Google gave technology entrepreneurs 79 more patents to play with as a part of its open-source pledge, which really means there are 79 fewer patents that you could be sued over. The company announced ...

Open Invention Network (OIN), the only organization dedicated to mitigating patent risk in open source software (OSS), today announced the preservation of the source code that makes up OIN 2.0’s Linux ...

Microsoft claims that free and open-source software violates 235 of its patents, according to a published report. In an interview with Fortune magazine, Microsoft top lawyer Brad Smith alleges that ...

When Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that he’s thinking about something, you definitely need to pay attention because it’s likely something big. In an eloquently worded press release (a very rare thing ...

Elon Musk has announced that Tesla, going forward, will open its entire suite of patents to interested parties who want to build Tesla-compatible products. Is this a game-changer for the EV industry?

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Ever since the "patent infringement" hissing and dissing match between Microsoft and the open source community flared up earlier this week, I've been wondering how Asterisk open source solution ...

EA has just made 23 accessibility patents open-source, as reported by Game Developer. This means that other developers throughout the industry can use the technology at no cost. The news comes after ...

Patent law may be a potential friend to those engaging in open-source/free software development. But the picture is not all rosy. To evaluate how best to take advantage of patent law to achieve an ...

At first glance, patent law appears to impede those engaged in the free distribution of software. However, patent law may be a friend to those engaging in open-source/free software development. IP ...