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Red Hat is pleased to see IBM—the number one U.S. patent recipient and Red Hat’s parent company—announce today it is joining the LOT Network (LOT), a non-profit company we helped found. Since 2014, Red Hat and other top […]

LOT’s expanding membership in China indicates rising NPE worry

Though startup founders wear many hats when they launch their businesses — innovator, creator, delegator, coder, fundraiser, and marketer — not many list patent attorney among their titles. In fact, the absence of a cohesive intellectual property (IP) strategy is a common trait of many startup teams.

The LOT Network, a global group of companies that have teamed up to fight patent assertion entities, has seen an uptick in Chinese firms seeking membership alongside major U.S. businesses. Some of China’s largest companies have banded together […]

A few years ago, as an applied econ & finance undergrad dipping my toes into the startup ecosystem for the first time, and trying to learn all I could about running an early-stage tech company, I had my […]

The IP Corporate Strategy Summit began with a panel on how businesses are affected by industrial changes within their sector and what IP strategies can be used to address the new challenges.

The auto industry’s transformation from manufacturing traditional vehicles to creating what today is often likened to “computers on wheels” has catapulted the industry to the forefront of technology innovation. But the transformation has also ushered in some new […]

A United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) advisory committee is planning to launch a live test of its blockchain-based intellectual property rights proof of concept. The subcommittee is now ongoing three proof-of-concept projects involving blockchain technology.“Intellectual Property […]

Across the globe, today’s leading financial institutions are making massive investments into technology and IT development. Why? To create best-in-class technology platforms, payment processing capabilities and financial systems that deliver digital solutions today’s customers have come to expect. […]

UCROWDME is launching the most disruptive ideas marketplace and IP trading exchange ever built.

LOT Members will be able to trade and monetize their existing, new and dormant IP on our platform.

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A multi-industry consortium on June 3 announced its collaboration with three blockchain technology companies in other to protect them against the threat of patent assertion entities (PAE’s), which is widely known as patent trolls.

The blockchain companies involved in […]

Three blockchain technology companies have joined a multi-industry consortium dedicated to protecting members against the threat of patent assertion entities (PAEs) – more commonly known as patent trolls.

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As part of the SpaceTech Startups (STS) community, the first-ever Space Crowd Pitch took place in Bengaluru on March 28, 2019. The event brought together Space startup founders, sector-focused investors, subject-matter experts, ecosystem leaders, and […]

As the cloud expands, so cloud users’ latent patent risks grow. Digital transformation is propelling business cloud-wards at prodigious rates: by 2025, 60% of computing will be in the cloud.

Funds worth $18 billion were poured into blockchain startups in 2018. Do all these projects sound innovative? Are the investments at the risk of getting tangled in a blockchain patent war?

Microsoft is expanding its Azure IP Advantage patent-protection program to cover IoT devices connected to Azure. The company also is donating 500 patents to the LOT Network that are targeted specifically at startups.

Microsoft announced its […]

The platform economy is global in scope, spanning countries, borders, languages and currencies. Digital meeting places, you might call them – bringing buyers and sellers together across any number of verticals, from eCommerce tied to […]

Microsoft donates 500 patents to startups to expand its Azure IP Program. Tech giant Microsoft is expanding its Azure IP Program with donation of 500 patents to LOT network and build Internet of Things with […]

Some of the other businesses involved in the LOT Network are brand superpowers, such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, Netflix, SAP, Epic Games, Ford, GM, Lyft and Uber. By allowing other businesses to access their patents, […]

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, […]