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 […]
Over 82% believe that it is more than likely that they will have an issue in the short term. Over half of patent owners, however, do not report on patent risk until there is a significant issue. There are many reasons given for this including the absence of reliable data and the lack […]
Friends of LOT:
It’s hard to believe that we are already midway through 2022, but we are happy to report that LOT Network continues its rapid growth trajectory. We now have more than 2,150 members and 3.5 million patent assets under our protection, including 15% of all US patents. We continue to […]
The Unified Patent Court will open for business towards the end of 2022 or sometime early in 2023 and when it does it will revolutionize the way in which patents are litigated in Europe.
When the Court comes into existence, it will provide a […]
Coinbase recently won a case against a particularly aggressive patent troll. Today, we want to share some of what we learned in this fight — and what we’re doing to help more companies in the crypto community and beyond […]
Those of us on a mission to improve educational outcomes have evolved to take advantage of new technologies as well as new realities to help solve the biggest pain points that students face. As we lean further […]
