👋Hello, LOT community!
For most of 2024, we have been reconnecting with past members and meeting the new members we have welcomed to the growing community. We want to find out how we can continue to add value beyond your core protection of 4.4 million patents.
Here’s what’s happening:
LOT continues to experience unprecedented growth — a testament to our collective effort and shared vision. In the first quarter alone, we’ve welcomed 252 new members, setting us on track to exceed 1,000 members this year. We are now the world’s largest patent pool, both in membership size (3,900+) and number of assets […]
In November 2017, Meta joined LOT Network. Why did Meta join?
For many years, I have shared Meta’s belief that a well-balanced patent system promotes innovation, makes bringing new products to market more manageable, and facilitates competition. Only a well-balanced system that ensures patent quality […]
DEI Initiatives. Today’s RFPs now routinely include diversity as a rating metric, yet some firms still struggle with diversity numbers. The Foundation for Advancement of Diversity in IP Law (The Foundation), formerly the American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation, is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that is accelerating the development of a more diverse IP professional […]
Membership will protect Electrolux Group against costly litigations from patent assertion entities, reinforcing the company’s purpose to encourage innovation and design to ‘shape living for the better.’
Electrolux Group announced it has joined LOT Network, the world’s largest patent licensing platform and […]
Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. (“Hikvision”) is the world’s largest company in surveillance technology. In November 2022, the US government barred Hikvision from its market. Subsequently, Hikvision notified the LOT Network that it would be leaving in June 2023.
Hikvision owns more than 14,000 patents. These patents cover a wide range of technologies, including video […]
I’m always energized by a gathering of our members, and this year was no different. At LOT Network BRIDGE on September 27, 2023, the Palace Hotel in San Francisco buzzed with the excitement of idea exchange and innovation. IP thought leader Cruise (Olivia Tsai), Google (Michael Lee), Meta (Christine Foo), and Microsoft (Burton […]
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,” […]
Many companies are moving away from using fossil fuels to reduce the environmental impact of their business, which has led to an explosion of research into alternative energy sources, with a large increase in the number of patents being filed each year over the last […]
