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Monday, May 3, 2010
Google's Chief Legal Officer, Chief Privacy Counsel, and former Chief Financial Officer have each been sentenced to six months in prison by an Italian court for violating the country's privacy laws. The decision (the "Decision"), issued by the Criminal Court of Milan (the "Court") on February 24, 2010, and published on April 12, 2010, is the most recent...
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Monday, September 1, 2008
The pending, well-publicized patent dispute between Trend Micro, Inc. and Barracuda Networks, Inc. is a good recent example of the fact that open source software ("OSS"), and "free" software generally, is not free of legal risks, including risks of litigation. Rather, litigation is a commonplace occurrence regardless of software development model, and OSS...
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
The Open Source Software ("OSS") community was founded on the notion that any party can use, modify and further distribute OSS, so long as that party contributes back to the OSS community the human-readable "source code" of any changes/ enhancements made to the software. Unfortunately, the Free Software Foundation's ("FSF")1recent efforts to revise the...
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Friday, February 1, 2008
A "document format" (also known as a "file format") is a particular way to encode information for storage in a computer file.1Numerous document formats exist for encoding and storing the same type of information in word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and other document types. Such document formats can complement each other by offering different...
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Sunday, April 1, 2007
The information technology ("IT") industry is experiencing the highest level of interoperability in its history. A key path to achieving interoperability is often the collaboration among otherwise ardent competitors. This unprecedented level of cooperation has led to significant technological developments and innovations that serve customers well.
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Monday, August 1, 2005
Editor: Please tell us about your practice at Willkie.
Buono: I practice in Willkie's Telecommunications Group in the DC office.
Editor: How do you make time for your pro bono work?
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Saturday, January 1, 2005
In today's highly dynamic information technology (IT) marketplace, businesses and other organizations routinely deploy heterogeneous IT networks consisting of hardware and software from multiple vendors. In such an environment, interoperability is a technical and business imperative. It is also a desired goal for government in the context of both public...
