Standing Together Against Patent Assertion Entities: LOT Network

Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs), or patent trolls, seem to be lurking everywhere.  The semiconductor industry is not immune from their threats.  Yet the semiconductor industry also helps fuel their threat through patent transfers.  Patents from companies both big and small end up in the hands of PAES, which perpetuates the problem across industries.  Enter LOT Network, a group that helps its members gain immunity from PAE threats when a PAE acquires a patent from a member.  In this episode, Elizabeth and Nathaniel learned about how LOT Network is growing in the semiconductor space from Lew Zaretzki at LOT Network and Sam Wiley at Ocean Tomo.  Elizabeth also shared her perspective as a member of LOT Network.