Media Coverage

October 14, 2018 — Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Erich Andersen, Corporate Vice President, Deputy General Counsel at Microsoft and Keith Bergelt, CEO of Open Invention Network about Microsoft’s recently announced membership with …

October 10, 2018 — Software giant joins a patent cross-licensing community that protects open source software. Microsoft has made billions from its extensive library of software patents. A number of Android vendors, including Samsung, pay the …

October 10, 2018 — Today marks the end of an era. Microsoft is announcing that it has made peace with the free world. Specifically, the world of free and open source software (FOSS).

October 10, 2018 — OIN is all about Linux, and protecting its fans from trolls waving the Intellectual Property (IP) stick at the platform. OIN does this by providing a royalty-free licence to its strategic …

October 10, 2018 — Microsoft, once a staunch opponent of open-source technology, is joining the Open Invention Network consortium, created to protect open-source technologies from patent lawsuits. Additionally, the technology giant said Wednesday it would contribute more …

October 10, 2018 — After years of waging patent war on Google’s Linux-based Android mobile operating system, Microsoft agreed Wednesday to join the Open Invention Network and cross-license more than 60,000 of its patents to participating …

October 10, 2018 — Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network, NVIDIA Announces RAPIDS, Asterisk 16.0.0 Now Available, BlockScout Released and Security Advisory for Debian GNU/Linux 9 “Stretch”.

October 10, 2018 — Microsoft has announced it is joining the Open Invention Network, a group that aims to protect Linux and open source programs from patent risk. In 2016, the company said that it owned more …

September 11, 2018 — The Open Invention Network (OIN) – The Largest Patent Non-Aggression Community With The Mission To Protect Linux. When OIN was founded in 2005, Open Source was used primarily by computer companies making servers. …

June 21, 2018 — Blockchain patent wars may be looming, and companies are experimenting with preventive measures. Startups and industry leaders, like IBM Corp. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, are winning patents for the technology that is fueling cryptocurrencies …

May 29, 2018 — Today, open source code is so effective and cost-efficient that it is used in more than 90 percent of all software. In fact, it is impossible to catalog all of the …

March 26, 2018 — In order for the creativity and inventive capacities of the hundreds of thousands of people developing around open-source projects or platforms to be realized, it is vital that patent non-aggression be safeguarded.

February 12, 2018 — In parallel with the collaborative technology development model ushered in by open source, OIN is a collaborative enterprise that uses a cross license to enable patent peace in core technologies and …

January 18, 2018 — Open source technology projects have produced many of the biggest innovations of this century. Blockchain and Hyperledger technology is paving the way for new methods of conducting business, signing contracts, or exchanging currencies …

December 28, 2017 — Launched in 2005, Open Invention Network (OIN) strives to shield the open-source software community from unnecessary courtroom battles through a shared patent pool. Now boasting more than 2,400 participants, OIN is the largest patent …