In 2018, LOT Network nearly doubled in size, adding 167 new members – about one new member every other day. We welcomed IP thought leaders like Microsoft, Tencent, JD.com, JD Finance, Square, Nationwide, Denso, Hikvision, Aristocrat, SpaceX, AIG, Pinterest, Symantec, Epic Games, Ocado, Yandex, Boeing, Arista, Priceline, Atlassian, Bullitt, and countless high-tech […]
How many tickets have you bought in your life? Five? Ten? Dozens? Hundreds? Everybody’s bought tickets. And no matter where they were purchased, what kind of event they were purchased for, or which ticket-purchasing platform was used, it’s more likely than not that most of those purchases were unpleasant experiences.
The ticket buying process has been […]
Microsoft, Denso and 60 others join this summer – LOT nearing 300 members
While many were enjoying family vacations this summer, LOT had another record quarter of growth. We added 60 members including some of the largest portfolios in the world with the addition of Microsoft, AIG, Denso, SpaceX, Take 2 Interactive, Arista, Equifax, Priceline/Bookings, and […]
The inter partes review (IPR) procedure includes an estoppel provision that prohibits an IPR petitioner from later raising before the Patent Office, a district court, or ITC any anticipation or obviousness defense based on instituted grounds that the petitioner “raised or reasonably could have raised” during the IPR. Accordingly, if a petitioner lost a patentability […]
Defensive publications are often viewed as an afterthought, but a proactive and purposeful defensive publishing practice can be a meaningful part of a comprehensive patent strategy. Today, many companies are using the defensive publication of technical disclosures as a low-cost technique to create freedom of action for themselves and others. And now, a […]
Dear Members and Friends,
LOT Network has always been about protecting innovation, so I’m thrilled to announce a new initiative that our Board has recently approved: we will waive the annual fee for any start-up with less than $25M in annual revenues who wants to join LOT Network. You might have seen coverage on this […]
“Joining in with initiatives such as LOT may reduce some of the risk associated with NPEs and other aggressive licensors.”
“Now a who’s who of technology, automobile and other companies has banded together in a novel approach seeking to thwart patent trolls. LOT Network counts Google, Canon, Dropbox, Ford Motor Co., GitHub, JP Morgan Chase, Pandora, Pure […]
