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Letter from the CEO: Updates and New Member Benefits
Friends of LOT:
It’s hard to believe that we are already midway through 2022, but we are happy to report that LOT Network continues its rapid growth trajectory. We now have more than 2,150 members and 3.5 million patent assets under our protection, including 15% of all US patents. We continue to […]
Be Proactive: What Companies Should Know about the Upcoming Launch of the Unified Patent Court
The Unified Patent Court will open for business towards the end of 2022 or sometime early in 2023 and when it does it will revolutionize the way in which patents are litigated in Europe.
When the Court comes into existence, it will provide a […]
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 […]
A Note from the CEO: BRIDGE 2021 and Patent Sale Program
While 2021 has not proven to be free of challenges, much has been happening at LOT Network over the last few months. Here are the highlights:
Continued exponential growth: We surpassed another milestone with 424 new members this year already. We now have over 1,600 companies in our community who are immunized […]
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 […]
