As automakers turn their vehicles into app-laden computers on wheels, there’s one habit they don’t want to acquire from Silicon Valley: fighting over patents in court.
Manufacturers from BMW AG to Hyundai Motor Co. to […]
By David Perry, Senior Patent Counsel Red Hat, Inc.
David Perry
Like many companies, Red Hat is concerned with abuses of the patent system, including suits by patent assertion entities (PAEs). We have argued against patents on software before the PTO and the U.S. Supreme Court. In our recently updated […]
Leading chemical company Covestro has announced that it has taken proactive measures to protect itself against frivolous litigation from patent assertion entities (PAEs), otherwise known as patent trolls.
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 […]
Open source software imparts a number of benefits, including decreasing product development time, distributing development across a community and attracting developers to your organization. However, some organizations shy away from it due to perceived risks […]
Patent trolls are a huge problem in the US. They can cost small business hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. We’ll discuss what to do if a patent troll comes after your business and how to […]
Open source software can provide significant benefits to an organization—it can decrease product development time, distribute development across a community, and attract developers to your organization—but some organizations shy away due to perceived risks […]
A new ruling could undercut a U.S. Supreme Court decision that appeared to give some relief to retailers and other companies that face frequent patent lawsuits.
Given its war chest, Alphabet (GOOGL) can pick up fights frequently and win many of them. This partly explains why its legal dispute with Uber is getting a lot of attention. But there’s an […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
