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Celebrating LOToberfest!
Ken Seddon The original Oktoberfest was held in 1810 as the citizens of Munich celebrated the marriage of soon to be King Ludwig [...]
Red Hat’s patent promise
By Patrick McBride, Senior Director of Patents Red Hat, Inc. Patrick McBride What is the best way for technology companies to protect themselves from patent [...]
How open source and proprietary IP can co-exist
Open source software imparts a number of benefits, including decreasing product development time, distributing development across a community and attracting developers to your organization. However, [...]
Patent trolls are a huge problem in the US
Patent trolls are a huge problem in the US. They can cost small business hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. We’ll discuss what [...]
LOT member profile: FI.SPAN
Founded in 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada FI.SPAN Helps Fin-techs, Banks and Businesses Win You’re a small or mid-sized business. Every month you pay [...]
What makes LOT members outperform
Ken Seddon The second quarter of 2017 brought us a bang and a fizzle. The bang was the large number of companies joining [...]
The real impact of TC Heartland on the EDTX venue
By Diane Lettelleir, JC Penney Diane Lettelleir For the last few decades, venue for patent infringement suits has generally been considered to be nationwide. [...]
PATENTBUSTERS® Tip: OTDP due to lack of a terminal disclaimer
By Howard Skaist, Berkeley Law & Technology Group Howard Skaist This is the first article of a three-part series sharing some of Berkeley Law [...]
A real reason for celebration
Ken Seddon GROWTH. In a single word, growth is what LOT Network has been experiencing this year. With the addition of industry leaders [...]
Important considerations for opinion letters after Halo
By Maria Anderson, Mauricio Uribe, and Christie Matthaei Knobbe Martens Maria Anderson Prior to 2007, a finding of patent infringement also carried a [...]
Quantitative, not qualitative – the Supreme Court overrules the Federal Circuit again
By Frank Bernstein, Singularity Frank Bernstein In Life Techs. Corp. v. Promega Corp., [1] the US Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals [...]
LOT member profile: Gridtential Energy
Founded in 2011 in Santa Clara, California It’s safe to say that lead-acid batteries have been a part of your life for as long as [...]
LOT Network
In a previous blog post, we briefly discussed the LOT Network’s initiative in in the fight against patent assertion entities (PAEs), more commonly known as [...]
Google opens patent pool for Android
Samsung, LG and Foxconn are among the founding members of a patent pool for Android phone makers under Google's benevolent eye. Google hopes the "community-driven [...]