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Essential Patent Blog
Talk shop with AIPLA’s Standards & Open Source Committee today in Phoenix
By David Long
If you are in Phoenix today for the AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute, please stop by the AIPLA's Standards & Open Source Committee booth from 3:30pm to 4:30pm (Komatke Ballroom). You can have…
Consumer Finance Monitor
CFPB announces new online tool for viewing regulations
The CFPB has announced the release of “eRegulations,” which it describes as "a web-based, open source tool that aims to make regulations easier to find, read, and understand." According to…
Media Law Prof Blog
Open Source Software and Copyright
Andres Guadamuz, University of Sussez, and Andrew John Rens, Duke University School of Law, & University of Cape Town, Intellectual Property Research, have published Comparative Analysis of Copyright Assignment and…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Germany: Open Source must remain open: Obligations for the sale of electronic goods containing Open Source software
The District Court of Hamburg, Germany, recently had the opportunity to review the conditions governing the use of Open Source software. In a decision that bolsters the enforceability of open…
Inside Global Tech
California to Offer Open Source Textbooks under Creative Commons Licenses
California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law two pieces of legislation on September 27, paving the way for the creation of free, open-source digital textbooks for 50 of the most…
China Law Update Blog
China’s MOFCOM Grapples With Open Source Issues In Google-Motorola Deal
By Becky Koblitz This past February the US Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and European Commission (“Commission”) cleared Google Inc.’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. without any conditions. In contrast,…
Antitrust Law Blog
China’s MOFCOM Grapples With Open Source Issues In Google-Motorola Deal
By Becky Koblitz This past February the US Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and European Commission (“Commission”) cleared Google Inc.’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. without any conditions. In contrast,…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Publishing the open source social media way
[caption id="attachment_18901" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Image c/o opensourceway"][/caption] John Barker (@contentbarker), Vice President of Strategy & Competitive Intelligence for Wolters Kluwer, posted this morning about the 'Integration of Social Media and Government Content…
3 Geeks and a Law Blog
Playing with Koha — Open-Source Library System
By Greg Lambert
A couple years ago, I wrote a post called "Open Source in Law Firms – Unimaginable or Brilliant?" where I wondered if a BigLaw firm would consider using Open Source…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Novell Prevails in Long-Running Dispute over Ownership of UNIX Copyrights – And Open Source Software Moves On
The dispute between The SCO Group and Novell, Inc. over the ownership of copyrights in the code to certain versions of the UNIX operating system, which started eight years ago,…