Microsoft donates 500 patents to start-ups
Launched in 2018, the "Azure IP Advantage" programme protects users of Microsoft`s cloud computing service -- Azure -- against patent trolls. Keeping in line with the intention of the programme, LOT Network protects companies against patent trolls by giving them access to a wide library of patents from its nearly 400 member companies including Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Netflix and Uber among others.
Microsoft is donating 500 patents to start-ups that are part of a non-profit organisation called License On Transfer (LOT) Network, Photo: Reuters