Free and Open Source Software Policy, Law and Practice

by Shemtov, Noam; Walden, Ian

• ISBN13: 9780199680498
• ISBN10: 0199680493
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-01-07
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Noam Shemtov, Lecturer in Intellectual Property and Technology Law, Queen Mary, University of London.,Ian Walden, 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.

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 & McKenzie http://www.bakermckenzie.com and is on the Board of the Press Complaints Commission.

Table of Contents

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