This week, I am speaking at the fourth annual Law and Technology Conference at the Technology Law Center of the University of Maine School of Law. I am taking a non-standard approach to this presentation. Rather than preparing PowerPoint slides (or the like), I will be posting a series of notes on my website.
This week, I am speaking at the fourth annual Law and Technology Conference at the Technology Law Center of the University of Maine School of Law. This year’s conference is entitled “Information Technology Ownership.”
My presentation is entitled “Software, E-commerce, and Web Standards Patents: Good or Evil?” I am taking a non-standard approach to this presentation. Rather than preparing PowerPoint slides (or the like), I will be posting a series of notes on my website. Since business is a conversation, some parts of this website allow users to enter their own content. We reserve the right to accept, reject, edit, or delete any content posted by users of this website. So don’t write anything that wouldn’t make your mother proud. See our common sense terms and conditions for details.
The following are the scheduled presentations for this year’s Law and Technology Conference.
- Richard Stallman
Founder, Free Software Foundation
“Copyright vs. Community in the Age of Computer Networks” - Larry Rosen
Founder, Rosenlaw.com; General Counsel, Open Source Initiative
“Legal Guidance through Free Software and Open Source Licenses, and Proprietary Systems” - Emery Simon
Counselor to Business Software Alliance
“Global and Governmental Trends on Open vs. Proprietary Systems” - Jordan Pollack
Professor, Brandeis University
“Proprietary Systems and Piracy: A Proposed Solution” - Erik Heels
Clock Tower Law Group
“Software, E-commerce, and Web Standards Patents: Good or Evil?” - Eben Moglen
Professor of Law, Columbia University School of Law; Counsel, Free Software Foundation
“Keynote: Freeing the Mind: Free Software and the Death of Proprietary Culture” - Karen Hersey
Visiting Professor of Law, Franklin Pierce Law Center
“Seeing the Forest: Copyright, Anti-copyright and the Spaces In-Between” - Karen Copenhaver
Partner, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault LLP
“Legal Landscape and Corporate Opportunities: Providing Assurances and Surviving Due Diligence” - David Martin
President & CEO, M-CAM Inc.
“Software, E-commerce and Web Standards Patents: Good or Evil?” - Harlan Onsrud
Professor, University of Maine and Research Scientist, NCGIA
“Hosted Dinner Speaker: Information Ownership: A Quandary in Science and Technology” - Doug Hurley
Director of University Relationships, Gartner, Inc.
“What Does Free Really Mean? Myths and Realities for Using Open Source Software” - Dan Ravicher
Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler
“Ethical Issues for IP Lawyers Writing and Litigating Software Patents” - Davis Klaila
Senior Manager, ipCapital Group, Inc.
“The Market for Non-Proprietary Tools: Making Money, Spotting Trends”
