Free with PLI Privileged Membership

Full-Day Program – San Francisco & Live Webcast

Up to 7.5 Credit Hours

This program will explore the unique legal issues facing the open source and free software community. Our experienced faculty will discuss: the basics of open source, compliance, cooperation and enforcement, branding and project management, transactions, licensing, and M&A, the intersection of open source and artificial intelligence (“AI”) and managing licensing risk.

Program Chairs:

Kate Downing – Law Offices of Kate Downing

Heather J. Meeker – Tech Law Partners LLP

What You Will Learn:

After completing this program, participants will be able to:

• Learn the basics of open source software (“OSS”) – licenses, compliance rules and tools
• Understand compliance, cooperation and enforcement
• Examine branding and project management
• Understand OSS in transactions, licensing and M&A
• Analyze the intersection of open source and artificial intelligence (“AI”)
• Manage open source licensing risk in the real world

Who Should Attend:

This program is designed for technology lawyers, IP lawyers, in-house counsel, outside corporate counsel, and allied professionals whose clients develop, use, distribute or invest in technology.

Up to 7.5 Credit Hours