The Commons

Welcome to the Patent Commons Project. Our Library contains pledges, promises, covenants and other agreements (we call these all "Commitments") that have been made in support of open source software and standards.

Search our databases to learn more about Contributors, Commitments, Patents, Standards & Technology, and Other Legal Solutions. You can find more information on how our databases are organized here.

You can also view a timeline of major Patent Common events.

Discover the companies who support the Commons through Commitments of their patents.
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Learn about the Commitments and how they work to protect open source software and standards, developers, users and others.
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Find Patents that have been pledged in suppport of open source software, standards, and technology.
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Review standards and technologies supported by Commitments.

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Find other solutions that help protect users and developers of software.
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