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New Media and Technology Law Blog
Jacobsen v. Katzer: Open Source Software Project Gains Key Rulings in Copyright Infringement Litigation
Jacobsen v. Katzer involves a dispute over rights in software code distributed pursuant to the open source Artistic License. Last year the case yielded one of the very few judicial…
Antitrust Law Blog
EC Declines to Follow DOJ’s Lead, Opens In-Depth Investigation of Oracle-Sun Deal
On September 3, 2009, the European Commission ("EC") announced that it was opening an in-depth investigation under the EU Merger Regulation of Oracle Corporation's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems. This…
DCC Blawg
New journal on the topic of open source software law
By magsmcgeeverdccblawg-blogspot-com
A short post to alert you to a new journal on the topic on open source software law.The International Free and Open Source Software Law Review (IFOSS L. Rev.) is…
3 Geeks and a Law Blog
Open Source in Law Firms – Unimaginable or Brilliant?
By Greg Lambert
I know, you don't expect to see "open source" and "law firms" in the same sentence unless it is discussing how a law firm is trying to find a way…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Free Software Foundation Announces Settlement of Copyright Dispute with Cisco Systems
On May 20, the Free Software Foundation announced the settlement of its copyright litigation with Cisco Systems over the inclusion of open source software in certain Linksys products. The settlement…
ContractsProf Blog
Breaching conditions of an open-source license
Last December the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in Jacobsen v. Katzer, 535 F.3d 1373 (Fed Cir. 2008), that a user who violated the conditions of a…
Health IT Law Blog
In the news: CVS and Google; Connect Open Source Software; and more
CVS pharmacy customers now have the ability to download their prescription and medication histories to Google Health accounts after CVS and Google expanded their partnership. Patients at CVS' walk-in MinuteClinics are also…
DennisKennedy.Blog
By Request: Any Open Source Apps to Create Legal Pleadings and Documents?
Open Source legal apps
New Media and Technology Law Blog
We’ve Been Saying This For Years: The Part About “We Are All Going To Be ‘Mixed Source'”
CNET's Ina Fried late yesterday posted an interview with Horacio Gutierrez, deputy general counsel and vice president of intellectual property and licensing at Microsoft, in which he declares that the…
The IP Law Blog
LICENSE TERMS: CONDITIONS OR COVENANTS – WHY YOU SHOULD CARE
By Dale C. Campbell A copyright holder has the right to specify the terms under which others may use his or her work. How the terms under which a third party…