How the current intellectual property landscape impacts open source
Meet Doug Kim. He's a computer engineer-turned-lawyer who chairs the Intellectual Property Practice Group at McNair Law Firm in Columbia, South Carolina. Doug's practice…
Intellectual property
Key House committee looks at abusive patent litigation
In the latest evidence of the growing recognition that our patent system needs reform, last week the House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet held…
Making commercial open source software
I recently blogged about making open source software, and the high level steps for how to think about the process. We started with the need for software to seed the discussion…
The new software hygiene: Declare a license or risk losing participation
I had the privilege of working with David Tilbrook almost 25 years ago. He was the first person with whom I ever worked that clearly articulated proper software construction…
Pinterest and copyright: Why you should keep sharing--and keep pinning
Pinterest is a social site for image sharing around themes that launched in closed beta in March 2010. As the site proceeded through an invite system and finally registration…
ACTA's back
Technology issues are now a matter for citizens of the internet and not just big corporations. Now that the US bills SOPA and PIPA have been put on ice, attention has returned…