Insights Hub

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 use of open source software has become increasingly ubiquitous across a growing number of industries — it is fast becoming the very foundation of cloud computing. An increasing number of companies in a variety of industries ranging from automobiles to banks to consumer products are now contributing to, distributing and using open source software […]

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 […]

In these challenging times, our focus at LOT is to support you and your companies to the best of our ability.  While I look forward to the amazing solutions and resources that our member companies will provide to help to solve this crisis, I also want to extend an offer to help where […]

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.”

As the world enters the 5G era, fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) access to the patents behind the revolutionary technology will become one of the most important issues in IP.

IBM targets AirBnB in new lawsuit, touting LOT membership to show good corporate citizenship.

Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to develop products such as platforms, software, tools, and apps is currently the most dominating technology in the global marketplace. Businesses across all industries will be facing some critical business and marketing challenges […]

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 (PAEs or “patent trolls”), companies that don’t make any products but […]

Prolific Patent Assertion Entity (PAE) Uniloc filed its largest volume of cases in 2018. We previously reported a noticeable increase in filings during 2016-2017. The following year, Uniloc filed 186 cases. However, the number of filed […]

One of the most talked about technologies today is blockchain. Marc Kaufman explains how to protect the tech from patent trolls