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Be proactive: what companies should know about the upcoming launch of the Unified Patent Court
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 [...]
A better way to combat patent trolls
Many businesses face ongoing threats from patent assertion entities (PAEs), or so-called “patent trolls,” that acquire patents solely for the purpose of suing pharma, tech, [...]
A playbook for fighting patent trolls
Coinbase recently won a case against a particularly aggressive patent troll. Today, we want to share some of what we learned in this fight — [...]
What do patents have to do with it? Protecting the future of student learning
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 [...]
How the LOT Network seeks to protect biopharma IP
There are about 30,000 to 40,000 patents for sale on the open market at any moment. Traditionally, most patents for sale stem from distressed tech [...]
Meta patent head shares key IP risk management lessons
When Jeremiah Chan goes to work as Meta’s patents chief, he approaches risk management by thinking back to a fundamental question that one of his [...]
LOT Network 2021 Report: The world’s largest portfolio reduces risk from Patent Assertion Entities.
Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) are companies whose business model is to acquire patents and assert them against companies that sell products. By one estimate, PAEs [...]
Why patent losses are a risk to industry innovation
Over the past decade, the healthcare industry has greatly increased its technological dependence, and that trend is only accelerated. Many other industries – they include [...]
Ken Seddon of LOT Network: “Be creative at telling your story”
Ken Seddon is CEO of LOT Network, Inc. the largest community of high-tech companies committed to protecting its members from costly patent troll litigation. Ken has [...]
LOT member profile: amplified: augmented intelligence for a naturally intelligent patent search
Amplified AI was built for simpler and more effective patent searches. The company, which is led by Founders Sam Davis, CEO, Chris Grainger, CTO, [...]
Chinese companies facing rising global PAE risk
Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) are companies whose business model is to acquire patents and assert them against companies which generate revenue from making or selling [...]
A note from the CEO: BRIDGE 2021 and patent sale program
While 2021 has not proven to be free of challenges, much has been happening at LOT Network over the last few months. Here are the [...]
LOT member profile: built robotics – building the future with one robot at a time
San Francisco-based startup Built Robotics, which was founded in 2016, builds the robots that build the world. Robots are intelligent tools, and Built Robotics put [...]
LOT member profile: Alt Legal – transforming the world of IP practices
New York-based Alt Legal is transforming the world of trademark and IP docketing. Practitioners know that managing trademarks on a global scale involves a large [...]
LOT member profile: Orbital Exploration Technologies (OrbitX) – shooting for the stars
Orbital Exploration Technologies (OrbitX) is the first commercial spaceflight company in the Philippines developing a rocket to be powered by renewable rocket fuels derived from [...]
LOT member profile: Metamaterial Technologies, Inc.- developing materials that advance how technology is used in everyday life
Nova Scotia-based Metamaterial Inc. (META) was founded in 2011 and is a smart materials and photonics company that is changing the way we use, interact, [...]
LOT member profile: CobbleStone Software – helping legal professionals better navigate contract management
Founded in 1995, Princeton, NJ-based CobbleStone Software is a cloud-based or deployed (on-premise) contract and procurement management software company used by many leading corporations, state [...]
LOT members immunized against 12% of all U.S. patents
As we are all ready to celebrate the end of a long and challenging year, here is more good news that is cause for celebration: [...]
Legal tech patent filings soar in China due to AI dominance, lawyer shortage
Most legal tech patents in 2019 were filed by China-based applicants, according to a new Thomson Reuters report. China’s dominance in legal tech patents is [...]
Analysis shows that the LOT network now covers more than 12% of granted US patents
As the LOT Network passes a notable landmark, CEO Ken Seddon reflects on the defensive platform’s recent growth, the IBM effect which is helping soften [...]
Innovative strategies for managing intellectual property risk
If data is the new oil, intellectual property (IP) is the new gold. IP is extremely valuable in today’s global economy where innovation is critical [...]
IBM’s recently announced split is big news for the company, less so on the IP front
After Big Blue announced at the start of the month that it is spinning off its managed infrastructure services unit, we reveal that a part [...]
What you need to know about patent trolls
It’s been a tough year for our industry. With a global pandemic in place, restaurants are looking for ways to keep their guests and employees [...]
How to protect intellectual property from costly patent troll litigation
In today’s global, intertwined economy, patent trolls are a threat to innovation, both now and in the future. In the US, trolls are known to [...]