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MTU Aero Engines Supports Freedom of Action in Linux

September 21, 2022 — MTU was the first major industrial company in Germany to decide in favor of a Linux cluster when building up additional computing capacity. “The adoption of Linux and other Open [ … ]

Christina Motley2022-09-23T15:21:14-04:00Media Coverage|

Germany’s Largest Engine Manufacturer Joins OIN

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 community in history. “For us, joining OIN is a statement,” [ … ]

Christina Motley2022-09-23T15:22:19-04:00Media Coverage|

MTU Aero Engines Supports Linux Ecosystem

September 20, 2022 — For 20 years, MTU Aero Engines has integrated Open Source into its simulation programs and complex algorithms. Germany’s largest engine manufacturer has now become a member of OIN’s growing [ … ]

Christina Motley2022-09-23T15:19:57-04:00Media Coverage|

A Decision with Wider Impact: MTU Aero Engines Joins OIN

September 15, 2022 — Germany’s largest engine manufacturer, MTU Aero Engines has long relied on Open Source Software (OSS) for its development and joining OIN underscores the company’s support for Linux. The company was [ … ]

Christina Motley2022-09-23T15:20:25-04:00Media Coverage|

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 issue. Today, the enemy is increasingly patent trolls — also [ … ]

Christina Motley2022-09-23T14:08:00-04:00Media Coverage|

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 — also known as Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) — are increasingly [ … ]

Christina Motley2022-09-23T14:08:26-04:00Media Coverage|

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 a potential 100% increase for 2022 Non-Practicing Entity (NPE) litigation [ … ]

Christina Motley2022-09-23T09:36:09-04:00Media Coverage|

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 — conducted by OIN includes data from RPX and OIN’s [ … ]

Christina Motley2022-07-21T15:41:46-04:00Media Coverage|

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 come. Figures show a 100% increase in the number of [ … ]

Christina Motley2022-06-23T11:15:32-04:00Media Coverage|

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 patent actions related to the Financial Technology (FinTech) industry. OIN— [ … ]

Christina Motley2022-06-23T11:11:41-04:00Media Coverage|

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 more than 86,000 employees worldwide. The Financial Services and FinTech [ … ]

Christina Motley2022-07-07T10:56:54-04:00Media Coverage|

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 get up to speed in today’s modern, digital world and [ … ]

Christina Motley2022-05-20T10:05:06-04:00Media Coverage|

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 our customers worldwide and contribute to the development of our [ … ]

Christina Motley2022-04-21T15:29:04-04:00Media Coverage|

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 filed approximately 35 patent infringement lawsuits against banks and card [ … ]

Christina Motley2022-04-21T11:57:27-04:00Media Coverage|

Advantest Supports Collaborative Technology Development & the Ongoing Success of Open Source

April 19, 2022 — Advantest is the leading manufacturer of automatic test and measurement equipment used in the design and production of semiconductors for applications, including 5G, the Internet of Things (IoT), Autonomous Vehicles (AV), [ … ]

Christina Motley2022-04-21T11:30:30-04:00Media Coverage|

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We see incredible value in the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) communities. Our work in collecting, preserving and making source code available to developers, academics and government entities, will enable developers to continue to innovate. We are very pleased for OIN’s sponsorship and its support in maintaining the technical and scientific knowledge that may be lost without preservation and may be further useful to developers from an intellectual property perspective.

Roberto Di CosmoFounder & CEOSoftware Heritage

Embecosm has joined OIN, an industry consortium with an ever-growing patent pool that facilitates cross-licensing, for mutual defense against those who would use patents against the Linux ecosystem. All members are protected, even companies like Embecosm which bring no patents to the table. I don’t like the world we are in, but at least Embecosm is now in a stronger position to protect free software.

Jeremy BennettFounder and Chief ExecutiveEmbecosm

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

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

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 applaud OIN’s efforts to promote patent non-aggression in the cloud by adding the OpenStack packages to its Linux System definition. The OpenStack Foundation Board of Directors appreciates that the rapidly-growing OIN community has been, and is now explicitly, supporting freedom of action in the cloud of the future that OpenStack has been formed to enable.

Alan ClarkChairman of the BoardOpenStack Foundation

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

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

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

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