September 16, 2024 — With this partnership, more than 1300 companies will help defend Unified Patents’ Open Source Zone against the growing threat of frivolous patent assertions targeting Open Source & cloud native technologies. “Open Invention Network, Microsoft and the Linux Foundation co-founded the Unified Patents’ Open Source Zone five years ago. Our goal from the beginning has been to hinder NPE patent attacks on open source software,” says Keith Bergelt, CEO of Open Invention Network. “We applaud the Linux Foundation and CNFC working to support additional initiatives that will hamper NPE activities, including this most recent partnership to address the threat of NPEs targeting open source cloud development and use.” Forbes reports.