Open Invention Network

Open Invention Network Securing Open Source Patent Protection — Past, Present & Future. Funded by Google, IBM/Red Hat, NEC, Philips, Sony, SUSE & Toyota, OIN membership is free.

We provide an opportunity for all who benefit from Open Source to contribute to shielding the Open Source community from patent threats & enabling Open Source to flourish. Open Invention Network (OIN) — the largest patent non-aggression community in history & the largest free defensive patent pool with nearly 4,000 worldwide members — believes Open Source collaboration fosters faster innovation, r

eshapes human experiences, and creates unimagined technologies that improve our lives. In 2005, our founders shared this vision & created what has become a free, global Open Source community where member companies — of all sizes from more than 150 countries and 20+ industries — gain royalty-free access to the Linux System patents of a community that owns over 2.7 million global patents and applications in aggregate. Among many other benefits, members also receive support to protect their products & services from patent aggressors, reduce their patent risks & mitigate potential litigation. To join today, visit https://openinventionnetwork.com/joining-oin/join-now/
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IP leaders at Disney are finding smart, incremental ways of adding revenue & meeting consumers where they are. Learn mor...
09/02/2026

IP leaders at Disney are finding smart, incremental ways of adding revenue & meeting consumers where they are. Learn more about Disney’s new partnership with TikTok. It might surprise you to learn that both media & entertainment companies are long-time members of OIN’s patent non-aggression community.

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We've released a new Open Source platform scanning tool, licensed under Apache 2.0 and available on GitHub that helps or...
08/20/2026

We've released a new Open Source platform scanning tool, licensed under Apache 2.0 and available on GitHub that helps organizations compare the Open Source packages they use with the packages covered by OIN's Linux System definition.

With the tool, organizations can:

- Help shape the future of patent protection by
identifying packages & applications they believe
should be considered for inclusion in future Linux System definitions.

- Better understand potential patent risk by seeing which Open Source components fall inside — or outside — the current Linux System definition, helping inform ongoing Linux System nominations.

- Evaluate how participation in the OIN community can support an IP strategy that reflects operational and technological reliance on Open Source.

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Open Source & AI are enabling innovation and helping astronauts during deep space missions. NASA's Johnson Space Center ...
08/19/2026

Open Source & AI are enabling innovation and helping astronauts during deep space missions. NASA's Johnson Space Center researchers are testing an AI-powered Crew Medical Officer Digital Assistant, built on Red Hat's — an OIN member — Open Source RamaLama. The platform helps astronauts diagnose & treat medical conditions in space when they travel beyond the Earth’s orbit.

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What is the OIN pledge & how does it benefit billions of products, services & people around the world? Here’s the answer...
08/18/2026

What is the OIN pledge & how does it benefit billions of products, services & people around the world? Here’s the answer in a nutshell in this Inside Look at the Linux System Definition video vignette.

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OIN Connect 2026 — our inaugural member meeting — is bringing together the most influential voices in Open Source, Intel...
08/18/2026

OIN Connect 2026 — our inaugural member meeting — is bringing together the most influential voices in Open Source, Intellectual Property and Innovation! Here’s a sneak peek at some of leaders from the world’s largest companies will be in the room.

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Join us in congratulating our CEO, Keith Bergelt, on being named to the "IAM Strategy 300: World’s Leading IP Strategist...
08/17/2026

Join us in congratulating our CEO, Keith Bergelt, on being named to the "IAM Strategy 300: World’s Leading IP Strategists 2026" for the 12th consecutive year. This recognition reflects more than a distinguished career. It acknowledges Keith’s leadership in redefining how strategy and vision can advance innovation, reduce risk, foster technological progress and enable the continued growth of the global Open Source ecosystem.

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AI is transforming software development & restructuring how organizations approach Open Source security. Protecting the ...
08/13/2026

AI is transforming software development & restructuring how organizations approach Open Source security. Protecting the software supply chain requires greater visibility, governance & collaboration.

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Researchers at NASA's Johnson Space Center and Rice University unveil the iMETRO Dynamic Simulation — the world's 1st Op...
08/12/2026

Researchers at NASA's Johnson Space Center and Rice University unveil the iMETRO Dynamic Simulation — the world's 1st Open Source dynamic simulation environment to develop & test robots for space vehicles & future space habitats. Open Source continues to prove that some of the world's most ambitious challenges are best solved together.

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ByteDance has joined OIN 2.0, OIN’s next-generation patent non-aggression initiative for Open Source Software (OSS) as i...
08/11/2026

ByteDance has joined OIN 2.0, OIN’s next-generation patent non-aggression initiative for Open Source Software (OSS) as it continues to evolve. With a suite of more than a dozen products including TikTok, TikTok Shop, Lark, Douyin & Toutiao, ByteDance’s participation underscores its commitment to OSS as a critical foundation for modern digital infrastructure, innovation & global-scale computing systems.

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As Open Source continues to power AI, cloud, automotive, finance & countless other industries, OIN 2.0 ensures patent pr...
08/10/2026

As Open Source continues to power AI, cloud, automotive, finance & countless other industries, OIN 2.0 ensures patent protection evolves alongside it. Through a community-supported model, OIN expands its coverage of technologies, strengthens our global network, monitors emerging patent risks and helps defend the Open Source community when patent threats arise to foster open innovation for future generations.

With participation scaled by organization size — and remaining free for small organizations — OIN 2.0 allows everyone who benefits from Open Source to help protect its future.

Here's a mid-year snapshot of OIN 2.0's momentum.

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