Open Source Summit + AI_dev Japan 2024

At Open Source Summit Japan, within the Operation Management Summit, Keith Bergelt, CEO of Open Invention network, will address ways to mitigate risk to open source projects, developers and distributors. Few developers or businesses will show interest in contributing to an open source project if it doesn't address potential bugs, security issues, or feature additions to its repository. This is well understood by the OSS community and spurred its growth into new technological areas such as AI/ML, FinTech and Automotive, among many others. However, many of today’s most popular open source licenses do not adequately address patent risk for open source projects. As patent risk is a challenge that must be addressed, this presentation will discuss the key tenets around patent non-aggression in open source, key patent-related risks, and the best practices that open source projects and their management should consider moving forward to “address the issue.” . Key Takeaways: - An understanding of the patent threat matrix to open source projects - Ways patent litigation risks are rising & ways to reduce these risks - Best practice solutions for management to mitigate these challenges