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As of June 2010, OIN has 110 licensees.<ref>http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/licensees.php</ref>  Licensees with notable patent histories include Barracuda Networks,<ref>http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/news_and_events/index.php?nid=216</ref> [[Canonical, Ltd]], [[Google]], OpenMoko, openWrt, [[Oracle]], [[Tom Tom]] (see [[Microsoft v. TomTom (2008, USA)|MS v. Tom Tom]]), and [[Turbolinux]].
 
As of June 2010, OIN has 110 licensees.<ref>http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/licensees.php</ref>  Licensees with notable patent histories include Barracuda Networks,<ref>http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/news_and_events/index.php?nid=216</ref> [[Canonical, Ltd]], [[Google]], OpenMoko, openWrt, [[Oracle]], [[Tom Tom]] (see [[Microsoft v. TomTom (2008, USA)|MS v. Tom Tom]]), and [[Turbolinux]].
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In June 2010, OIN launched an "Associate Member" program, with [[Canonical, Ltd]] as its first Associate Member.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/press_release06_22_10.php|title=Open Invention Network Announces Associate Member Program and Recruits Canonical As Its First Associate Member}}</ref> {{help|I can't find anything in the press release or anywhere else to say what the difference between a licensee and an Associate Member is.}}
  
 
==Purchasing patents==
 
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Revision as of 13:52, 18 August 2010

Open Invention Network (OIN) is a consortium, founded in 2005,[1] which holds patents for use for defence of certain popular free software packages.

OIN is not opposed to software patents.[2]

Members and licensees

Members

OIN was founded by five companies in November 2005. NEC joined as the sixth member in September 2006.[3][4] The membership is thus: (last checked August 2010)

Licensees

As of June 2010, OIN has 110 licensees.[5] Licensees with notable patent histories include Barracuda Networks,[6] Canonical, Ltd, Google, OpenMoko, openWrt, Oracle, Tom Tom (see MS v. Tom Tom), and Turbolinux.

Associate Members

In June 2010, OIN launched an "Associate Member" program, with Canonical, Ltd as its first Associate Member.[7] Can you help? I can't find anything in the press release or anywhere else to say what the difference between a licensee and an Associate Member is.


Purchasing patents

OIN purchases patents which it thinks might otherwise by used by an unfriendly entity for litigation or to spread uncertainty.

OIN's first notable patent acquisition was the "Commerce One" set of patents in November 2005.[8][9] This set of 7 patents plus 32 patent applications, focussing on XML and e-commerce, was bought by subsidiary of Novell for US$15.5.

In 2009, OIN's patent acquisition plan were expanded with the launching of the Distinguished Inventors Patent Acquisition.[10]

In September 2009, OIN purchased 22 patents from Microsoft (presumably the OpenGL patents). See: Microsoft sells patents to OIN, 2009.

Defensive publication

(See: Prior art database)

OIN helps developers to document their innovations on IP.com, a database used in prior art searches by the USPTO.

Related pages on ESP Wiki

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Open Invention Network Formed to Promote Linux and Spur Innovation Globally Through Access to Key Patents". http://xml.coverpages.org/OIN-Announce.html. 
  2. ↑ "A no-fly zone to protect Linux from patent trolls". http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/12/08/a-no-fly-zone-to-protect-linux-from-patent-trolls/. ""We're not anti-patent by any stretch of the imagination," says Bergelt. "More patents is fine with me, as long as they're high quality. Quality is the drum we beat."" 
  3. ↑ http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/press_release11_14_06.php
  4. ↑ http://java.sys-con.com/node/275688
  5. ↑ http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/licensees.php
  6. ↑ http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/news_and_events/index.php?nid=216
  7. ↑ "Open Invention Network Announces Associate Member Program and Recruits Canonical As Its First Associate Member". http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/press_release06_22_10.php. 
  8. ↑ http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2005-11-11-a.html
  9. ↑ http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/press_release11_05.php
  10. ↑ http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Open-Invention-Network-starts-buying-patents-742787.html
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