Open Invention Network: A Defensive Patent Pool for Open Source Projects and Businesses
January 12, 2012 — This article explores how patents impact innovation within free/libre open source software (F/LOSS) businesses and projects. The number of software patent suits brought each year is increasing and is diverting millions of …
Linux Insider / ECT News Network: Does the DoJ Have FOSS’ Back?
April 26, 2011 — In a move designed to protect the free and open source software (FOSS) community, the U.S. Justice Department has intervened in an intellectual property case involving four dominant IT enterprises. The …
ITJungle: Antitrusters Nod Attachmate’s Novell Buy
April 25, 2011 — NetWare and Linux distributor Novell has managed to get the approval of antitrust regulators in the United States and Germany to sell off 882 patents to a holding company that many in the …
InternetNews.com: Will Open Invention Network Growth Stop Patent Feuds?
April 25, 2011 — OIN has continued to grow over the years, and for the first quarter of 2011, the group grew by over 70 new licensees including HP, Facebook and Juniper Networks. Though OIN …
ITWire: Novell Sale – DoJ Strictures on Microsoft
April 21, 2011 — The US Department of Justice has announced that Microsoft will not be able to keep patents it planned to buy from Novell as part of a consortium.
ITProPortal: Facebook, HP and OpenStack Pledge to Protect Linux
April 21, 2011 — Technology giants Facebook, Hewlett-Packard and OpenStack are among the 74 companies that have decided to become members of the Open Invention Network (OIN) this quarter.
Ostatic: Offline Two Days – What Did I Miss?
April 21, 2011 — Ostatic: Offline Two Days – What Did I Miss?
Groklaw: Open Invention Network Takes on Mass – Facebook and HP Join
April 20, 2011 — Facebook and HP have joinded Open Invention Network today. In addition, Google is moving up from licensee to join Canonical as associate member, the second highest level.
The Register: Facebook, HP, and OpenStack Join Linux patent shield
April 20, 2011 — Facebook, HP, and the OpenStack project have joined the Open Invention Network (OIN), a consortium of organizations intent on protecting Linux and related open-source software from legal attack.
Slashdot: Linux Patent Protection Network Lures Facebook, HP
April 20, 2011 — Facebook, HP, Rackspace, Juniper, Fujitsu and dozens of other organizations have joined a group building a defensive patent portfolio to protect Linux-using members from potential lawsuits.
ZDNet: Microsoft gets Novell’s Patents rights but must share them with Open-Source Software
April 20, 2011 — The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on April 20th, that in order to proceed with the first phase of their acquisition of certain patents and patent applications from Novell, …
DOJ limits Microsoft’s purchase of Novell patents
April 20, 2011 — Microsoft will not be able to keep patents it proposed to buy from Novell under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Novell, distributor of the SUSE Linux OS, has …