Japan’s Third-Largest Bank Joins Blockchain Consortia to Enhance Trade Efficiency
July 21, 2020 – SMBC wants to step into blockchain and digitize its trade finance networks. In the process of launching R3’s Corda Marco Polo trade digitalization platform, the Japanese bank is now joining …
A Look at How Open Invention Network Reduces Patent Aggression Risks
July 14, 2020 – Patent trolls, also known as Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs) and Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs), look to leverage a patent or a portfolio to seek financial return from companies allegedly utilizing the technology. …
Artificial Intelligence is Almost Entirely Driven by Open Source Programs
June 30, 2020 – As China’s “Google”, a global leader in Internet and Artificial Intelligence (AI) -related services and products, Baidu recognizes the benefits of shared innovation inherent in open source. The largest Chinese language …
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Joins the Open Invention Network Community
June 23, 2020 – Banking and financial services increasingly rely on Open Source Software (OSS) including blockchain technologies such as Hyperledger. Global leaders that recognize the benefits of open source technologies are building robust feature-rich …
Exclusive interview with the CEO of Open Invention Network
June 4, 2020 – This exclusive interview with Keith Bergelt, the CEO of Open Invention Network (OIN), takes a deep dive into the open source and patent non-aggression organization and its impact on large and …
Open Invention Network Helps GNOME Secure a Big Win Against Patent Trolls
May 22, 2020 – GNOME, makers of the popular Linux desktop of the same name, has settled a lawsuit by patent troll Rothschild Patent Imaging (RPI). GNOME not only won a release and covenant not to …
Understanding Open Source Licensing Implications with Docker Containers
April 24, 2020 – Containers make it easier for developers to deploy software, but they can also lead to open source license compliance issues. The Linux Foundation has published a whitepaper by Armijn Hemel that …
Huawei Contributes to Creating a Fully Connected, Intelligent World
April 2, 2020 – Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is a Chinese Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company that provides telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics and smartphones in more than 170 countries. The multinational enterprise is “committed …
Rakuten Streamlines Operations and Reduces Costs with Open Source Software
March 30, 2020 – The Rakuten Group has proactively engaged in the development of the Linux System and other Open Source Software (OSS) technologies. One example of this is its fully virtualized cloud native mobile …
Mercari Endorses Open Invention Network for Protecting Open Source from Patent Risks
March 26, 2020 -The Mercari Group’s systems are supported by a variety of open source software. As a beneficiary of the enormous contributions made by the Open Source Software (OSS) community, the company is committed …
Open Source Software Continues Changing the Nature of Modern Supply Chains
March 16, 2020 – Open Source Software compliance and patent non-aggression is relevant to all companies in an industry supply chain (e.g., Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), as well as all suppliers). Be sure to read …
Companies in Supply Chains Are Adopting Open Source
February 4, 2020 – Businesses that are part of supply chains need to embrace the norms of major companies in their ecosystem. As the norm for patent non-aggression in Open Source Software (OSS), the Open …
Open Invention Network unterstützt Initiative gegen Patenttrolle
November 19, 2019 – Die laufende Patentklage gegen Gnome, gegen die sich die Gnome Foundation aggressiv zur Wehr setzt, hat das Bewusstsein dafür gestärkt, dass freie Software keineswegs vor solchen Klagen sicher ist. Tatsächlich legt …
Big tech firms join the Open Invention Network to fight against patent trolls
November 19, 2019 – IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp. and the Linux Foundation are teaming up with the Open Invention Network to help protect open-source software projects from so-called patent assertion entities, more colloquially …
OIN, IBM, Microsoft and the Linux Foundation team up against open-source patent trolls
November 19th, 2019 – The Open Invention Network (OIN) is strengthening its fight against patent trolls. The organization has announced it is partnering up with IBM, Microsoft and the Linux Foundation to protect open-source software …