Press releases and news

With trillions of dollars to keep watch over, the last thing we need is the distraction of costly litigation brought on by Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs or “patent trolls”), companies that don’t make any products but […]

Prolific Patent Assertion Entity (PAE) Uniloc filed its largest volume of cases in 2018. We previously reported a noticeable increase in filings during 2016-2017. The following year, Uniloc filed 186 cases. However, the number of filed […]

Open Design Alliance (ODA), leading provider of open technologies for working with CAD and BIM data, announced today that it has joined LOT Network. LOT Network is a non-profit community of companies that builds a protective barrier […]

One of the most talked about technologies today is blockchain. Marc Kaufman explains how to protect the tech from patent trolls

The Open Design Alliance (ODA) has joined LOT Network, a non-profit community of companies that builds a protective barrier for its members against patent assertion entities (PAEs or “patent trolls”).

Open Design Alliance (ODA), provider of open technologies for working with CAD and BIM data, announced that it has joined LOT Network. LOT Network is a non-profit community of companies that builds a protective barrier for its […]

An alleged sold off just before joining an organization aimed at fighting such companies. About two weeks before joinging the LOT Network in January, IBM sold off hundreds of patents to Daedalus Group LLC, which were then […]

Blockchain. To some, like NYU Professor and economist Nouriel Roubini, it’s “the most overhyped – and least useful – technology in human history.” To others, like NASDAQ CEO Bob Greifeld, it’s “the biggest opportunity set . . . […]

The LOT Network, the patent-licensing initiative aimed at curbing lawsuits by patent assertion entities, recently added major patent holders like IBM and Toyota, highlighting its rapid growth as companies see the limits the arrangement puts on them as […]

On the same day recently that IBM announced it had received the most U.S. patents for the 27th consecutive year, our company made a second announcement that could prove nearly as significant for the future of patents and […]

PAEs, otherwise known as “patent trolls,” operate under a business model based solely on asserting patent rights through legal action and seeking royalties or settlements from legitimate businesses.

LOT Loses its First Member, but another auto leader signs up

LOT Network Inc., the leading international nonprofit community of companies protecting against costly litigation brought by patent assertion entities (PAEs, also known as “patent trolls”), today announced that Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp, the world’s number one automaker, joined […]

Information technology giant IBM recently announced that it had agreed to join the LOT Network, a nonprofit patent risk management consortium designed to immunize its members from lawsuits filed by patent assertion entities (PAEs). The move brings an […]

Today Cloud 66 is proud to announce its membership in the LOT Network community. As a leading provider of operational tools for deploying and managing Rails, Node and Kubernetes-based applications on any cloud or server, Cloud 66 is […]

Cybersecurity provider Trend Micro is joining the LOT Network, in a bid to combat the threat posed by ‘patent assertion entities’ (PAEs), which it says drain “tens of billions of dollars” from the global economy.

Trend Micro Inc. this week became the latest company to join the LOT Network, a patent-licensing initiative aimed at curbing lawsuits filed by so-called “patent trolls.” In announcing its membership Monday, Trend Micro said patent assertion entities are […]

Cyber-security solutions firm Trend Micro Incorporated is the latest company to join non-profit community LOT Network in a bid to combat the growing threat posed to its business and its customers by patent assertion entities (PAEs).

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Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, today announced it has joined non-profit community LOT Network in a bid to combat the growing threat posed to its business and its customers by patent […]