Press releases and news

Microsoft Corp. today launched an initiative to provide legal protection against so-called patent trolls for startups, as well as for larger companies that use its Azure cloud platform to power “internet of things” projects.

Patent trolls, […]

Today we announced an expansion to Azure IP Advantage…

At Microsoft, we’re investing in helping our customers as they move to the cloud. We see an opportunity to help support companies in this changing environment by bringing our security, privacy, compliance and intellectual […]

At Microsoft, we’re investing in helping our customers as they move to the cloud. We see an opportunity to help support companies in this changing environment by bringing our security, privacy, compliance and intellectual […]

“Microsoft Monday” is a weekly column that focuses on all things Microsoft. This week, “Microsoft Monday” features news about the new Surface Book 2, 500 patents getting donated to startups, a bug on Skype […]

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 can receive three free patents from us. LOT Network is an international community of companies focused on protecting innovation. We believe that some of the most transformative technologies come out […]

Microsoft today announced a major expansion of its Azure IP Advantage program, which provides its Azure users with protection against patent trolls. This program now also provides customers who are building IoT solutions that connect to Azure […]

JERSEY CITY, N.J., March 19, 2019 — Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading data analytics provider, announced this week that it has joined the LOT Network, a nonprofit group dedicated to fighting patent abuse. The LOT […]

Rechained Ltd., the software development arm of the OS.University project become the owner of 3 U.S. patents in the field of information security, information processing and encoding. The patents are registered with the United […]

Automakers are stockpiling patents amid an industry transformation, building up portfolios on technologies for self-driving and connected cars, but attorneys say the companies — perhaps with lessons from the smartphone wars…

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 even after IBM buys the company for 34 billion in […]

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 fair bit of hand-wringing over this buyout, but don’t really feel that strongly […]

o-called “patent trolls” may not be top of mind for the public, but they’re certainly on the mind of technology innovators. Nine out of the top ten global internet companies — including Amazon, Facebook, […]

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 the year; and, to remind you, we define a ‘personality’ […]

Yandex recently joined the License on Transfer (LOT) Network and the Open Invention Network (OIN), two organizations committed to innovation and combating aggressive actions by patent assertion entities…

Technology company Microsoft has joined the fight against “patent trolls” by signing up to the LOT Network.

Microsoft Corp. signed up Thursday as the newest member of the Lot Network in order to help the technology industry combat patent trolls that stifle innovation.

Microsoft this week announced that it is joining the LOT Network, a non-profit group with members from across the tech community and beyond, focused on tackling the problem of patent trolls.

Microsoft Corp on Thursday announced it had joined the LOT Network, a nonprofit organization created by Alphabet Inc’s Google and others to combat patent assertion entities (PAEs), known derisively as “patent trolls,” that bring […]

We are pleased to announce that Microsoft is joining the LOT Network, a growing, non-profit community of companies that is helping to lead the way toward addressing the patent troll problem, an issue that […]