Celesq®-West IP Master Series: Open Source Legal Compliance Update-2008

Program Number: 1857IP

Program Date: 09/12/2008

Description

You won't 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.

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Available in states

Arizona, California, Colorado Eligible, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New Jersey Eligible, New York, Texas Self Study

Credit Information

50 minute credit hour - 1 General CLE credit
60 minute credit hour - 1 General CLE credit

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Presenters


Jason D. Haislmaier, Esq.

Holme Roberts & Owen LLP

Jason D. Haislmaier, Esq. is a partner in the Boulder, CO office of Holme Roberts & Owen LLP, and serves as co-chair of his firm’s Intellectual Property, Technology & Media Department. He represents 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, who is currently the Intellectual Property & Information Technology Board Chair at the Silicon Flatirons Center for Technology and Entrepreneurship, lectures extensively on topics involving open source software and other areas of intellectual property. He is listed in Colorado Super Lawyers, 2011.