Google, SAP and Dropbox kickstart anti-patent troll organisation

Google, SAP and Dropbox kickstart anti-patent troll organisation   Pure Storage is the latest company to join a Google-backed organisation called LOT (License on Transfer) Network which aims to protect its members from so-called Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) - more commonly known as "patent trolls".Out of the 300,000 patent assets, 50,000 are issued US patents that belong to members of that network. Google joined earlier this year and was a founding member of the organisation, one which also includes Canon, Asana, Dropbox, Newegg and SAP. Read more >