Google Joins the Open Invention network Board
December 18, 2013 — Apart from being involved in open source through software, Google promotes the open source model through its various media channels and participation in open source events across the globe. One such …
Google expands its open-source commitment
December 18, 2013 — Google is deepening its involvement in protecting open-source software through the Open Invention Network (OIN). The company announced today it will be joining IBM, NEC, Novel, Philips, Red Hat and Sony as a full …
Google expands its open-source commitment, joins Open Inventions Network as full member
December 18, 2013 — There are a lot of things that make Android great. To name just a few reasons why Android rocks: there is a wide range of hardware partners, you can customize the …
Google joins Triangle-based open source initiative
December 18, 2013 — Durham-based Open Invention Network’s newest full-time member? Google. The internet giant joins the likes of IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) in the Triangle-based network, aimed at promoting Linux by creating …
Google e OIN in difesa dell’open source
December 18, 2013 — Google joins the board of directors of the Open Invention Network, reflecting its constant commitment to defending open source.
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December 18, 2013 — Google has expanded its membership of the Open Invention Network, an organization that protects open source projects against patent attacks.
Patentes y Open Source: compatibles a la fuerza
November 28, 2013 — In a crazy world where technology patents generate many times more profits than the traditional sale of a product or service, what protects the Linux ecosystem, open source, from being the victim of …
Dropbox se une a Open Invention Network
November 26, 2013 — The Dropbox hosting service has joined the Open Invention Network (OIN), a large technology organization that aims to secure the Linux environment from patent attacks.
Dropbox joins Linux patent protection hit squad
November 26, 2013 — A company launched to defend Linux on PCs and servers is turning its attention to venture-backed cloud startups and mobile. The Open Invention Network (OIN) has revealed Dropbox is its latest licensee, potentially …
4 ways open source protects you against software patents
November 08, 2013 — Software patents continue to drag down competition and innovation. The troubling news that a consortium of huge companies is using Nortel’s patent portfolio to attack competitors underlines the problem. Continuing their war on …
Amid the Patent Wars, a Powerful Pact of Non-Aggression
February 13, 2013 — FORTUNE — The Open Invention Network, a community set up by an IBM-led consortium in 2005 to foster a safe patent environment for developers and users of the free, open-source software …
Seeking Prior Art Where It Most Often Is Found in Software
August 28, 2012 — Patent ambushes are on the rise again, and cases such as Apple/Samsung shows that prior art really has to swing the decision–obviousness or novelty is not a strong enough defense. Obviousness …
A New Way to End the Patent Madness
June 15, 2012 — The new Defensive Patent License (DPL), launched this week by two UC Berkeley law professors, offers an improved way for businesses — especially small businesses — to protect themselves from patent attacks. …
Open Invention Network: Industry Unification Terminates Trolls
June 05, 2012 — The recent verdict against Oracle in its patent case against Google over Java use in Android is good news for the Linux community – and in more ways than one, according to …