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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Patent litigation rises during recessions: GCs now have a way to proactively reduce potential risks
The recession of 2008-2009 laid bare many of the challenges that general counsels faced during that period of economic uncertainty. [...]
How LOT Network can help in-house counsel to protect organizations from patent litigation
The pandemic-induced economic downturn is likely to lead to a rise in activity from patent trolls as many distressed companies [...]