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Will Google Break the GPL?

by Ria Schalnat | Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 5/3/2013

The subject of open source licensing has created a level of uncertainty amongst companies, especially with General Public License (GPL) or GPL derivatives when it comes to intellectual property restrictions on coded data. The...more

API Copyright Update: Oracle & Google …and Harry Potter

by Field Law on 3/4/2013

In the long-running litigation (and hey, is there any litigation that isn’t “long-running”?) between Oracle and Google, a US court decided in 2012 that APIs in this case were not eligible for copyright protection. This meant...more

Distributors Should Be Analyzed As Any Other Third Party Representative in the Sales Chain

by Thomas Fox on 2/25/2013

Ed. Note-David Simon is a partner at Foley and Lardner and Bill Athanas is a partner at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP. Both have practices which include FCPA compliance. After my recent post on distributors under the...more

Distributors under the FCPA

by Thomas Fox on 2/13/2013

If there was ever a question that distributors were covered under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), in 2012, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made it emphatically clear that...more

Navigating The Rocky Shoals Of Software Copyrights

by Sean Crandall | Jackson Walker on 1/11/2013

Originally published in Chapter 17 of the State Bar of Texas - Advanced Intellectual Property Law. Contents: I. Introduction II. In Which Our Hero is Dashed on the Rocky Shoals of Software Coypright A....more

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Will Google Break the GPL?

API Copyright Update: Oracle & Google …and Harry Potter

Distributors Should Be Analyzed As Any Other Third Party Representative in the Sales Chain

Distributors under the FCPA

Navigating The Rocky Shoals Of Software Copyrights

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