by Ken Seddon, CEO, LOT Network
In 2022, LOT Network proudly introduced a significant new member to its growing network of companies – AT&T. LOT Network is a non-profit community of companies dedicated to eliminating the threat to innovation posed by patent assertion entities (“PAEs,” […]
Over the past 6 years, LOT has grown from 9 members to now over 900 with over 2.7 million world-wide patent assets from the leading software, automotive, electronics and other high-tech industries that are now subject to the LOT license.
Our panel including Nigel Swycher, CEO of Cipher and Kent Richardson, Partner at Richardson Oliver Law […]
Scottsdale, Arizona-based Open Design Alliance (ODA) was founded in 1998 to provide the engineering industry with a standard solution for .dwg interoperability. They are a non-profit technology consortium of more than 1,200 global companies where members share the cost of development for complex projects by developing solutions for far less money than any single […]
COVID-19 has dramatically impacted all of our lives, both personally and professionally. We at LOT Network would like to extend our deepest condolences for those that have lost family or co-workers in this pandemic.
Companies and communities are being asked for so much right now. Whether it’s working from home or changing the way we do […]
The LOT Network, the patent-licensing initiative aimed at curbing lawsuits by patent assertion entities, recently added major patent holders like IBM and Toyota, highlighting its rapid growth as companies see the limits the arrangement puts on them as […]
On the same day recently that IBM announced it had received the most U.S. patents for the 27th consecutive year, our company made a second announcement that could prove nearly as significant for the future of patents and […]
PAEs, otherwise known as “patent trolls,” operate under a business model based solely on asserting patent rights through legal action and seeking royalties or settlements from legitimate businesses.
LOT Network Inc., the leading international nonprofit community of companies protecting against costly litigation brought by patent assertion entities (PAEs, also known as “patent trolls”), today announced that Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp, the world’s number one automaker, joined […]
Information technology giant IBM recently announced that it had agreed to join the LOT Network, a nonprofit patent risk management consortium designed to immunize its members from lawsuits filed by patent assertion entities (PAEs). The move brings an […]
Today Cloud 66 is proud to announce its membership in the LOT Network community. As a leading provider of operational tools for deploying and managing Rails, Node and Kubernetes-based applications on any cloud or server, Cloud 66 is […]
