Patent Attacks Against Open Source Projects are up 100%
September 12, 2022 — The term Open Source was coined in 1998. In its early years, Intellectual Property (IP) lawsuits from proprietary companies were the …
Open Source Software (OSS) is at Risk from Patent Aggressors Now More than Ever Before
September 12, 2022 — As a result of Open Source’s popularity which has become the standard for software development throughout the world, patent trolls — …
Open Source Litigation from PAEs Continues to Climb
June 9, 2022 — Unified Patents’ Weekly Newsletter publishes the results of an in-depth “2022 Litigation Update” defending Open Source that states there is …
OIN Study Reveals Financial Institutions Are a Key Target for Patent Assertion Entities
June 26. 2022 — OIN headlines make IAM’s Sunday Digest. New research indicates Open Source assertions against banks and Financial Services increased 100% between 2020 and 2021. The study …
RBC Joins OIN – Financial Services Industry Faces Looming Threats of Patent Trolls
June 21, 2022 — The presence of patent trolls is fast becoming a serious problem in Fintech, and the worst may yet to …
Patent Assertion Entity Activity in FinTech Surges; RBC Joins OIN
June 21, 2022 — New research — including that based on data from RPX and Unified Patents — indicates an unprecedented wave of …
RBC Joins OIN as Patent Assertion Entity Activity in FinTech Expands
June 21, 2022 — Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) joins OIN. The largest bank in Canada, RBC serves over 16 million clients with …
Patent Trolls Target U.S. Banks
May 17, 2022 — NIKKEI Financial takes a deep dive into the emerging trend that banks are transforming into tech companies as they …
Advantest Joins Semiconductor Firms Across the Globe that are Accepting the Open Source Approach
April 20, 2022 — “Our stated mission is ‘Enabling Leading-Edge Technologies’ and continuously improving ourselves so that we can offer products and services that satisfy …
Banks are Tired of Getting Sued for Patent Use & Starting to Push Back
April 19, 2022 — At least 125 suits were filed in the Financial Services industry in 2021, and in recent months, Auth Token LLC has …