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Advancing our mission.

Protecting Open Source.

We’ve Expanded the Linux System Definition.

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Advancing our mission.

Protecting Open Source.

We’ve Expanded the Linux System Definition.

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Open Invention Network safeguards Open Source Software from patent risk.

Open Invention Network is the largest Patent Non-aggression community. Nearly 4,000 OIN community members collectively own 3 million patents & applications. They pledge not to assert their patents in core Open Source Software through OIN’s cross-license, preserving freedom to innovate in covered technologies.

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Open Invention Network safeguards Open Source Software from patent risk.

Open Invention Network is the largest Patent Non-aggression community. Nearly 4,000 OIN community members collectively own 3 million patents & applications. They pledge not to assert their patents in core Open Source Software through OIN’s cross-license, preserving freedom to innovate in covered technologies.

Community Member Directory

Join our Community of Global Leaders

OIN is the largest patent non-aggression community in history. Together, we support freedom of action in Linux as a key element of Open Source & help members reduce patent risks.

OIN believes greater diversity of thought, perspective and talent drives higher levels of innovation. We promote the idea that Open Source technologies provide a new business model which distills collective and global intelligence.

4,000

Community Members

157

Countries

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Join our Community of Global Leaders

OIN is the largest patent non-aggression community in history. Together, we support freedom of action in Linux as a key element of Open Source & help members reduce patent risks.

OIN believes greater diversity of thought, perspective and talent drives higher levels of innovation. We promote the idea that Open Source technologies provide a new business model which distills collective and global intelligence.

4,000

Community Members

157

Countries

Explore Member Benefits

Keith Bergelt

CEO | Open Invention Network

Meet the Leadership Team

“Freedom to participate in Open Source projects and adopt Linux and other Open Source code has been enabled through broad based participation in the OIN cross-license, which has become a litmus test for authenticity in the Open Source community. Joining the OIN community demonstrates an explicit recognition among signatories of a commitment to Open Source technologies and the set of norms required around the appropriate use of patents in an increasingly Open Source-centric world. Companies that do not sign the OIN license and refuse to participate in this rapidly growing community are explicitly or implicitly reserving the right to use their patents to litigate on core Linux and OSS functionality.”

Keith Bergelt

CEO | Open Invention Network

“Freedom to participate in Open Source projects and adopt Linux and other Open Source code has been enabled through broad based participation in the OIN cross-license, which has become a litmus test for authenticity in the Open Source community. Joining the OIN community demonstrates an explicit recognition among signatories of a commitment to Open Source technologies and the set of norms required around the appropriate use of patents in an increasingly Open Source-centric world. Companies that do not sign the OIN license and refuse to participate in this rapidly growing community are explicitly or implicitly reserving the right to use their patents to litigate on core Linux and OSS functionality.”

OIN Leadership Team

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Safeguarding from Patent-aggression:

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Explore the Industries we are Safeguarding from Patent-aggression:

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Automotive
Computer Software
Internet
Retail & eCommerce
Banking & Financial
Consumer Electronics & Goods
Insurance
Semiconductors
Capital Goods & Materials
Energy
Media & Entertainment
Technology Hardware & Equipment
Computer Networking & Security
Information Technology & Services
Medical Devices, Biotech, & Life Sciences
Telecommunications

Latest News & Events

➜ Industry News

➜ OIN In The News

The Linux Foundation & Cloud Native Computing Foundation Expand Unified Partnership to Defend Cloud Native Open Source from Patent Trolls / Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs)

September 16, 2024 — With this partnership, more than 1300 companies will help defend Unified Patents’ Open Source Zone against the growing threat of frivolous patent assertions targeting Open Source & cloud native technologies. “Open Invention Network, Microsoft and the Linux Foundation co-founded the Unified

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➜ Press Releases

China Mobile Joins Open Invention Network

Participation in OIN will drive additional wireless services industry innovation.  Durham, NC (July 16, 2024) - Open Invention Network (OIN), the only institution focused on mitigating patent risk in open source software, announced today that China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. (China Mobile), the largest

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Join the OIN Community

Membership is FREE and the process is simple. We welcome all individuals & companies who advocate for Open Source and are focused on reducing risk from the threats of patent aggressors.

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Join the OIN Community

Membership is FREE and the process is simple. We welcome all individuals & companies who advocate for Open Source and are focused on reducing risk from the threats of patent aggressors.

Become a member
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