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Foley & Lardner LLP

How Intellectual Property Fits in Cloud Computing and SaaS Business Models

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Various types of intellectual property (IP) can provide companies protection of innovations and maintain or expand competitive advantages. For companies that operate using Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technologies and/or...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Not Every Open Source Cloud Has A Silver Lining

The use of open source software and cloud-based computing individually are growing at a rapid pace. The use of open source in cloud deployments is also growing. Until recently, the OSS license issues with cloud deployments...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Amazon Strikes Back against PersonalWeb’s Customer Lawsuits Targeting AWS And Open Source Ruby On Rails

Since 2010, PersonalWeb Technologies has filed a total of 79 district court cases against a variety of technology companies in the cloud computing space asserting its patent portfolio. ...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Financial Services Giant Fidelity Targeted On Open Source Software Usage

Fidelity is the latest target of Sound View Innovations, an intellectual property licensing company, for its use of several open source software components in Fidelity’s systems and platforms. Sound View filed its lawsuit...more

McDermott Will & Emery

The Vermont Department of Taxes Begins to Take a Close Look at Cloud Computing

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On June 30, 2013, the Vermont sales tax moratorium on remote access to software expired. At that time, the Vermont Department of Taxes (Department) reverted to its prior position that interpreted, without any analysis, the...more

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