Fighting Patent Trolls that threaten Open Source innovation: Hashtag Trending, The Weekend Edition for September 28, 2024

Fighting Patent Trolls that threaten Open Source innovation – Featuring Joanna Lee and Sean Ambwani

In this episode of Hashtag Trending’s weekend edition, host Jim Love dives into the world of patent trolls and the impact on innovation. Featuring guests Joana Lee from the Linux Foundation and Cloud Native Computing Foundation, and Shawn Ambwani, co-founder of Unified Patents. They discuss the challenges of defending against non-practicing entities (patent trolls), the importance of community and collective effort in countering these threats, and the role of the Unified Patents’ open source zone in protecting open source technologies. Learn about how developers and companies can join the fight, contribute crowd-sourced prior art, and the benefits of participating in Unified Patents programs. Don’t miss this engaging discussion on protecting innovation and the future of open source.

00:00 Introduction and Host Welcome
00:09 The Challenges of Reviving the IT World
01:27 Legal Trolling and Its Impact
01:56 Introducing the Guests: Joana Lee and Shawn Ambwani
04:35 Understanding Patent Trolls
12:45 The Role of Prior Art in Invalidating Patents
17:09 Community Efforts Against Patent Trolls
29:11 Call to Action and Conclusion

For more information:

https://www.cncf.io/blog/2024/09/16/cncf-and-the-linux-foundation-partner-with-unified-patents-on-a-community-driven-approach-to-safeguard-open-source-innovation-from-patent-trolls/

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