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Ken Seddon CEO, LOT Network September 8, 2017
Invest in Growth How LOT Network Addresses the PAE Problem
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Introduction of Ken Seddon
25 Years of Engineering and IP experience
LOT Network CEO Ken Seddon
• BS. EE Georgia Tech, Master’s Device Physics from ASU, JD from ASU • Motorola: engineer and patent prosecution • Intel: Asst. Director of Patents - patent prosecution and licensing • Numonyx: Chief IP Counsel • Micron: Asst. General Counsel • Apple: Strategic patent licensing, patent purchasing, NPE defense • ARM: VP of IP
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Why you should join LOT Network
$29 Billion
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PAEs - hurting innovation
PAEs are responsible for 84% of high-tech patent litigation
in the US!7
PAEs drain ~$80B from the US economy per
year, or $1.5B a week10
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Operating Companies
15.9%
Patent lawsuits have jumped 500%
between 2005-2014
Defendants added to NPE Campaigns Quarterly
AIA
New pleading requirements
Dan McCurdy 2017 SAS NPE Forum and RPX Average
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Where are the PAEs getting their patents?
Companies provide PAEs with the most of the patents
Operating Company
81%
Inventor/University
19% 81% of patents acquired from PAEs come from
companies7
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LOT Agreement is scaling
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LOT Begins
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LOT 2.0
HyundaiLenovoNissanHonda
Cisco
AmazonAlibaba
eBayNetAppElectronic ArtsTeslaVolkswagenSalesforceOracle
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Who is joining and why?
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Some of LOT’s 165 members
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Some of LOT’s 164 members
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● Startups and small companies are softest targets for trolls − 50% of all companies sued by trolls
make less than $10 million/year − Over 50% of all patent lawsuits
concern software patents†
What about small companies?
† GAO report on IP: http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-46513
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"Thank you for protecting companies and individuals from this common threat. I came across the LOT Network while reading through ways of protecting as much as possible our company when releasing open-source code.
Thank you,
Have a great day.”
Raphael Varonos - General Manager, Agneta Network Applications, LLC. July 19, 2017
What about small companies?
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2/3rds of LOT Members are start-ups
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What is LOT Network?
LOT - community providing PAE immunization
Community Non-Profit Protecting Innovation
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A license to the other members of LOT Network that applies ONLY on and after transfer of the particular
patent to a patent assertion entity (License on Transfer - LOT)
How LOT Protects Members
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No effect on traditional uses of patents
LOT - community providing PAE immunization
Free to Cross License
Free to Assert
Free to Do Nothing
Free to Sell
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No effect on traditional uses of patents
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No Burden to being a member
Don’t have to give notice
Don’t have to list patents
Don’t have to report
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A patent holder, in combination with its affiliates, that generates more than 50% of its
gross revenue from patent assertion.
What is an assertion entity?
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How LOT works
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Illustration of the LOT Agreement's Operation
Today: Companies 1 and 2 join the LOT Network.
Over 782,000 WW assets Over 225,000 US assets
1 2
PAEPAE
Future: LOT membership immune from patent, regardless of the owner.
Legend: = Transferred patent(s)
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Tomorrow: Company 2 sells a patent to a Patent Assertion Entity.
License to LOT membership automatically becomes effective.
1 2
PAE
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PAEX
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Illustration of the LOT Agreement's Operation
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Tomorrow: Company 1 sells a patent to an Operating Company
Legend: = Transferred patent(s)
1 2
Today: Companies 1 and 2 join the LOT Network.
Over 782,000 WW assets Over 225,000 US assets
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OP CO C
OP CO D
OP CO G
OP CO H
OP CO E OP CO
F
License to LOT membership automatically becomes effective
when transferred to PAE.
PAE
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1 2
Illustration of the LOT Agreement's Operation
Today: Companies 1 and 2 join the LOT Network.
Over 782,000 WW assets Over 225,000 US assets
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Tomorrow: Company 2 becomes an assertion entity
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PAE
License to LOT membership automatically becomes effective.
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LOT Network is non-profit: Annual Fee
LOT Member’s Annual Revenue Annual Membership FeeLess than $5 million Free
Between $5 and $10 million $1,500
Between $10 and $25 million $2,500
Between $25 and $50 million $5,000
Between $50 and $100 million $10,000
Between $100 million and $1 billion $15,000
Greater than $1 billion $20,000 (cap)
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LOT provides value to its members
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Analysis of assets litigated by PAEs
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What types of patents did trolls use to sue in the US in 2015? (3,608 litigations)
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H04L - Transmission of Digital Information
H04W - Wireless Communication Networks
G06Q - Data processingH04M - Telephonic Communication
H04N - Pictorial Communication
G11C - Optical elementsH04B - Transmission
G11B - Radio Receivers
B60R - MirrorsG06K - Data Recognition
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LOT has thousands of patents in the same areas as those PAEs are asserting in the US
G06F - Digital Data ProcessingH04L - Transmission of Digital Information
H04W - Wireless Communication Networks
G06Q - Data processingH04M - Telephonic Communication
H04N - Pictorial Communication
G11C - Optical elementsH04B - Transmission
G11B - Radio Receivers
B60R - MirrorsG06K - Data Recognition
LOT has over 496,000 assets in the exact areas that
PAEs are asserting in the US. (750,000+ Overall)
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Analysis of assets bought
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2015 Patent sales: Forecast of future litigation#
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205210219221230264
465466491535708
1657
210122442305
Data from:
Top 15 patent categories for 16,634 assets sold in 2015
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2015 Patent sales: Forecast of future litigation
Data from:
# of
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0
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25,000
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50,000
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263
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8908
397
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41208
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LOT has over 566,000 assets in the exact areas as the patents
bought in 2015 (750,000+ Overall)
Top 15 patent categories for 16,634 assets sold in 2015
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Yeah, but does LOT REALLY work?
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Since LOT was formed in 2014
No LOT Member has ever been sued by an asset that has
left the Network
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Significant Value in adding suppliers to Membership
Significant value in adding some
Suppliers
Both Suppliers and Customers get protection from patents outside their bilateral ecosystems
Company A Company B Company C
Suppliers Suppliers Suppliers
Value
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Why LOT is good for BUYERS
Help save $29 billion
Can trust suppliers
Stabilize supply chain
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Why LOT is good for SUPPLIERS
Data from:
Reduce indemnification costs
Become “preferred” supplier
Gain access to IP
Program voluntary
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Are you an Optimist?
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Are you an Optimist? LOTimist?
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LOT Members are Optimists
The “LOT Member Index” = all publicly traded members of LOT• includes those that have struggled recently (e.g. retailers)
LOT members have out performed the S&P 500® by 90% in last year
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Monetizers
The “Monetizers index” = Most active monetizers in recent years• IBM, Philips, Yahoo, Qualcomm, Ericsson, Nokia, Technicolor, Sony, Tivo, Dolby
Monetizers lag S&P 500® by 87% in the last year
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Are you a LOTimist?
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