INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Microsoft today announced a major expansion of its Azure IP Advantage program, which provides its Azure users with protection against
This program now also provides customers who are building IoT solutions that connect to Azure with access to 10,000 patents to defend
to startups in the LOT Network
This organization, which counts companies like Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, SAP, Epic Games, Ford, GM, Lyft and Uber among
its close to 400 members, is designed to protect companies against patent trolls by giving them access to a wide library of patents from its
Qualified startups who join the LOT Network can acquire Microsoft patents as part of their free membership and as Andersen stressed, the
startups will own them outright
here, though: To qualify for getting the patents, these startups also have to meet a $1,000 per month Azure spend
about here cover a wide range of technologies as well as geographies
LOT Network as part of the startup program).As Andersen noted, the team looked at how it could enhance the IP program by focusing on a
Microsoft is obviously investing a lot into IoT, so extending the program to this area makes sense
Andersen said.In addition, for those who do choose to use Microsoft IoT technology across the board, Microsoft will provide indemnification,
quite a bit of patent litigation in this space in the future
