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Square Inc. Joins Patent Group to Promote Bitcoin

September 15, 2021 — Square Inc., the American-based business solutions provider, has partnered with OIN, and Watcher News looks at the deal with crypto and lawmakers, the benefits Square receives as an OIN member, and [ … ]

oin-admin2020-10-19T11:53:05-04:00

Square to Engender Open Source Software Growth

September 15, 2021 — Jack Dorsey’s Square chooses non-aggression patent pact by joining OIN and continues its stride to engender the adoption of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin Exchange Guide explains how the U.S. payment giant [ … ]

oin-admin2021-09-20T12:03:23-04:00Media Coverage|

Square Joins Patent Non-Aggression Pact through OIN

September 14, 2021 — In breaking news, The Block publishes an article about how payments company Square has become a member of the OIN to express its favor of Open Source Software (OSS). Now, the [ … ]

oin-admin2021-09-20T12:01:14-04:00Media Coverage|

Square Joins Intellectual Property Non-Aggression Group for Open Source Tech

September 14, 2021 — Law360 covers the exciting news that financial technology giant Square has joined OIN, demonstrating its public commitment to protect Open Source Software (OSS) and promote patent non-aggression. (subscription required)

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oin-admin2021-09-20T11:57:25-04:00Media Coverage|

Open Source is Fundamental to Crypto & Square Wants to Protect It

September 14, 2021 — IAM reports Square — the financial services and payments company— has a classic strategy to protect its Intellectual Property (IP) assets. Square doesn’t wield its patents to collect royalties or threaten [ … ]

oin-admin2021-09-20T11:53:49-04:00Media Coverage|

Square Joins OIN to Limit Cryptocurrency Litigation

September 14, 2021 — Square has become extremely involved with bitcoin, adding hundreds of millions of dollars of cryptocurrency to its balance sheet, as well as offering its customers the ability to buy and sell [ … ]

oin-admin2021-09-20T11:52:13-04:00Media Coverage|

Square Joins Patent Protection Group to Promote Crypto

September 14, 2021 — U°Today writes how Jack Dorsey’s payments firm Square has become part of OIN, the biggest patent protection consortium founded by the likes of IBM, Red Hat and Sony all the way back in [ … ]

oin-admin2021-09-20T11:49:56-04:00Media Coverage|

Square Joins Patent Group to Protect & Promote Cryptocurrency Innovation

September 14, 2021 — Jack Dorsey’s payments firm Square has joined our patent protection consortium. The company said the move is a bid to protect the cryptocurrency industry from a deluge of patent lawsuits of [ … ]

Christina Motley2021-09-20T11:49:35-04:00Media Coverage|

Square Joins Initiative to Reduce Patent Lawsuits Over Cryptocurrency

September 14, 2021 — In cryptocurrency breaking industry news, CryptoKnowmics shares how Square has followed the footsteps of many other tech companies and joined Open Invention Network to avoid litigation that has plagued the smartphone [ … ]

Christina Motley2021-09-20T11:47:47-04:00Media Coverage|

Square’s Financial Tech Recognizes its Dependence on Open Source Software

September 14, 2021 — ZDNet poses the question: what does one of the top retail credit-card endpoint companies, Square, have to do with Open Source Software (OSS)? And ZDNet answers: As it is for most businesses, [ … ]

Christina Motley2021-09-14T15:49:40-04:00Media Coverage|

Square Joins Patent Non-Aggression Community for Open Source Software

September 14, 2021 — OpenSourceForU covers the story that Square — which offers a full range of financial tools and services to businesses and individuals — has joined our community. The company leverages Open Source [ … ]

Christina Motley2021-09-14T15:39:24-04:00Media Coverage|

Square Joins Patent Non-aggression Community for Open Source Software

September 14, 2021 — “We recognize the value in shared innovation, a fundamental characteristic of open source communities. In addition to joining OIN, Square is one of the founders of the Crypto Open Patent Alliance, [ … ]

Christina Motley2021-09-14T12:18:06-04:00Media Coverage|

Cryptocurrency Thought Leader Square Joins OIN

September 14, 2021 — Fintech is reshaping the financial services landscape at a pace that few organizations can truly comprehend. While advancements and innovations in Fintech are valued by the consumer, there are companies and [ … ]

Christina Motley2021-09-14T11:45:14-04:00Media Coverage|

Square Joins Cryptocurrency Non-Aggression Pact on Patent Suits

September 14, 2021 — Bloomberg breaks today’s technology news that Square Inc. — the mobile payments company — has joined with other tech companies and members of Open Invention Network’s cross-licensing platform to reduce patent [ … ]

Christina Motley2021-09-14T11:54:41-04:00Media Coverage|

Linux Kernel 5.15: NTFS Support Gets a Significant Boost

September 8, 2021 — A new NTFS patch is coming to the Linux kernel that will bring much-needed relief to Linux system administrators everywhere. TechRepublic takes a look at the events leading up to this addition that’s makes dealing with [ … ]

Christina Motley2021-09-14T09:09:34-04:00Media Coverage|

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What People Say

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

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

Although TAIYO YUDEN does not directly incorporate open source software in our products, our customers do, and it is important for us to support open source initiatives that are critical to the continued success of our clients.

Shigetoshi AkinoGeneral Manager, Intellectual Property DivisionTAIYO YUDEN

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

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

We view OIN as one of the key methods through which open source leaders and innovators can deter patent aggression. We are committed to freedom of action in open source, and have noted OIN’s efforts to actively defend and enable the Linux ecosystem.

Jane SilberCEOCanonical

Open source technology enables new levels of innovation and helps to underpin our ongoing growth, as we fuse physical and digital technologies in cyber-physical systems. By joining OIN, we are demonstrating our commitment to contribute to open source technology and supporting it with patent non-aggression in Linux.

Dr. Shiro SaitoExecutive Officer, Corporate EVP, General Executive for TechnologyToshiba

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