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Tech companies: how we choose anti-NPE networks
Salesforce, Ecobee and Red Hat explain why companies choose some anti-NPE organisations over others, while the networks discuss how times [...]
Post COVID-19 plans of law firms and lawyers!
COVID-19 has led to an economic disruption throughout the world, and businesses are finding it hard to cope with the [...]
Exclusive interview with Ken Seddon CEO of LOT Network
LOT Network Inc., is an international community of high-tech companies protecting against costly litigation brought by patent assertion entities (PAEs, [...]
Essential Post COVID-19 Strategies for Law Firms: Thrive in the New Normal!
COVID-19 has led to an economic disruption throughout the world, and businesses are finding it hard to cope with the [...]
Japanese covid-19 patent pledge triples membership, but users must read fine print
Three weeks ago, IAM reported on the formation of an Open Covid-19 Declaration (OCD) spearheaded by sixteen Japanese IP owners [...]
What enterprises should consider when choosing a public cloud?
World over, the majority of enterprises across sectors are about 20 per cent into their transition to the public cloud. [...]
Top Japanese corporates pledge patent non-assertion to speed virus fight
Sixteen Japanese companies in high tech and healthcare have pledged not to assert patents against any activity whose purpose is [...]
Can ‘herd immunity’ beat patent trolls?
As a patent attorney at firms such as Apple, Ken Seddon was no stranger to patent trolls. As chief executive [...]
Uber wants out of ‘rushed’ suit over sold-off IBM patents
Uber has asked a Texas federal judge to free it from a suit accussing the ride-hailing company of infringing six [...]
Protecting innovation in the cyber world from patent trolls
With trillions of dollars to keep watch over, the last thing we need is the distraction of costly litigation brought [...]
An introduction to the GPL Cooperation Commitment – consider joining today!
The use of open source software has become increasingly ubiquitous across a growing number of industries -- it is fast [...]
LOT member profile: Open Design Alliance
Scottsdale, Arizona-based Open Design Alliance (ODA) was founded in 1998 to provide the engineering industry with a standard solution for [...]
An opportunity for all LOT members and non-members to join in the fight against COVID-19
COVID-19 has dramatically impacted all of our lives, both personally and professionally. We at LOT Network would like to [...]
A note from the CEO: Community, new BRIDGE dates and a 2019 wrap-up
In these challenging times, our focus at LOT is to support you and your companies to the best of our [...]
Q&A with ODA’s Neil Peterson
The Open Design Alliance announced last month that it had become a member of LOT Network, which holds 2.3 million [...]
TPN: How many patents are actually essential
As the world enters the 5G era, fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) access to the patents behind the revolutionary technology [...]
IBM targets AirBnB in new lawsuit, touting LOT membership to show good corporate citizenship
IBM targets AirBnB in new lawsuit, touting LOT membership to show good corporate citizenship.
Protecting artificial intelligence
Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to develop products such as platforms, software, tools, and apps is currently the most dominating [...]
Protecting innovation in the cyber world from patent trolls
With trillions of dollars to keep watch over, the last thing we need is the distraction of costly litigation brought [...]
Uniloc: Targeting cloud computing with volume, repetition, and resolve
Prolific Patent Assertion Entity (PAE) Uniloc filed its largest volume of cases in 2018. We previously reported a noticeable increase [...]
Blocking the trolls
One of the most talked about technologies today is blockchain. Marc Kaufman explains how to protect the tech from patent [...]
The emerging risk: Avoiding patent wars in blockchain ecosystems
Patents provide the owner thereof the right to exclude others from practicing the patented invention for a limited period of [...]
LOT member profile: Cloud 66: Making developers more productive
DevOps teams can get bogged down with cumbersome code, systems integration, out-of-date tools, or simply the time demands technology and [...]
Alleged troll sues Uber using newly offloaded IBM patents
An alleged sold off just before joining an organization aimed at fighting such companies. About two weeks before joinging the [...]