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Jul 10, 2014

Tech Companies Team Up to Address NPE

Now, a new partnership between Canon, Dropbox,Google, Asana, SAP and Newegg is formed, and it's called the License on Transfer Network (LOT). It's a patent-licensing agreement that neuters a patent's potential for litigation before prospective trolls can exploit it.

Google, Dropbox, Canon and others team up to disarm future patent trolls
Patent litigation from non-participating entities (casually known as "patent trolls") is the bane of a technology firm's legal department. Fighting