Safeguarding Open Source and Blockchain’s Patent Landscape
May 29, 2018 — Today, open source code is so effective and cost-efficient that it is used in more than 90 percent of all software. In fact, it is impossible to catalog all of the …
Keep the IoT Free (Patent Battles Not Welcome)
March 26, 2018 — In order for the creativity and inventive capacities of the hundreds of thousands of people developing around open-source projects or platforms to be realized, it is vital that patent non-aggression be safeguarded.
OIN Enables Freedom Of Action In Linux (and IoT)
February 12, 2018 — In parallel with the collaborative technology development model ushered in by open source, OIN is a collaborative enterprise that uses a cross license to enable patent peace in core technologies and …
How OIN Helps 2,400+ Open-Source Creators Further Blockchain and HyperLedger Fintech
January 18, 2018 — Open source technology projects have produced many of the biggest innovations of this century. Blockchain and Hyperledger technology is paving the way for new methods of conducting business, signing contracts, or exchanging currencies …
Open Invention Network — Promoting Collaboration in the Linux Ecosystem
December 28, 2017 — Launched in 2005, Open Invention Network (OIN) strives to shield the open-source software community from unnecessary courtroom battles through a shared patent pool. Now boasting more than 2,400 participants, OIN is the largest patent …
Carmakers Want Silicon Valley’s Tech Without Its Patent Wars
December 07, 2017 — As automakers turn their vehicles into app-laden computers on wheels, there’s one habit they don’t want to acquire from Silicon Valley: fighting over patents in court. Manufacturers from BMW AG to Hyundai Motor Co. to Ford …
OIN: JD.com Joins and More
September 28, 2017 — Open Invention Network Provides A “Royalty-Free” Use Of A Shared Linux Patent Collection Worldwide.
At the heart of the Open Invention Network is its powerful cross-licence
August 01, 2017 — The Open Invention Network was set up in 2005 by IBM, Novell, Philips, Red Hat and Sony. As open source software became the driving force for free and collaborative innovation over the past decades, Linux and …
The State of Open Source in Asia.
June 03, 2017 — While Japanese companies have doubled down on open source software collaboration, including in new areas such as auto, Chinese firms have been slower to embrace it, which risks isolating projects from …
Tutanota Joins Open Invention Network to Voice Commitment to Open Source
June 01, 2017 — Tutanota, the world’s first end-to-end encrypted mail service, has recently joined the Open Invention Network. Tutanota joins companies such as Google, IBM, NEC, Red Hat and SUSE, who are all part of …
Encrypted Email Service Latest to Join Anti-Patent Trolling Group
May 31, 2017 — Encrypted email service Tutanota joins a patent-sharing organization. Tutanota provides end-to-end encrypted email, which means that only the sender and the recipient are able to read it.
Open Invention Network expands open-source patent protection beyond Linux
May 09, 2017 — The Open Invention Network has protected Linux with strong patent consortium for more than a decade. Now, it’s expanding its protection to other major open-source projects.
PAX: Android patent protection consortium formed
April 06, 2017 — Google and other Android vendors are united in a new patent-protection group. Linux and open-source software have had to content with intellectual property (IP) legal challenges for years. Now, Google has started …
Infosys joins Open Invention Network
March 28, 2017 — Open Invention Network (OIN), the largest patent non-aggression community with well over 2,000 members, on Tuesday said Indian information technology (IT) giant Infosys has joined it as a community member.
Leaderspeak: Linux-based technology cooperation and its significance for India
March 24, 2017 — Keith Bergelt, CEO, Open Invention Network (OIN), the world’s largest patent non-aggression community, talks to Joe C. Mathew about Linux-based technology cooperation and its significance for India.