Free and Open Source Software: Policy, Law, and Practice - Noam Shemtov

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Résumé :
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has become an increasingly important part of everyday products (such as Android phones) and everyday systems (such as Linux). The book will be the first comprehensive examination of the legal, commerical and policy aspects of FOSS from a European perspective.

Biographie:
Noam Shemtov is a lecturer in Intellectual Property and Technology Law at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the LLM course convener for Intellectual Property and the Creative Industries. He is also the Programme Director for Certificate in Intellectual Property and the Certificate in Trade Mark Law and Practice. Noam is also a visiting lecturer at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and is a qualified solicitor both in the UK and in Israel. ; Dr Ian Walden is Professor of Information and Communications Law and Head of the Institute of Computer and Communications Law in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London. His publications include Telecommunications Law and Regulation (Editor, OUP, 4th ed., 2012). Ian has been involved in law reform projects for the World Bank, the European Commission, UNCTAD, UNECE and the EBRD, as well as for a number of individual states. Ian is a solicitor, Of Counsel to Baker & M

Sommaire:
1 Ian Walden: Open Source as Philosophy, Methodology and Commerce: Using Law with Attitude; 2 Ross Gardler: Open Source and Governance; Part 1: Intellectual Property Regimes; 3 Luke McDonagh: Copyright, contract and FOSS; 4 Noam Shemtov: Trade Marks and FOSS; 5 Malcolm Bain: Patents and FOSS; 6 Peter Langley: Patent Litigation and Patent Wars; Part 2: Business Models and Usage; 7 Amanda Brock: Commercial Agreements; 8 Neil Brown: Business Implications of FOSS; 9 Jakub Mencl and Kuan Hon: FOSS in a Cloud Environment; Part 3: Public Policy Issues; 10 Alan Cunningham: Open Source, Standardisation and Innovation; 11 Iain Mitchell QC: Public Sector and Open Source; 12 Andrew Katz: Open Everything