affording them protection from patent assertion entities (PAEs) and immunizes its members …
How to Participate in Open Source While Maintaining IP Integrity
The key idea is to think strategically about the software, the value it can provide to the company, and whether the technology should be developed in-house. In …
The PTAB has failed to solve the patent troll problem created by large operating companies
The patent troll problem has always been a creation of large operating companies. They obtained dubious, highly questionable patents. These low quality patents were then sold to …
Clearing the Underbrush: How to Fight Low Quality Patents Related to Commoditized Technology that Threaten Innovation
IP departments are often forced to spend their limited budget defending patent troll lawsuits targeted at the base computing and service layers instead of where it should …
IP Threats and Collaboration in the Auto Industry
In 1903, Henry Ford was hit with a patent lawsuit while watching his first automobiles get loaded into boxcars. IP issues have plagued the auto industry every since. …
To license or to abandon? The Advantages of Open Licensing
Open licenses are private arrangements that work within the current legal regime to encourage innovation, discourage trolls, and help attract top engineering talent. It is a win-win …
Why Google Wins by Giving Away Patents to ‘Startups’ Willing to Join the LOT Network
Google is giving away patents to small-ish tech firms who apply and agree to join the License or Transfer (LOT) Network. Google retains a license to the …
