Current Issues in Open Source: Manage the Legal Risks; Reap the Business Rewards, from the Celesq®-West IP Series for Corporate Counsel
Program Number: 1937CIP
Program Date: 11/20/2009
Description
Open source has become an undeniable force in business, playing an increasingly critical role in the infrastructure of both start-ups and established companies and offering a worthy alternative to proprietary software at a fraction of the cost. The open source legal landscape has also matured to provide improved insight into many of the true risks of open source usage. Yet, despite these advances, misunderstandings and confusion regarding the business and legal impacts of open source continue to abound.
Join Jason Haislmaier, Esq., a partner at Holme Roberts & Owen LLP, for this program to give you the answers you need to capture the benefits and manage the risks of open source software.
• The anatomy of open source software licensing
• Achieving peaceful coexistence between open source and proprietary software
• Questions to ask when developing an open source policy
• Best practices for open source procurement, use, and compliance
• Approaching the release of software under open source development
• Integrating open source principles into your client’s or company’s business model
• Preparing for open source issues in financings, M&A, and other transactions
• Top (free) open source legal and business resources
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Arizona, California, Colorado Eligible, 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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California Participatory MCLE Programs
Computer, Internet & E-Commerce Law
Corporate and Commercial Law
In-House Counsel
Intellectual Property Law
New York Accredited
Technology Law
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. |
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