Media Coverage

November 5, 2020 — “LIXIL Group Joins the Open Invention Network Community” was a top story in The Patent Invention Magazine. LIXIL is a leading maker of pioneering water and housing products, under such brand [ … ]

November 4, 2020 —LIXIL joining OIN was a lead story in Tech Company News today reporting IDC predicts that by 2025 there will be 55.7 billion connected devices worldwide, 75% of which will be connected [ … ]

November 4, 2020 — OpenSourceForU.com published our announcement that LIXIL Group Corporation (“LIXIL”) has become a licensee and joined more than 3,300 other OIN community members to promote Open Source innovation. By joining OIN, LIXIL [ … ]

October 26, 2020 — The impact of COVID-19 is far reaching in areas many people don’t even think about. Consider Internet and cybercrime. Numbers are rising at an alarming rate according to the FBI, the [ … ]

October 15, 2020 — Today one of the top stories in Japan was OIN’s announcement. OSDN Magazine writes about how OIN added Open Source projects such as Android AOSP 10 and exFAT to our Linux [ … ]

October 14, 2020 — Our announcement that exFAT is now part of the Linux System Definition continues to make international headlines as “big news” in Germany. See the article in the golem.de online IT news [ … ]

October 14, 2020 — The SempreUpdate in Brazil covered our Linux System Definition expansion taking a bit of a different angle to focus on the fact that both FAT and exFAT are used in hundreds [ … ]

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 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 — 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 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 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 [ … ]