Articles by Mark Radcliffe

Mark Radcliffe

Mark earned a B.S. in Chemistry magna cum laude from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He's been practicing law in Silicon Valley for over 25 years and is currently a senior partner at DLA Piper, a new global law firm formed in 2005 from the merger of three law firms. The firm now has 3600 lawyers in 25 countries and 65 cities. Mark's practice is a mix of corporate securities and intellectual property, and he works with many startups as well as large global companies. He's enjoyed the opportunity to work with companies in many industries, ranging from semiconductor to digital media to open source. Mark is the General Counsel, pro bono, of the Open Source Initiative and ran the "users" committee reviewing the GPLv3 draft.

Internet Law Part III: Ownership of Copyrights
By Mark Radcliffe on Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 in Open Source Licensing

Remember those New Year’s resolutions? We know, it happens to us every year as well. There’s always next year. Do yourself a big, huge, legal favor this year and read the final article in our three part series on Internet Law. Seriously, don’t get caught messing with the top four major intellectual property laws in the United States.

Internet Law Part II: Patent, Trademark and Trade Secret Law
By Mark Radcliffe on Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 in Open Source Licensing

Broken those New Year’s resolutions yet? Well, we didn’t really care about them anyway, except for the one on Copyright Law we assigned you last month. Do yourself a big, huge, legal favor this year and read the second article in our three part series on Internet Law. Seriously, don’t get caught messing with the top four major intellectual property laws in the United States.

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Internet Law Part I: Copyright Law
By Mark Radcliffe on Thursday, January 29th, 2009 in Technical

Broken your New Year’s resolutions yet? We’ve got a new one for you, and it’s much easier to keep than anything having to do with Physical Fitness. Do yourself a big, huge, legal favor this year and read the first article in our three part series on Internet Law. Seriously, don’t get caught messing with the top four major intellectual property laws in the United States.

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Top Ten Open Source Legal Issues for 2008
By Mark Radcliffe on Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 in Open Source Licensing

2007 was the one of the most active years for legal developments in the history of free and open source, and 2008 saw a continuation of important legal developments. Here’s our list of the top ten FOSS legal developments in 2008.

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The Open Source Model Really IS a New Software Paradigm
By Mark Radcliffe on Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 in Community

A close look at the way the elements of open source development, acquisition and maintenance are effecting broad changes in the industry…

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