The Management of Patent Risk in Software
summary
Open Invention Network describes specific risk reduction: a Linux System Definition that defines core code, a patent cross‑license that grows from 31 to 3 300 licensees, and a pledge not to sue over covered functionality. OIN says it owns about 1 300 patents and applications, spent roughly $100 million buying them, and makes them royalty‑free to members. Programs with IBM Microsoft Toyota and Unified Patents target low‑quality assertions and patent trolls and report measurable expansion of community protections.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Open source innovation
- 4:41Patent risk in open source
- 8:18Game theory in open source
- 12:30Innovation vs patent protection
- 15:20OIN founding and Microsoft shift
- 18:10Global open source growth
- 22:47Linux System Definition scope
- 27:02Managing patent risk
- 30:11OIN portfolio and impact
- 33:23Microsoft’s community role
- 36:53Why join OIN
- 38:19Authenticity in open source
- 39:46Q&A
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