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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DevOps teams can get bogged down with cumbersome code, systems integration, out-of-date tools, or simply the time demands technology and a company’s ever evolving tech [...]
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 LOT Network in January, IBM [...]
Patent trolls: The next big risk for blockchain? Protecting blockchain from IP risks
Blockchain. To some, like NYU Professor and economist Nouriel Roubini, it’s “the most overhyped – and least useful – technology in human history.” To others, [...]
LOT Network booms with promise of ‘patent troll’ protection
The LOT Network, the patent-licensing initiative aimed at curbing lawsuits by patent assertion entities, recently added major patent holders like IBM and Toyota, highlighting its [...]
Why IBM, a patents leader, joined the LOT Network
On the same day recently that IBM announced it had received the most U.S. patents for the 27th consecutive year, our company made a second [...]
Tech and auto companies urge EU to crack down on patent trolls
Tech and auto companies including Apple, BMW, Microsoft, and Samsung have urged the European Commission to take action to stop European courts from issuing automatic [...]
LOT’s expanding membership in China indicates rising NPE worry
LOT's expanding membership in China indicates rising NPE worry
IP strategy 101: What startups need to know
Though startup founders wear many hats when they launch their businesses — innovator, creator, delegator, coder, fundraiser, and marketer — not many list patent attorney [...]
As seen in Law.com: Technology transforming the in-house legal department at banks: a call to action
Across the globe, today’s leading financial institutions are making massive investments into technology and IT development. Why? To create best-in-class technology platforms, payment processing capabilities [...]
How IBISA uses blockchain to help protect farmers
Every business plan involves a degree of risk. For some it is uncertainty about the viability of the product, while for others it is a [...]
A 500 member milestone
When you’re caught up in the day-to-day business of moving things forward, it’s easy to lose sight of accomplishments. It was in this way that [...]
The real value (or lack thereof) of your tech startup patent
A few years ago, as an applied econ & finance undergrad dipping my toes into the startup ecosystem for the first time, and trying to [...]
Highlights from the IP Corporate Strategy Summit in London
The IP Corporate Strategy Summit began with a panel on how businesses are affected by industrial changes within their sector and what IP strategies can [...]
Protect yourself from patent litigation
The auto industry's transformation from manufacturing traditional vehicles to creating what today is often likened to "computers on wheels" has catapulted the industry to the [...]
Blockchain secures intellectual properties?
A United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) advisory committee is planning to launch a live test of its blockchain-based intellectual property rights proof of [...]
Technology transforming the in-house legal department at banks: A call to action
Across the globe, today’s leading financial institutions are making massive investments into technology and IT development. Why? To create best-in-class technology platforms, payment processing capabilities [...]
LOT Network member offer
UCROWDME is launching the most disruptive ideas marketplace and IP trading exchange ever built. LOT Members will be able to trade and monetize their existing, [...]
LOT member profile: ClearAccessIP makes patent strategy manageable
IP strategy can be a significant challenge for any business. Maintaining records, keeping track of patent status and identifying potential acquisitions and divestitures can be [...]
How many patents are enough? View from Detroit
This was the question asked at the IAM IP in Auto conference and at the Cipher Roundtable the following day. The roundtable was conducted under [...]
Note from the CEO: BRIDGE highlights and international growth
I trust your summer is off to a good start. Everyone at LOT Network would like to thank Director Iancu, our members and the sponsors [...]
Blockchain firms partner with multi-industry consortium LOT Network against patent trolls
A multi-industry consortium on June 3 announced its collaboration with three blockchain technology companies in other to protect them against the threat of patent assertion [...]