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.
Daimler joins Linux’s Open Invention Network patent-protection group
March 16, 2017 — Daimler, owner of Mercedes-Benz, has joined the Linux and open-source patent-protection organization.
Daimler joins Open Invention Network
March 13, 2017 — The Open Invention Network (OIN), the world’s largest patent association for Linux as a core element of open source software, has announced the accession of Daimler AG as a member.
Daimler joins Linux Patent Association
March 08, 2017 — Daimler AG has joined the Open Invention Network (OIN). This world’s largest patent community in the Field of Linux allows its members to freely use patents.
A rush to patent the blockchain is a sign of the technology’s promise
January 12, 2017 — Financial firms and assorted startups are rushing to patent the technology that underlies bitcoin.
Big Banks Are Stocking Up on Blockchain Patents
December 21, 2016 — In the headlong rush to revolutionize modern finance, blockchain enthusiasts are overlooking one potentially costly problem: their applications, built on open-source code, may actually belong to someone else. Recently, some of …
Toyota throws weight behind Linux patent protection group
July 18, 2016 — Toyota and other car companies have joined the Open Invention Network patent non-aggression community.
Open Invention Network tops 2K
July 15, 2016 — Open Invention Network Demonstrates Its Leadership as the Largest Patent Non-Aggression Community by Surpassing 2,000 Licensees.
This Automaker Just Joined IBM and Google as a Patron of Open-Source Software
July 13, 2016 —The first mass-produced hybrid vehicle Toyota Motor Corp (TM) joined IBM and Google as a Patron of Open-Source Software.
Digital business patent bully protection
June 21, 2016 — How to hinder proprietary software vendors looking to leverage patents against open-source software developers, distributors and users.
Microsoft loves open source? Only when it’s convenient
March 11, 2016 — Even as it embraces open source, Microsoft is shaking down the Android and Linux communities for patent licenses. Will the real Microsoft please stand up?
