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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 [...]
Why Uber became a key architect in a patent protection network
Patent trolls—companies that don’t actually make products but instead just use patents they have purchased to sue companies who do—have become so prevalent in that [...]
Note from the CEO: LOT Network actively protecting against PAE-held patents
We are thrilled to announce that Innography™, an IP data industry leader and partner of LOT Network, has performed an analysis confirming the value of [...]
Open source software rules for start-ups, part II
License Compliance: How to be a Good Open Source Citizen By Heather Meeker This is the second half of a two-part series on how start-ups [...]
Europe’s proposed UPC: A haven for NPEs or Europe’s PTAB?
By Regina Sam Penti, Edward Kelly, Steve Baughman and Anita Varma Regina Sam Penti Europe’s proposed Unified Patent Court (UPC) appears to be [...]
LOT Network member profile: Mary Wolff, CEO of taptl
Mary Wolff is the CEO of taptl, a display technology start-up based in Miami. She was born and raised in St. Louis. Upon graduating from Washington [...]
The new “Defend Trade Secrets Act”: What it means and how it can be utilized to defend against trade secret misappropriation
By William J. McCabe and Gene W. Lee Bill McCabe Gene Lee DTSA Overview Every year, trade secret misappropriation costs the [...]
Helping patenters in a sea of PAEs: Interview with LOT Network’s Ken Seddon
Patent assertion entity (PAE) activity has skyrocketed in the past decade and much discussion has occurred around what to do in response to patent holders [...]
How high-tech banks are fighting back against patent trolls
In the old fairy tale, there is a troll who lives under a bridge and eats everybody who tries to get across. In the real [...]
Automakers in Korea and Japan embrace defensive patent aggregation, but Chinese companies hold out
Automakers in Korea and Japan embrace defensive patent aggregation, but Chinese companies hold out
Pure Storage VP: ‘Something had to be done’ about patent trolls
Companies lose billions each year defending themselves against patent trolls, and the problem is only getting worse. Pure Storage is one of a growing number [...]
Pure Storage VP: ‘Something had to be done’ about patent trolls
Companies lose billions each year defending themselves against patent trolls, and the problem is only getting worse. Pure Storage is one of a growing number [...]
Pure Storage VP: ‘Something had to be done’ about patent trolls
Companies lose billions each year defending themselves against patent trolls, and the problem is only getting worse. Pure Storage is one of a growing number [...]
Honda and General Motors join patent pledge
Car companies Honda and General Motors have joined a group that aims to protect its members by thwarting non-practising entities also known as patent assertion [...]
In Defense of Patents: Retaining value and relevance of patents in periods of rapid innovation
Innovation, whether in the technical or biological fields, occurs at a pace today that likely exceeds any period in history. This is due in part [...]