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Open Source
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The Right Coast
20,000 Worldclass University Lectures Made Illegal, So We Irrevocably Mirrored Them – LBRY
Today, the University of California at Berkeley has deleted 20,000 college lectures from its YouTube channel. Berkeley removed the videos because of a lawsuit brought by two students from another…
Government Contracts Law
U.S. Government Open Source Software: OMB’s Memorandum on Federal Source Code Policy Exposes IP Ownership Risk
By Zack Hadzismajlovic, Alex Major, Franklin Turner, David Himelfarb
On August 8, 2016, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) promulgated an Open Source Software (“OSS”) policy via the Memorandum for the Heads of Departments and Agencies, M-16-21…
Latham.London
Know Your Code: Open Source Usage Can Close Software Commercialisation Prospects for Tech Targets
By Deborah Kirk Buyout firms spent more than $39.38bn acquiring technology businesses in H1 2016, accounting for 28% of all global deal value and making technology the preferred sector for…
Technology's Legal Edge
Doing Open Source Due Diligence
Written by Christopher Stevenson July brought a flurry of activity to our various offices and reminded me of an often overlooked but very important piece of M&A diligence. By now…
LawSites
A Podcast About Law, Tech and Open Source. And Beer. Craft Beer
Colorado does a number of things very well. Mountains are one. Beer is another. Colorado has some 230 breweries and is home to more than 10 percent of the nation's craft breweries.…
DuetsBlog
The Odds and Evens of Q’s: Trademarks in the Car Industry
Last week was the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, one of the top trade shows in the automotive industry. The highlight of the show for car buffs was…
The Right Coast
Tesla Just Gave All Its Patents Away to Competitors | Autopia | WIRED
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced today that his company will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology. In plain English, that means…
The Global Privacy Watch
Heartache from Heartbleed – The Security of Open Source
Much has been written about Heartbleed and the significant impact it has on the security infrastructure of the internet. Articles and blog postings have taken both the “sky is falling”…
Intellectual Property
Open-Source Software Creates Complexities in Licensing and Dealmaking – Travis Crabtree
Open-source software, most of the time, is an amazing thing. You have the need for a specific feature or widget or what-have-you, and you can find it out there –…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: Open Source Software, OSHA Inspections, Sweetheart Scams
A Happy Valentine's Day to all. Hopefully those of you on the East Coast are already out celebrating. keeping with the theme, we have a couple Valentine's Day posts in…