Press releases and news
Why it’s time to create transparency around 5G SEPs
Shared perspective among industry participants will stimulate greater understanding of the cellular market environment and increase confidence and accuracy in IP executive decision-making, write Bowman Heiden and Lew Zeretzki
A growing network of companies is fighting back against patent trolls
The rapidly changing economic environment in recent years has spurred a wide array of companies to put their patents on the open market for sale.
This in turn has resulted in more patent assertion entities (PAEs), which are often called patent […]
Casa Systems joins LOT Network in a proactive measure against the threat of patent trolls
Innovative cloud-native technology leader recognizes the need to protect its innovation and patented technology through its membership in the non-profit organization
Casa Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CASA), a leading provider of cloud-native software and physical technology solutions for wireless, cable […]
LOT Network offers Cipher access to members
June 1, 2022 — LOT Network has expanded its range of membership benefits to include access to the Cipher strategic patent intelligence platform. This development builds on Cipher’s existing role of monitoring the patents owned by LOT […]
A Better Way to Combat Patent Trolls
Many businesses face ongoing threats from patent assertion entities (PAEs), or so-called “patent trolls,” that acquire patents solely for the purpose of suing pharma, tech, and other firms for infringement. They never plan to manufacture the patented products but […]
LOT Network surpasses 2,000 membership milestone – now counts four of the top five largest patent holders in the world among its membership
LOT Network Inc. the largest and fastest-growing international community of companies protecting against costly litigation brought by patent assertion entities (PAEs, also known as “patent trolls”), announces that it continues to experience dramatic growth since its formation in 2014. With […]
LOT Network launches patent sale marketplace, grows to 2,000 members
Responding to feedback from IP-owning companies, the License on Transfer Network has launched a patent sale marketplace for its 2,000 members to buy and sell assets on their own terms without brokers.
This is not the first time LOT has […]
LOT Network launches patent sale platform
International patent protection community LOT Network has launched a patent sale platform dubbed LOT Patent Marketplace. The platform will be an exclusive marketplace for LOT members to conduct patent sales without the use of traditional patent brokers. LOT hopes […]
LOT Network surpasses 2,000 membership milestone – now counts four of the top five largest patent holders in the world among its membership
LOT Network announces its new patent sale marketplace and releases a detailed report on the 3.5+ million patent assets within the community
PHOENIX (MARCH 29, 2022) – LOT Network Inc. the largest and fastest-growing international community of companies protecting against costly litigation brought by patent assertion entities […]
A playbook for fighting patent trolls
Coinbase recently won a case against a particularly aggressive patent troll. Today, we want to share some of what we learned in this fight — and what we’re doing to help more companies in the crypto community and beyond […]
What do patents have to do with it? Protecting the future of student learning
Those of us on a mission to improve educational outcomes have evolved to take advantage of new technologies as well as new realities to help solve the biggest pain points that students face. As we lean further […]
How the LOT Network seeks to protect biopharma IP
There are about 30,000 to 40,000 patents for sale on the open market at any moment. Traditionally, most patents for sale stem from distressed tech companies.
Patent assertion entities (PAEs, sometimes referred to as “patent trolls”) take advantage of the […]
Meta patent head shares key IP risk management lessons
When Jeremiah Chan goes to work as Meta’s patents chief, he approaches risk management by thinking back to a fundamental question that one of his past bosses posed.
It’s a deceptively simple one, but it helps to focus his efforts, […]
LOT Network 2021 Report: The world’s largest portfolio reduces risk from Patent Assertion Entities.
Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) are companies whose business model is to acquire patents and assert them against companies that sell products. By one estimate, PAEs are responsible for 87% of US high-tech patent litigation. Operating companies spend billions each […]
Why patent losses are a risk to industry innovation
Over the past decade, the healthcare industry has greatly increased its technological dependence, and that trend is only accelerated.
Many other industries – they include banking, retail, hospitality and others – have undergone similar transformations in […]
SUSE Joins LOT Network to Protect Open Development and Innovation
SUSE Joins LOT Network to Protect Open Development and Innovation
SUSE joins LOT Network, a global community of more than 1,700 organizations who have collaboratively immunized themselves and helped protect customers from the negative effects of opportunistic patent trolls. Each […]
Ken Seddon of LOT Network: “Be creative at telling your story”
Ken Seddon is CEO of LOT Network, Inc. the largest community of high-tech companies committed to protecting its members from costly patent troll litigation. Ken has been an intellectual property executive at some of the largest […]
MongoDB Joins LOT Network To Protect Open Innovation For Developers
By joining LOT Network, MongoDB is proactively taking measures to protect itself against harmful litigation from patent trolls.
NEW YORK (Oct. 19, 2021): MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDB), the leading, modern general purpose database platform, today announced it has […]
Chinese companies facing rising global PAE risk
Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) are companies whose business model is to acquire patents and assert them against companies which generate revenue from making or selling products utilizing such patents (“operating companies”). For years now, PAEs have been troubling operating […]
LiDAR Innovator Baraja Joins LOT Network in a Defensive Measure to Protect its Innovation and Intellectual Property
PHOENIX (July 13, 2021): LOT Network, the international community of the world’s leading high-tech companies committed to protecting its members from costly litigation from patent assertion entities (PAEs, also known as “patent trolls”), announced […]