Today, Midjourney announced that it has joined LOT Network, the world’s largest patent licensing platform. LOT Network is a collaborative initiative that seeks to protect the innovation ecosystem against abusive litigation from patent assertion entities (PAEs, sometimes referred to as “patent trolls”). LOT Network members […]
OneTrust, the market-defining leader for trust intelligence, today announced that it has joined LOT Network, the international, non-profit community of companies working together to protect themselves against litigation brought on by patent assertion entities (PAEs, also known as “patent trolls”). OneTrust joining the LOT (License on Transfer) […]
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 […]
In January, the venerable information technology (IT) software and services company, Micro Focus, was acquired by enterprise software provider OpenText in a $6 billion all-cash transaction. Beyond the obvious business impacts, the acquisition is of particular interest to LOT Network members: Micro Focus, a member of LOT Network […]
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 (FADIPL), formerly the American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation, […]
Since its launch in September 2022, ADAPT, which is organized around making DEI programs accessible to companies of all sizes, has been active in pursuing its mission to advance diversity across patent teams.
The organization has increased membership, bringing in […]
Friends of LOT:
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, growth continues to be the core theme for LOT Network. LOT added over 800 companies in 2022 and now counts over 3,000 members. Our community is now immunized to nearly 4 million patents and applications owned by members, including 16% of all […]
