Meet Open Invention Network

The power of Open Source. The power of community. The power to preserve patent freedom for future generations.

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About OIN

OIN believes greater diversity of thought, perspective and talent drives higher levels of innovation. We promote the idea that Open Source technologies provide a new business model which distills collective and global intelligence.

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Our Community

With 3,500+ members from more than 100 countries, we’re the largest patent non-aggression community in history. Together, we support freedom of action in Linux as a key element of Open Source & help members reduce patent risks.

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Our License Agreement

All members sign the same agreement to cross-license their Linux System patents royalty free in a community which owns over 2.6 million patents & applications. Members also gain access to OIN’s portfolio of 1,100 IP assets.

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OIN is an organization which helps protect the Linux ecosystem by building a variety of defenses against patent attacks. By joining, Mozilla receives cross-licenses from other OIN licensees, but more importantly, for the long term, it affords us a chance to work with OIN in reducing IP threats to open source development and innovation.  
Harvey AndersonVP & General CounselMozilla