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The Open Invention Network (OIN) is a collaborative enterprise formed with an aim to promote Linux and protect the open source community from the threats of patent assertion and litigation from those whose business models are antithetical to innovation. It has a refined intellectual property model through which it acquires software patents and shares them openly in a collaborative environment. Keith Bergelt's job as the CEO of OIN is to ensure that the periphery of this network is not intruded upon, and that the self-regulatory nature of open source has an opportunity to spread beyond Linux and the 300 plus programs that exist today.
The talk introduces the audience to OIN and outlines its role and goals in relation to Linux and the broader open source community of which it is a part. OIN is discussed in the context of community wide initiatives at the Linux Foundation and the Software Freedom Law Centeron how to limit the impact of patent assertion and litigation against members of the Linux Community. As part of this discussion, the potential threat landscape is analyzed and initiatives designed to preemptively neutralize these threats are described.
Keith Bergelt is the chief executive officer of Open Invention Network (OIN), the collaborative enterprise that enables innovation in open source and an increasingly vibrant ecosystem around Linux. Prior to joining the Open Invention Network, Mr. Bergelt served as president and CEO of two Hedge Funds – Paradox Capital and IPI – formed to unlock the considerable asset value of patents, trademarks and copyrights in middle market companies.
Previously, Mr. Bergelt served as a senior advisor to the technology investment division at Texas Pacific Group. He also headed business development, intellectual property and licensing for the Kelso & Company portfolio company Cambridge Display Technology in the United Kingdom. Additionally, he established and served as General Manager of the Strategic Intellectual Asset Management business unit at Motorola Corporation and served as Motorola’s director of Technology Strategy.
Mr. Bergelt was a co-founder of the Intellectual Property Advisory Practice within the Electronics and Telecommunications Industry group at SRI Consulting in Menlo Park, California.
Prior to his extensive private sector experience, Mr. Bergelt served for twelve years as a diplomat with postings at the United Nations in NY and the American Embassy in Tokyo, Japan where he was involved in the negotiation of IP rights protection in Asia.
Mr. Bergelt holds an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Duke University, a Jurist Doctorate degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law and a Masters of Business Administration degree from Theseus Institute in France. He is a frequent speaker on corporate strategy, finance and intellectual property management.
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