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One IP Lawyer's Opinion: May 2010
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One IP Lawyer's Opinion. Discussion of legal issues primarily concerning the open source software industry. Thursday, May 27, 2010. Fitting Open Source Pieces Into the Inbound Licensing Puzzle. The other option is inbound licensing. While inbound licensing can be used to quickly achieve technology development goals, it can also introduce significant risks. Some important risks to consider in designing an inbound licensing strategy include:. Unless a company obtains an exclusive license, any technology it...
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One IP Lawyer's Opinion: In-House Counsel - Managing Open Source
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One IP Lawyer's Opinion. Discussion of legal issues primarily concerning the open source software industry. Thursday, March 26, 2009. In-House Counsel - Managing Open Source. In addition to attending the 2009 Open Source Business Conference. In San Francisco, I had the pleasure participating in a legal panel presentation - Managing the Use of Open Source Software in a Proprietary Environment: Lessons from In-House Counsel. Review/Approval Process and Tracking System: Establish a review process that gathe...
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One IP Lawyer's Opinion: Truth in Open Source Advertising
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One IP Lawyer's Opinion. Discussion of legal issues primarily concerning the open source software industry. Friday, April 2, 2010. Truth in Open Source Advertising. A What is Open Core and Why the Debate? 1) Open core is meaningful. Because it allows software vendors to develop software at a lower cost. 2) Open core is nothing more. Than a twist on the traditional freemium. As the industry evolves. B Vendors Must Use the Term "Open" With Care. While the debate over the viability of the open core strategy...
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One IP Lawyer's Opinion: October 2009
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One IP Lawyer's Opinion. Discussion of legal issues primarily concerning the open source software industry. Friday, October 16, 2009. Not Your Ordinary Communities and Contributions. Few terms are more central to the free and open source ("FOSS") movement than "community" and "contribution." The common definitions of these terms are:. Where Are We Now? With the growth of the open source movement, the concept of free software has taken on competitive and commercial traits. Which has impacted the meaning o...
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One IP Lawyer's Opinion: FSF Motives in the Cisco Case
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One IP Lawyer's Opinion. Discussion of legal issues primarily concerning the open source software industry. Friday, January 9, 2009. FSF Motives in the Cisco Case. One of the comments. I received to a recent post questions the motives of the Free Software Foundation ("FSF") in its complaint. Against Cisco, and whether the FSF is overreaching in the remedies it proposes. Specifically, the comments reference The Software Lawyer. Blog posting entitled Free Software Foundation Sues Cisco: Some Criticism.
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One IP Lawyer's Opinion: Open Innovation - Time to Broaden Your Perspective
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One IP Lawyer's Opinion. Discussion of legal issues primarily concerning the open source software industry. Friday, October 8, 2010. Open Innovation - Time to Broaden Your Perspective. Last week I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the Open Innovation Forum hosted by the. UC Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. Chadbourne and Parke LLP. The parallel existence of open innovation and commercialization models - open innovation models can indeed lead to commercial success. FRAND (free, reasonab...
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One IP Lawyer's Opinion: Show Me the Money at OSCON - Venture Capital and Open Source
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One IP Lawyer's Opinion. Discussion of legal issues primarily concerning the open source software industry. Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Show Me the Money at OSCON - Venture Capital and Open Source. To my pleasant surprise, Mark Radcliffe (notable open source attorney) announced last week on his blog. That his law firm, DLA Piper, would host an open source legal track to run in parallel to the OSCON trade show in San Jose this week. The schedule. The slow economy is putting a damper on venture capital.
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One IP Lawyer's Opinion: December 2009
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One IP Lawyer's Opinion. Discussion of legal issues primarily concerning the open source software industry. Wednesday, December 23, 2009. Getting Started With Open Source Policies. Earlier this month I had the opportunity to work with Adam Cohn, Senior Corporate Counsel at Cisco Systems, to present a session on "Effective Open Source Development Business Practices" at the Practicing Law Institute's Open Source session on Free Software 2009: Benefits, Risks and Challenges in Today's Economic Environment.
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One IP Lawyer's Opinion: Obligatory End of Year Post - 2009
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One IP Lawyer's Opinion. Discussion of legal issues primarily concerning the open source software industry. Sunday, January 3, 2010. Obligatory End of Year Post - 2009. Yes, I know it's already 2010, but this post is still my official "end of 2009" post. I've included some highlights from the posts on this blog along with my choice of top 5 open source stories and themes of the year. Please add your comments on what you think are the top stories for 2009. Reflections on This Blog. 1 Oracle Acquisition of...
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One IP Lawyer's Opinion: January 2010
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One IP Lawyer's Opinion. Discussion of legal issues primarily concerning the open source software industry. Sunday, January 3, 2010. Obligatory End of Year Post - 2009. Yes, I know it's already 2010, but this post is still my official "end of 2009" post. I've included some highlights from the posts on this blog along with my choice of top 5 open source stories and themes of the year. Please add your comments on what you think are the top stories for 2009. Reflections on This Blog. 1 Oracle Acquisition of...