Enabling freedom of action in open source technologies for the world’s largest patent non-aggression community.

ABOUT: WHAT WE DO: Established in 2005, Open Invention Network (OIN) is the world’s ❖ Deliver royalty-free access to the System patents largest patent non-aggression community and free defensive of our community members through cross- licensing patent pool. commitments ❖ Manage over 1,300 OIN patents and applications, licensed We remove patent friction in core open source technologies, FREE-of- charge to all our members which drives higher levels of innovation. Open Source Software Leverage our relationships to collect and share prior art (OSS) distills the collective intelligence of a global community. ❖ when needed

MISSION: ❖ Challenge patent applications as appropriate We enable freedom of action for Open Invention Network ❖ Provide collective intelligence from a global community community members and users of Linux/OSS-based ❖ Support our members and those under attack from patent technology through our patent non-aggression cross- license in aggressors the Linux System, which defines the commitment. BY THE NUMBERS: We will continue to grow our worldwide membership and the ❖ OIN is 3,300 worldwide members strong and includes Linux System over time, thereby strengthening our patent non- start-ups to Fortune 100 corporations. aggression coverage through the power of the network effect. ❖ Members gain access to a cross-licensee pool of patents - in total, the OIN community owns more than 2 million VISION: patents and applications. We will execute our mission by growing our patent non- ❖ Our patent portfolio includes approximately 1,300 global aggression community and engaging with companies of all patents and applications with broad scope. types — from start-ups to Fortune 100 enterprises — across ❖ We have invested over $100 million in acquiring defensive diverse industries. patents. ❖ Within the Linux System, we have more than 2,800 open We will continue updating the Linux System through a source core Linux technology packages conservative, consensus-driven process to keep up with technological advances. MEMBER BENEFITS: We will actively monitor for patent-related threats to Linux and ❖ Membership publicly demonstrates open source & patent adjacent open source technologies and encourage open source non-aggression advocacy community -related initiatives. ❖ Lifetime membership is FREE without entry barriers

❖ Patent cross license in 2,800+ Linux and core open source We will continue to promote and educate our community on technology packages complementary defensive Intellectual Property (IP) strategies Patent peace in a community which owns 2.5 and support key open source projects. ❖ million+ patents & applications in total ❖ Member access to OIN's patent portfolio of approximately KEY APPLICATIONS: 1,300 global patents & applications Apache, , Evolution, Fedora Directory Server, , ❖ Membership is available to ALL open source advocates — GIMP, GNOME, KDE, , , MySQL, Nautilus, businesses & individuals OpenLDAP, OpenOffice.org, Open-Xchange, Perl, PostgreSQL, ❖ Members become part of a global, open source network Python, Samba, SELinux, Sendmail, Thunderbird of 3,2100+ members from start-ups to Fortune 100 firms ❖ Everyone signs the same agreement terms ❖ Holding patents in the Linux System is not required GOVERNANCE: ❖ You get the opportunity to network with our rapidly Led by CEO , in coordination with OIN’s Board growing community members of Directors, who are senior executives from OIN’s Funding ❖ OIN leverages our industry relationships to collect & share Members. prior art as needed ❖ OIN challenges patent applications as appropriate FUNDING MEMBERS: ❖ IBM, NED, Philips, , & SUSE (2005) ❖ (2013) ❖ Toyota (2016)

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