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RBC Joins the Open Invention Network

Christina Motley2022-06-21T10:35:24-04:00

Durham, NC (June 21, 2022) – Open Invention Network (OIN), the organization formed to safeguard Open Source Software (OSS) and now the largest [ … ]

Advantest Joins Open Invention Network

Christina Motley2022-04-19T16:29:13-04:00

Durham, NC (April 19, 2022) – Open Invention Network (OIN), the largest patent non-aggression community in history, announced today that Advantest Corporation (Advantest) has become [ … ]

Truist Joins the Open Invention Network

Christina Motley2022-04-19T16:27:56-04:00

Durham, NC (April 12, 2022) – Open Invention Network (OIN), the organization formed to safeguard open source software (OSS) and now the largest patent non-aggression [ … ]

Media Coverage

MTU Aero Engines Supports Freedom of Action in Linux

Christina Motley2022-09-23T15:21:14-04:00

September 21, 2022 — MTU was the first major industrial company in Germany to decide in favor of a Linux cluster when building [ … ]

Germany’s Largest Engine Manufacturer Joins OIN

Christina Motley2022-09-23T15:22:19-04:00

September 21, 2022 — Tech Company News reports how Open Source adoption and its growing importance led MTU to join OIN, the largest patent non-aggression [ … ]

MTU Aero Engines Supports Linux Ecosystem

Christina Motley2022-09-23T15:19:57-04:00

September 20, 2022 — For 20 years, MTU Aero Engines has integrated Open Source into its simulation programs and complex algorithms. Germany’s largest [ … ]

What Our Members are Saying

This move (regarding Huawei’s OIN membership demonstrates that joining OIN has become a no-brainer for any product company. Setting aside the patent trolls, who would never have an incentive to join, no one is asserting patents against Linux anymore. Waging a patent war against a popular open-source project like Linux is bad for business. Of course, the OIN definition of Linux is far broader than the kernel. Even so, the OIN pool protects the basic infrastructure of the web, and no serious product company has an interest in disrupting it. That would be like sabotaging the roads we all drive on.

Heather MeekerPartnerO'Melveny & Myers