EOSA Training - IPR: Technology Licenses

Interested in learning how open source interplays with intellectual property?

European Open Source Academy training team is bringing together several speakers for an hour session on IPR: Technology Licenses!

Speakers

• Nicolás Escudero - TRBL Intellectual Property
• Javier Serrano - Bamboo Legal

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Agenda

Part 1: Open source and copyright

• Software and copyright: what is protected, who owns it and why a licence is needed.
• Open source fundamentals: what “open source” means (and what it does not mean).
• How open-source licences work: rights granted, conditions and main licence models (permissive, weak copyleft and strong copyleft).
• Using and combining open-source software: key obligations and licence compatibility.
• Releasing software as open source: confirming ownership, reviewing third-party code, choosing a licence and managing contributions.
• Brief mention to hardware licence.
   

Part 2: Patents and copyright

• What are patents? 
• Patentability requirements.
• Exclusions and non-inventions.
• Incompatibilities and synergies with copyright.
• How to patent software and/or hardware.
• Semiconductor topographies.

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