You wont want to miss this update on recent litigation and other developments concerning open source software. In this installment of the Celesq®-West IP Master Series, Jason Haislmaier, a partner with the law firm of Holme Roberts & Owen LLP and the author of the ThinkingOpen blog (www.thinkingopen.wordpress.com), covers breaking news and hot topics such as:
1. The brand new Circuit Court decision in Jacobsen v. Katzner, addressing the validity and enforceability of open source software licenses in the U.S.;
2. An update on the status of the BusyBox Lawsuits;
3. An update on the status of Open Source Software Patent Infringement claims asserted by and against users and developers of Linux and other open source software such as Red Hat, Novell, Sun Microsystems and Net App;
4. Recent developments concerning the impact of GPLv3; and
5. Updates on changes in Open Source compliance.
Presenter(s):
Jason D. Haislmaier, Esq. is a partner in the Boulder, CO office of Holme Roberts & Owen LLP, where he concentrates his practice on representing emerging and established companies in technology and intellectual property transactions, with an emphasis on developing strategies for protecting, managing, and commercializing technology and intellectual property assets. Mr. Haislmaier is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Law, where he has taught Intellectual Property and Technology Contracting Law and Copyright Law. Visit Mr. Haislmaier's blog at http://thinkingopen.wordpress.com.
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