First Publication Date: 7th January 2008 The Copyright law protects ideas expressed on a tangible form. Ideas by themselves do not get any protection; only...
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Software Escrow, Licenses and Contracts
We are happy to bring to you a guest post on Software escrow and licenses written by Jorge Sagastume, Vice President, EscrowTech International, Inc. In...
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The District Court of the Northern District of California held last week that Google's use of 37 Java APIs of Oracle does not give...
Read more about Google’s use of Java APIs in Android – fair use?Is use of Java APIs by Google Fair Use?
In 2010, Oracle sued Google for copying 37 Java packages, 8 specialized Java security packages, and a routine called “rangeCheck" in its Android operating system. Oracle...
Read more about Is use of Java APIs by Google Fair Use?One IP issue out of OSS Community’s way – SCO Vs. IBM Litigation Ends
One of the first IP litigations to hit the open source community was the suit filed by SCO against IBM in 2003. In the...
Read more about One IP issue out of OSS Community’s way – SCO Vs. IBM Litigation EndsIIMB’s Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Initiative: Bringing college to you!
Indian Institute of Management (IIMB) has become the first business school in India to offer Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) through their program called ‘IIMBx’....
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It has been reported that Apple's new programming language Swift, which is now in its second version will be made available as open source...
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The Indian Government recently released its policy on adoption and use of Open Source Software (OSS) for government projects. The policy seeks to cut costs...
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[slideshare id=45505179&doc=softwareandmusiclicensing-150306003703-conversion-gate01] The presentation herein was given by Dr. Kalyan Kankanala. It deals with the different types of IP, assignment and licensing. Important clauses such...
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