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LOT patent transfer program announces donation of Microsoft patents to help Microsoft Azure customers
It’s been almost a year since we first announced LOT Network’s Patent Transfer Program, under which qualifying startups that are or become LOT Network members [...]
Conquering the World of AI — China vs. the U.S.?
Worldwide demand for Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is poised to increase dramatically. PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates AI will add $15.7 trillion (U.S.) to the global GDP by [...]
恭喜发财 2018 – Fourth consecutive record year for LOT Network!
2018 year in review In 2018, LOT Network nearly doubled in size, adding 167 new members – about one new member every other day. We [...]
Member profile: Ticketpass is an event ticketing platform to feel good about
How many tickets have you bought in your life? Five? Ten? Dozens? Hundreds? Everybody’s bought tickets. And no matter where they were purchased, what kind [...]
IBM-Red Hat deal: What the companies say
IBM says Red Hat will continue to be a contributor to the open-source community and that Red Hat will continue its commitments with current partners [...]
Red Hat hysteria: Aren’t we past the point of being surprised that ‘free’ is a part of the business model?
As you have likely heard by now, a few days ago, IBM announced that it was purchasing Red Hat for $34 billion. I've seen a [...]
iam: Our IP personalities of 2018, part one
It’s time for IAM to name its IP personalities of 2018. As ever, we have selected 10 people and entities who caught our eye during [...]
SAS expands scope of IPR petitioner estoppel, but leaves some uncertainty
The inter partes review (IPR) procedure includes an estoppel provision that prohibits an IPR petitioner from later raising before the Patent Office, a district court, [...]
TDCommons: A free platform for defensive publications
Defensive publications are often viewed as an afterthought, but a proactive and purposeful defensive publishing practice can be a meaningful part of a comprehensive patent [...]
Google makes first sale in U.S. brokered patent market
Alphabet Inc.'s Google has sold patents for the first time in the domestic brokered patent market, according to data provided to Bloomberg Law by Richardson [...]
LOT Network surpasses 275 members, fighting PAE patent litigation
In early August, the cross-blockchain protocol developer Peer Mountain announced that it had joined the License On Transfer (LOT) Network, an organization founded in 2014 [...]