2004 - 2005
Tech Law Roundtable Series
Thinking Strategically About Open Source
Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Preston Gates & Ellis
925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900
Seattle, Washington
Open source software presents businesses with important challenges and opportunities. Budget pressures and technology considerations make open source software a potentially attractive alternative to proprietary software. At the same time, however, failure to understand often complex intellectual property issues arising from open source licensing terms can lead to inadvertent risk exposure. This roundtable will focus on legal considerations surrounding the use of open source software, including the ongoing evolution of open source license terms and attempts to reconcile the proprietary and open source license models.
REGISTRATION
The cost is $20 per person. Fee includes program materials and 1.0 hours of CLE credit. Lunch and parking are not included.
We offer four convenient registration methods:
ONLINE: https://uwcle.safeserver.com/onlineregister.htm
FAX: 206.685.3929
TELEPHONE: 206.543.0059
MAIL: Continuing Legal Education Office, University of Washington School of Law, William H. Gates Hall, Box 353020, Seattle, WA 98195-3020
For program information, call 206.685.2636
For continuing legal education credit and payment inquiries, call 206.543.0059
No refunds are available for these events. In lieu of refunds, we encourage participants to send a substitute to the program. Please call the CLE office at 206.543.0059 with substitution requests.
PRESENTERS:
Bob Gomulkiewicz directs the University of Washington School of Law’s Intellectual Property Law & Policy Program. Prior to joining the UW Law faculty he was an Associate General Counsel for Microsoft where he led the team of lawyers providing legal counsel for development of Microsoft’s major systems software, desktop applications, and developer tools products. His publications include articles on open source software, mass market licensing, and legal protection for software.
Cestjon McFarland is a partner in and former chair of the Intellectual Property practice group at Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP. Her practice involves representing public and private technology companies in a range of transactional matters involving the protection, acquisition, development and licensing of intellectual property, including the review and analysis of open source agreements and the development of open source policies.
Lawrence E. (Larry) Rosen is both an attorney and a computer specialist who often publishes and speaks around the world on open source licensing and patent issues. He is founding partner of Rosenlaw & Einschlag, a technology law firm with offices in Los Altos Hills and Ukiah, California, and general counsel of Open Source Initiative. Larry's book, "Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law," was published by Prentice Hall in 2004.
The Tech Law Roundtable Series Planning Committee
Kraig Baker, Davis Wright Tremaine
Arthur Butler, Ater Wynne LLP
Bruce Dick, Perkins Coie LLP
Robert Gomulkiewicz, University of Washington School of Law
Donald Horowitz, Washington State Access to Justice Board
Holly Nguyen, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP
Scott Warner, Garvey Schubert & Barer
Mark Wittow, Preston Gates & Ellis
