LOT Network

06/08/2026

What happens when patents become part of the culture, not just the legal process?

In this Q&A, Deutsche Telekom’s Tim Oelmann shares how the company’s Inventor Culture initiative, including recognition programs and the Inventathon, brings together cross-functional innovators to develop patentable ideas, strengthen invention disclosures, and connect IP strategy to business impact.

Read more to see the results behind investing in innovation culture.
https://loom.ly/jFvSwBM

06/04/2026

LOT Network is pleased to welcome Tim Campbell to our team as Vice President of Business Development.

Tim brings 30+ years of experience in the intellectual property industry, with a career focused on commercial strategy and business development across the IP services and patent intelligence sectors. He has held senior roles at Minesoft, RWS inovia, Clarivate, and Thomson Reuters, and earlier was a founding member of IP.com/MNIS, an IP management and search company.

In his new role, Tim will focus on expanding LOT Network’s membership across North America, working with companies to strengthen their defenses against PAE litigation risk.

Welcome, Tim!

06/02/2026

🎙️ LOT Members: Join us on October 1 at Rosewood Sand Hill for a day of candid discussion, actionable insights, and networking with leaders shaping the future of IP.

We’re excited to share a few of the speakers joining this year’s program, including Bo Heiden, Ruud Peters, and Michael Specht.

The day will also feature a keynote fireside chat with current and former USPTO Directors, John Squires and David Kappos.

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06/01/2026

Don’t miss the final article in a three-part series by Perkins Coie IP partners Gene Lee, Jessica Kaiser, Chris Marando, and Jon Carter examining recent policy and practice changes at the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

Picking up where Part 2 left off, this installment explores recent procedural developments, the latest statistics, new discretionary denial considerations, and key recent decisions.

Read more: https://loom.ly/QzWPAVM

05/21/2026

🎙️ LOT Members: Join us on October 1 at Rosewood Sand Hill for a day of candid discussion, actionable insights, and networking with leaders shaping the future of IP.

We’re excited to share some of the speakers joining this year’s program, including Bo Heiden and Ruud Peters, alongside a keynote fireside chat featuring current and former USPTO Directors, John Squires and David Kappos.

🎟️ Save 15% when you register today.
→ https://loom.ly/AXkQ58g

Join us at our annual member meeting for candid conversations and networking with the industry's top leaders.

05/18/2026

When a startup fails, its patents don't die with it.

Patents from failed companies are frequently acquired by patent assertion entities, then held until the technology becomes mainstream and profitable — sometimes a decade later. By that point, the royalty base is large, damages models have grown to match industry revenues, and designing around the patents is no longer realistic.

For large companies building in AI, biotech, fintech, and autonomous systems, the defendants most attractive to assertion entities are precisely the ones who succeeded.

Holland & Knight's breakdown of how this cycle works — and what proactive strategies can interrupt it — is required reading for any IP team operating in a fast-moving technology space.

Read more: https://loom.ly/nxpVw9E

Patents of failed companies are often acquired by larger entities or patent assertion entities, leading to litigation against surviving companies and challenges for innovation and competition.

04/14/2026

🎙️ LOT Members: Here's a first look at the BRIDGE 2026 agenda.

Don't miss the keynote fireside chat featuring John Squires and David Kappos, current and former Directors of the USPTO, and candid discussions around the topics that matter most to IP and in-house legal leaders right now:

✓ Elevating IP to the boardroom
✓ PTAB and patent litigation strategy
✓ What in-house counsel need to know about AI
✓ Leveraging IP tools to drive results

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Full agenda dropping soon. Stay tuned.

03/31/2026

One of the hardest questions for any IP leader is understanding risk before it materializes.

Is your company actually a target for a patent assertion entity, or just assuming it could be? Historically, companies only found out once litigation started, and by then it's already too late to adjust strategy.

Jon Liu, Founder & CEO of ArcPrime, shares how AI and deeper data analysis can now surface patterns in patent activity, where assertion risk is emerging, how portfolios are actually being used, and what signals predict value.

Read more to learn how to separate long-term signals from short-term noise and make decisions grounded in data, not intuition.

🔗 https://loom.ly/12wiR28

03/16/2026

🎙️ LOT Members: BRIDGE 2026 is coming, and we couldn't be more excited about our keynote.

Join us for a Directors' Fireside Chat with John Squires and David Kappos, current and former Directors of the USPTO, for an off-the-record conversation you won't find anywhere else.

Save 15% when you register today.
🎟️ https://loom.ly/AXkQ58g

03/12/2026

In today’s patent world, "competitive advantage now lies in strategic intelligence — understanding not just what patents you have, but why they matter."

Matthew Veale, VP of Patent Analytics and Strategy at LOT Network, shares why the IP conversation has fundamentally shifted with AI.

🔗 https://loom.ly/chlYnvQ