Media Coverage - Open Invention Network

Media Coverageoin-admin2023-03-04T12:19:36-05:00

USPTO Proposed Rules Will Strengthen the Power of Patent Trolls, Resulting in Negative Outcomes

June 2, 2023 — Patent trolls — also known as Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs) or Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) — cause more than enough trouble. Nonetheless, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) …

Christina Motley2023-06-05T09:20:16-04:00Media Coverage|

Open Source Sustainability Strategy Leads Amazon Web Services to Commit Its Entire Portfolio to OIN

May 10, 2023 — Amazon Web Services (AWS) supports Open Source on a long-term scale “and sustainability is our guiding principle for these investments,” AWS Kubernetes team lead Nathan Taber shared with sdxcentral^®. Sustainable Open …

Christina Motley2023-05-18T17:50:07-04:00Media Coverage|

Study Demonstrates Companies that Participate in OIN are more Innovative

April 6, 2023 — A recent study, “Effect of an open patent pool strategy on technology innovation in terms of creating shared value” demonstrates empirically that organizations which participate in OIN are more innovative. The …

Christina Motley2023-05-07T18:09:29-04:00Media Coverage|

Third Largest Semiconductor Production Equipment Manufacturer Joins OIN

March 7, 2022 — Chips are the beating heart of innovation and governments across the globe are racing to bring semiconductor manufacturing within their borders. The United States alone is providing an unprecedented …

Christina Motley2023-03-09T15:51:13-05:00Media Coverage|

Semiconductors are the Heart of Innovation & Open Source Software has been the Lifeblood

March 7, 2023 — Chips and Open Source are rapidly converging, creating an even deeper level of integration and innovation, as Open Hardware grows in popularity and importance. Companies making Open Source investments …

Christina Motley2023-03-09T15:50:41-05:00Media Coverage|

Global Chip Pioneer TED Supports Patent Non-Aggression & Believes Open Source Drives Innovation & Productivity

March 7, 2023 — Semiconductor Digest reports Tokyo Electronic Device (TED) joins OIN. “We are incredibly focused on pleasing our customers. One of the most effective ways to do that is to develop the …

Christina Motley2023-03-10T12:50:21-05:00Media Coverage|

U.S. Western District of Texas Court Rules in Favor of Defendant Creating another Win for OIN & Those Opposed to Patent Assertion Entities

February 28, 2023 — Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) — acquire patents and then sue companies to attempt to extract a profit. WSOU Investments — also known as Brazos Licensing and Development and a PAE …

Christina Motley2023-03-06T08:24:44-05:00Media Coverage|

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The OpenWrt developers believe that openness and collaboration across domains is the groundwork which nurtures Linux development. The new partnership with Open Invention Network will be one of the building blocks pushing OpenWrt forward and advance Linux innovation in general.

Gregers PetersenRelationship Manager and DeveloperOpenWrt

Linux plays an important role at TomTom as the core of all our Portable Navigation Devices. We believe that by becoming an Open Invention Network licensee, we encourage Linux development and foster innovation in a technical community that benefits everyone.

Peter SpoursDirector of IPTomTom

We believe the protection OIN offers the open source community helps increase global contributions to and adoption of open source technologies. We are honored to stand with OIN as an active participant in its program to protect against patent aggression in core Linux and other important OSS technologies.

Erich AndersenCorporate Vice President and Chief IP CounselMicrosoft

As a global solutions provider that grows with customers and society through the highest level of trust, SMFG is committed to creating businesses that transcend the boundaries of finance and resolving issues. In order to further promote this effort and quickly deliver high added-value services to our customers and society, SMFG believes that the utilization of open source software will be essential. Also, in promoting OSS utilization, SMFG believes that measures to protect intellectual property rights are important. Through joining the OIN, SMFG hopes to deepen our understanding of the OSS community and contribute to the development of OSS.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

UNISOC is committed to the independent development and design of core chips in the field of mobile communications and AIoT, and Linux and open source software are the key elements of our technology development. By joining the OIN community, Zhanrui demonstrates its strong commitment to innovation and will continue to support patent protection for projects such as Linux.

Yang JiejingHead of Legal DepartmentUNISOC

Protecting open source is critical to us, our users and to the ongoing health of the Internet. We’re proud of our new role within OIN. We’re very happy with the direction OIN has been going.

Chris DiBonaDirector of Open SourceGoogle

The Mercari Group’s systems are supported by a variety of open source software. As a beneficiary of the enormous contributions made by the open source software community, we believe making a contribution to innovation in the world by publishing technology accumulated through the development and operation of our services, such as Mercari and Merpay, as open source is the right choice. Hence, the Mercari Group endorses the activities of OIN which protects innovations with open source from patent risks.

Mercari

Huawei is committed to offering the highest-quality ICT and smart devices. Linux and OSS are critical elements of technologies we are developing and integrating with carriers and enterprises around the globe. By joining the Open Invention Network, we are demonstrating our continued commitment to innovation, and supporting it with patent non-aggression in Linux and other core open source projects.

Jianxin DingHead of Global Intellectual PropertyHuawei

At Rakuten, our businesses continue to evolve as we address new market opportunities. Because of this, we are a user and strong advocate of open source software. We are building the first 100% fully virtualized mobile network, enabling us to scale rapidly and offer the best Quality-of-Service (QoS) available. By joining OIN, we are demonstrating our commitment to Open Source Software (OSS) and supporting it with a pledge of patent non-aggression.

Tareq AminCAO, Group Executive Vice PresidentRakuten, Inc.

Today, with open source software, we are quickly creating robust and long-lasting solutions for our customers. In addition to the technical implementation, we also take care that our customers do not worry about potential license violations.

Andreas PfeifferHead of Customer Advice and MarketingGinzinger