April 11, 2024 — OIN & Unified Patents announce their joint initiative — the Open Source Zone (OS Zone) — was created in 2019 following the patent aggression of the Rothschild Patent Imaging company against the GNOME project. In addition to the initial funders of the OS Zone work, the Linux Foundation, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, CableLabs, Mercedes-Benz, Meta, ServiceNow & Twilio have pledged their support this year, which will strengthen efforts to invalidate questionable & low quality patents used by patent trolls to attack companies and organizations promoting Open Source. OpenNet international headlines capture the story. (Article in Russian)