Media Coverage

October 13, 2020 — OIN has made international headlines, including as far away as Russia.  OpenNet.ru’s article, “Linux Patent Protection Program Includes 520 New Packages,” highlights the list of additions now included in the Linux [ … ]

October 13, 2020 — The Patent Invention Magazine publishes “Open Invention Network Announces Expansion of its Open Source Patent Non-Aggression Zone” in  today’s online edition. “As open source grows, we will continue the measured expansion [ … ]

October 13, 2020 — The Register features OIN’s announcement — “OIN Adds Microsoft’s exFAT to Linux System Definition” — as the lead story in its software section. OIN has removed patent friction in core Open Source and Linux-related technologies since [ … ]

October 13, 2020 — OIN makes the 1^st page of ZDNet with our announcement that OIN’s patent non-aggression zone, called the Linux System Definition, which now covers Android Open Source Project (AOSP) 10 and exFAT, among 520 [ … ]

Oct. 5, 2020 —  COVID-19 has impacted virtually everyone and every business across the globe. It has presented new challenges. And it has introduced new complications. Some of these changes have put increased pressure on IT [ … ]

July 30, 2020 – Open Invention Network helped the GNOME Foundation settle a patent dispute with Rothschild Patent Imaging (RPI) and Leigh M. Rothschild, owner of RPI, earlier this year.

Here’s the entire story and how [ … ]

July 22, 2020 – The Sumitomo Mitsui Bank Corporation (SMBC) has confirmed that it will be joining Contour’s Beta Network and has also secured membership with Switzerland’s Komgo, the world’s [ … ]

July 21, 2020 – SMBC wants to step into blockchain and digitize its trade finance networks. In the process of launching R3’s Corda Marco Polo trade digitalization platform, the Japanese bank is now joining [ … ]

July 28, 2020 – UNISOC is part of the Tsinghua Group — the 2nd largest fabless chip supplier in China — and global leader in mobile communications and IoT chipsets. The enterprise follows a move [ … ]

July 14, 2020 – Patent trolls, also known as Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs) and Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs), look to leverage a patent or a portfolio to seek financial return from companies allegedly utilizing the technology. [ … ]

June 30, 2020 – As China’s “Google”, a global leader in Internet and Artificial Intelligence (AI) -related services and products, Baidu recognizes the benefits of shared innovation inherent in open source. The largest Chinese language [ … ]

June 23, 2020 – Banking and financial services increasingly rely on Open Source Software (OSS) including blockchain technologies such as Hyperledger. Global leaders that recognize the benefits of open source technologies are building robust feature-rich [ … ]

June 4, 2020 – This exclusive interview with Keith Bergelt, the CEO of Open Invention Network (OIN), takes a deep dive into the open source and patent non-aggression organization and its impact on large and [ … ]

April 24, 2020 – Containers make it easier for developers to deploy software, but they can also lead to open source license compliance issues. The Linux Foundation has published a whitepaper by Armijn Hemel that [ … ]

April 2, 2020 – Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is a Chinese Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company that provides telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics and smartphones in more than 170 countries. The multinational enterprise is “committed [ … ]