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