News & Insights
Canadian Government’s IP Strategy Seeks to Boost Innovation, Increase IP Literacy, and Rein-in Patent Trolls
The Government of Canada unveiled its IP Strategy today, planning to invest $83.5 million over five years to help Canadian businesses understand, protect and access IP. The strategy aims to boost Canadian innovation and […]
Ken Seddon Chief Executive Officer At LOT Network- Fueling The Next Generation Of Inventors
LOT Network is an international network of companies designed to proactively address the risks and costs posed by Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) and patent privateering. Its members represent a broad range of industries, including consumer products, automotive, cloud […]
The Linux Professional Institute Opens Up the World
Around twenty years ago, as a revolution in open source development transforming how companies approached their technology platforms and programs, IT managers realized that there was a lack of people with the identifiable and relevant skills necessary to grow their businesses’ open source use and deployment. It […]
Why IP Strategy Matters
By Johanna Dwyer, CEO and Founder, QipWorks, Inc
An effective intellectual property strategy is an integral component in the business models of successful technology companies, and is often their key source of competitive advantage. Yet a surprising number of companies have no IP strategy at all. Of those […]
What do Boeing, free patents, women’s initiatives and Google, Facebook and Uber sharing patent filing plans have in common?
It has been another busy quarter at LOT. Usually our growth and activities have a particular theme that ties our news together. But this time there is simply too much happening. So to make best use of your time, here are some of the highlights.
1. The industrials are coming: Boeing, Archer Daniels Midland, Covestro are […]
Patent Network Expands Free Membership, Courts Startups
LOT Network, a patent-licensing initiative aimed at curbing lawsuits by so-called patent trolls, says it is expanding free membership eligibility to more companies, raising its limit from $5 million in annual revenue to $25 […]
LOT Network gives start-ups free patents and membership
Non-profit LOT Network has announced two new programmes to “enrich and protect the global start-up community”, in efforts to incentivise innovation and encourage responsible patent use.
LOT, which lists Google, Canon, and Dropbox as its members, […]
Tech Giants Are Offering Startups Free Patents in a Bid to Foil Lawsuits
Red Hat Inc. and Lenovo Group Ltd. are giving away free patents to any startup that joins a group of more than 200 companies devoted to keeping its members and their patents out of court.
Adapt or Die: The Changing Role of Corporate Counselors
What can automotive industry legal leaders do to protect their organizations from patent trolls that want only to profit from broad ranging suits that are about payouts and payoffs—a “cost of business” that has given […]
LOT Member Profile: NextCloud
NextCloud protects your data while you stay in control
Data security is a relentless, stressful problem for every person and business.
When the average consumer or company considers online security, it’s usually taking care not to click a dubious link in an email, or praying that whatever cloud-based services […]
Happy New Year!
Ken Seddon
Happy New Year, everyone! Hopefully you are sticking with any personal resolutions you made for the new year. One resolution you all can be proud of is the commitment you made to protect innovation as part of the solution to the PAE issue. We are […]
Ex Parte Re-exams: Don’t You Forget About Me
Aaron Capron
by Aaron J. Capron and Nicholas D. Petrella
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
The America Invents Act (AIA) ushered in new post grant procedures for challenging the validity of patents. One of those procedures, Inter Partes Review (IPR), has quickly grown in popularity. […]
PATENTBUSTERS® Tip
Howard Skaist
By Howard Skaist, Berkeley Law & Technology Group
This is the second article of a three-part series sharing some of Berkeley Law & Technology Group’s PATENTBUSTERS® tips. These tips suggest tools that companies can use to efficiently devalue or invalidate an asserted patent, potentially saving […]
What it’s really like to be sued by a patent troll — and how to stop it
Patent trolls, more formally known as Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs), are entities that acquire patents for the sole purpose of suing companies in order to monetize them. They also happen to make a habit […]
Carmakers want Silicon Valley’s tech without its patent wars
As automakers turn their vehicles into app-laden computers on wheels, there’s one habit they don’t want to acquire from Silicon Valley: fighting over patents in court.
Manufacturers from BMW AG to Hyundai Motor Co. to […]
LOT Network Shows Promise In Limiting ‘Patent Troll’ Suits
IP Dealmakers 2017 will take place from November 15-17, 2017, at the Apella at 450 East 29th Street, New York, NY. The Keynote Speaker this year will be Dr. Lulin Gao, the Founding Commissioner […]
Is the patent licensing market dead?
IP Dealmakers 2017 will take place from November 15-17, 2017, at the Apella at 450 East 29th Street, New York, NY. The Keynote Speaker this year will be Dr. Lulin Gao, the Founding Commissioner […]
Carmakers Want Silicon Valley’s Tech Without Its Patent Wars
As automakers turn their vehicles into app-laden computers on wheels, there’s one habit they don’t want to acquire from Silicon Valley: fighting over patents in court.
Manufacturers from BMW AG to Hyundai Motor Co. to […]
Why Red Hat Thinks You Should Join
By David Perry, Senior Patent Counsel Red Hat, Inc.
David Perry
Like many companies, Red Hat is concerned with abuses of the patent system, including suits by patent assertion entities (PAEs). We have argued against patents on software before the PTO and the U.S. Supreme Court. In our recently updated […]
Covestro Sends Patent Troll Wake-Up Call to Chemical Industry
Leading chemical company Covestro has announced that it has taken proactive measures to protect itself against frivolous litigation from patent assertion entities (PAEs), otherwise known as patent trolls.
