PHOENIX (July 13, 2021): LOT Network, the international community of the world’s leading high-tech companies committed to protecting its members from costly litigation from patent assertion entities (PAEs, also known as “patent trolls”), announced […]
San Francisco-based startup Built Robotics, which was founded in 2016, builds the robots that build the world. Robots are intelligent tools, and Built Robotics put these tools into the hands of the skilled craft workers of the 21st century. The […]
New York-based Alt Legal is transforming the world of trademark and IP docketing. Practitioners know that managing trademarks on a global scale involves a large volume of data and deadlines. Missing deadlines or relying on inaccurate data can […]
NextCloud protects your data while you stay in control
Data security is a relentless, stressful problem for every person and business.
When the average consumer or company considers online security, it’s usually taking care not to click a dubious link in an email, or praying that whatever cloud-based services […]
Ken Seddon
Happy New Year, everyone! Hopefully you are sticking with any personal resolutions you made for the new year. One resolution you all can be proud of is the commitment you made to protect innovation as part of the solution to the PAE issue. We are […]
Aaron Capron
by Aaron J. Capron and Nicholas D. Petrella
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
The America Invents Act (AIA) ushered in new post grant procedures for challenging the validity of patents. One of those procedures, Inter Partes Review (IPR), has quickly grown in popularity. […]
Howard Skaist
By Howard Skaist, Berkeley Law & Technology Group
This is the second article of a three-part series sharing some of Berkeley Law & Technology Group’s PATENTBUSTERS® tips. These tips suggest tools that companies can use to efficiently devalue or invalidate an asserted patent, potentially saving […]
Ken Seddon
The original Oktoberfest was held in 1810 as the citizens of Munich celebrated the marriage of soon to be King Ludwig I and his bride, Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. If you’ve never been, I would encourage you to experience Oktoberfest at least once, as the celebrations […]
By Patrick McBride, Senior Director of Patents Red Hat, Inc.
Patrick McBride
What is the best way for technology companies to protect themselves from patent aggression without discouraging open source innovation? Red Hat has worked on various approaches to this problem, including a substantial new revision of its Patent Promise.
Red […]
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FI.SPAN Helps Fin-techs, Banks and Businesses Win
You’re a small or mid-sized business. Every month you pay about 1000 invoices. Your accountant tracks all these invoices, runs them through your AP system, then uploads roughly half of them — through an […]
Ken Seddon
The second quarter of 2017 brought us a bang and a fizzle. The bang was the large number of companies joining LOT. Our community continues to grow at a record pace, adding 34 new members including Volkswagen, Vizio, Salesforce, eBay, Net App, Tesla, Electronic Arts, […]
By Diane Lettelleir, JC Penney
Diane Lettelleir
For the last few decades, venue for patent infringement suits has generally been considered to be nationwide. With the rise of PAEs, one of the significant challenges faced by most defendants targeted by patent infringement litigation initiated by PAEs, is being […]
