In today’s day and age, nearly every company is a technology company. That includes the automotive industry. To fight off what the industry dubs “patent trolls”, or those that don’t produce any products but have long plagued the […]
General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) and Honda Motor Co Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:HMC) are the latest vehicle manufacturers to become part of a team of tech firms that use licenses to keep off patent assertion entities.
Detroit is afraid of patent trolls.
In another sign of the growing ties between Detroit and Silicon Valley, more automakers are joining a network of primarily tech companies that use licenses to ward off so-called “patent trolls.” The trolls, […]
It looks as though Nissan has become the latest member of the License On Transfer (LOT) Network. The website of the defensive alliance, whose members pledge to grant a licence to all other members anytime they transfer a […]
“Now a who’s who of technology, automobile and other companies has banded together in a novel approach seeking to thwart patent trolls. LOT Network counts Google, Canon, Dropbox, Ford Motor Co., GitHub, JP Morgan Chase, Pandora, Pure […]
BEAVERTON, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LOT Network announced today that its community, which protects many of the world’s leading businesses including Dropbox, Khan Academy, Ford, GitHub, JP Morgan Chase, Mazda, Uber, Asana, and many start-ups […]
“This solves a very real problem at a low cost,” said Ramsey Homsany, general counsel of Dropbox, one of LOT’s founding companies. “It doesn’t matter how big or small your company is, at some point you […]
MarineTraffic, the world’s most trusted AIS vessel tracking service has joined the Licence on Transfer (LOT) Network.
The LOT Network was formed to promote innovation by reducing the risk of litigation from Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs), also known as Patent Trolls. The LOT Network […]
Beaverton, OR—April 1, 2015—LOT Network Inc., an international patent network that is proactively addressing the risks of patent assertion entities (PAEs) and patent privateering, today announced that its Board of Directors had appointed Ken Seddon as its first Chief Executive Officer.
“LOT Network has created an innovative product that can reduce the risk […]
The License on Transfer (LOT) Network, an open, royalty-free, patent-licensing program designed to reduce patent litigation and the growing practice of patent privateering, today announced that GitHub, Khan Academy, Pure Storage, Red Hat, SAS, and SolarCity have joined Asana, Canon, Dropbox, Google, Newegg and SAP as members.
Patent litigation reached an all-time peak last year, […]
Asana, Canon, Dropbox, Google, Newegg and SAP today announced the formation of the License on Transfer (LOT) Network, a cooperative patent-licensing agreement that will cut down on patent troll litigation and the growing practice of patent privateering.
Patent litigation reached an all-time peak last year, with more than 6,000 lawsuits filed. Most of those suits […]
