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Shopify Joins the Open Invention Network
Durham, NC (May 4, 2021) – Open Invention Network (OIN), the largest patent non-aggression community in history, announced today that Shopify has become a licensee [ … ]
Inspur Joins the Open Invention Network
Durham, NC (April 13, 2021) – Open Invention Network (OIN), the largest patent non-aggression community in history, announced today that Inspur has become a licensee [ … ]
TD Bank Group Joins the Open Invention Network Community
Durham, NC (February 15, 2021) – Open Invention Network (OIN), the organization formed to safeguard open source software (OSS) and now the largest patent non-aggression [ … ]
Shopify Joins Open Invention Network Linux Patent Protection Group
May 4, 2021 — ZDNet breaks news with Shopify’s announcement the global eCommerce company is joining Open Invention Network. With eCommerce tools based around Ruby [ … ]
Inspur Continues Its Commitment to Innovation
April 14, 2021 — Inspur is reinforcing its commitment to Open Source Software (OSS) as an enabler of advanced infrastructure computing systems by joining Open Invention Network, [ … ]
Inspur Joins Open Invention Network
April 14, 2021 — Inspur, a Chinese-based provider of data center infrastructure, cloud computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, has joined OIN and OpenSourceForU covers the announcement.
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