Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) — also known as patent trolls — are increasingly targeting Retail and eCommerce businesses. This industry is experiencing more threats, attacks and even litigation from PAEs than ever before.

With billions of investment capital at stake in the increasingly crowded field of Fintech, many speculate patent wars could be on the horizon.

Fintech companies are realizing technology is at the heart of their businesses. Open Source is the preferred, modern day, best-of-breed development platform and they need to integrate the same success formulas as large tech enterprises to remain competitive.

The cloud has brought about many positive changes. It has also brought about unexpected changes, some of which are taking place with Database Management Systems (DBMS) where revenue is shifting dramatically between cloud and on-premises hosting.

At Open Invention Network (OIN), we stand with the Open Source community on improving software supply chain security through process improvement, mindset shifts, and the investment of dedicated resources. Open Source Security is an area that must be an important priority for everyone that develops or uses Open Source, and that is all of us.

In this whitepaper we explore the different ways several of OIN’s enterprise members are integrating blockchain in their global and everyday operations, consumer products and customer services. We also examine how they are influencing the industry and contributing to future applications.