“OIN has continued to grow over the years, and for the first
quarter of 2011, the group grew by over 70 new licensees including
HP, Facebook and Juniper Networks. Though OIN aims to reduce patent
risk, that doesn’t mean that it eliminates all patent risk, just
look at Oracle and Google.“Oracle and Google are OIN members, yet they are both involved
in a legal battle with each other over patents.”
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