World over, the majority of enterprises across sectors are about 20 per cent into their transition to the public cloud. Most companies are about to embark on the next chapter of their cloud journey – a point when […]
Sixteen Japanese companies in high tech and healthcare have pledged not to assert patents against any activity whose purpose is to stop the spread of covid-19, in an Open Covid-19 Declaration formally launched today. And their […]
As a patent attorney at firms such as Apple, Ken Seddon was no stranger to patent trolls. As chief executive officer of the LOT Network, he believes he has found the answer. Rory O’Neill finds out more.
Uber has asked a Texas federal judge to free it from a suit accussing the ride-hailing company of infringing six patents previously owned by IBM, arguing the case is sloppily put together and contains fatal flaws
With trillions of dollars to keep watch over, the last thing we need is the distraction of costly litigation brought on by patent assertion entities, writes Trend Micro chief IP counsel.
The ugly story of Open Invention Network (OIN) and LOT; today we take a closer look at LOT and highlight a pattern of ‘cross-pollination’ (people in both OIN and LOT, even at the same time)
Mercari Group, including Mercari and Merpay, has joined Open Invention Network and LOT Network.
Chris speaks with CEO of LOT Network – a non profit organization that was formed to combat Patent Trolls. They discuss the past and current state of the patent system, the role of corporations in perpetutaing the […]
The Open Design Alliance announced last month that it had become a member of LOT Network, which holds 2.3 million patents. It protects firms when patents are sold, which is why LOT is short for “license on transfer.”
Open Design Alliance (ODA), leading provider of open technologies for working with CAD and BIM data, announced that it has joined LOT Network. LOT Network is a non-profit community of companies that builds a protective barrier for its members […]
