Panel Discussion: Community Response to Non-Practicing Entity Patent Risk in OSS
summary
Panel describes a concrete program: the OSS Zone managed by Unified Patents funded by Open Invention Network, the Linux Foundation and Microsoft, running for two-plus years to invalidate poor-quality patents bought by NPEs. Operationally it crowdsources prior art, files challenges and absorbs high litigation cost — about millions per year — to protect the Linux system definition across 3,750 OIN members and thousands of projects, claiming 19 of 20 wins and 30+ high‑profile invalidations so far.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Patent risk in open source
- 2:32OIN’s historical role
- 6:50Patent trolls and Unified Patents
- 17:29Microsoft’s shift and OSS Zone
- 22:27OIN’s evolution and impact
- 31:40Open Source Zone protection
- 39:06Closing remarks
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