Open Source Licenses - Understanding the Intellectual Property

On October 21, 2008, Beverly Berneman will speak on Open Source Licenses at the Practising Law Institute's seminar, "Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2008." Topics Ms. Berneman will cover include:

• Varying terms in open source licenses and their impacts;
• Quality, security, support, and compliance issues in open source licenses;
• Key provisions and impact of GPLv3;
• Litigation and enforcement activity involving open source licenses; and
  
• Business models based on open source technology.

For additional information on this seminar, please click here to visit Practising Law Institute website.

Ms. Berneman is the Chair of Querrey & Harrow's Intellectual Property Practice Group and focuses her practice on protecting her client's Intellectual Property such as patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. The scope of her services encompasses a wide range of transactions involving Intellectual Property such as registration, licensing, mergers and acquisitions, and documentation related to financing the development of Intellectual Property Assets as well as litigation. She has extensive experience in conducting audits of Intellectual Property and developing Intellectual Property management programs for companies of all sizes and in various industries.