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• FORUM!Live: more than just online Fritz Teufel interactive | everywhere | with every European Attorney, device Bardehle Pagenberg, Munich (Germany) • OSS licensing models

• Advantages and pitfalls in the use of OSS • Digital patents and OSS risks and defense strategies for the OSS patent portfolio • Patent clauses in OSS license models • Use of OSS and Risk mitigation: Checklists, compliance tools, OSS in patent license agreements and more

24 - 25 JUNE 2020 IN YOUR (HOME) OFFICE Learn Open Source Software - Licenses and Patents to m itigate risk s of OS S use by deve lopers! Aims and objectives YOUR SPEAKER Developers and their superiors need precise knowledge of the open source software Fritz Teufel European Patent Attorney, (OSS) conditions of use to be complied with Bardehle Pagenberg, if they want to integrate OSS in their own Munich (Germany) product development. Thus, they can avoid violations and factual loss of their Prior to joining IP firm Bardehle Pagenberg in 2006, own IP rights positions. Fritz Teufel has spent most of his professional career with IBM in various positions. Learn to avoid possible copyright and patent From 1990 to 2005, Fritz Teufel was Head of Patents law pitfalls when using different OSS licens- and with IBM Deutschland GmbH. ing models. You will be given plenty of ad- Previous posts had led him to Boca Raton/Florida vice on how to exclude legal dangers in the and Munich. use of OSS and will discuss examples of internal verification and release process. Based on his long-time professional activities for IBM and his high-level involvement in German and international IP organizations, Fritz Teufel gained an Who should attend? international reputation as a renowned expert for on IT related inventions. Do you work as an in-house patent, IP or legal counsel or as a patent attorney or IP attorney in private practice and do you need FORUM!Live to know how to use OSS in conformity with the law? The course will be conducted on our interactive learning platform: Then this is the right course for you. This • You listen to the presentation of the course is also suitable for members of IT/ speaker and see the slides, R&D departments in companies and research institutions. • You see the speaker and the other attendees via Webcam,

• You can ask your questions per audio, per video or in the chat, • During the breaks, you will be able to socialize with the speaker and the other participants at virtual coffee tables.

Your agenda

1st day: 13:30-17:00; 2nd day: 09:00-12:30 Open Source Software (OSS) • The open source movement - philosophy and economic importance • Open source vs. , open source vs. open standards

OSS licenses • Criteria for an OSS license • Typology of OSS licensing models (permissive licenses, effect) • Compatibility of OSS licenses

Use of OSS • OSS business models • Potentials and examples, advantages and pitfalls

OSS and copyright • Exclusive rights to the computer program: copyright infringements • Current case-law on GPL • Viral effect with GPLv2, GPLv3, Mozilla Public License version 2.0 (2012)

OSS and patents • The problem of 'software patents' • using OSS • Defense strategies: creating your own OSS patent portfolio, patent pools, indemnity, defensive publication • Patent license clauses in OSS license models ('', patent retaliation)

Use of OSS and risk mitigation • Copyright and patent clearance (pedigree effect); OSS procurement checklist • Preventing the viral effect • OSS compliance tools; handling invention disclosures • OSS in customer contracts and patent license agreements • OSS development during working/spare time

Open Source Software - Licenses and Patents

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REGISTRATION FORM Yes, I will attend Date and venue Open Source Software - Licenses and Patents 24 - 25 June 2020 in your (home) office

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Fee € 1,180.00 (+ German VAT) The fee includes course documentation (including free download) and a certificate. You will receive an Name invoice as well as confirmation.

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Company Technical requirements You can participate using personal computer, laptop Street or mobile devices and you have at your disposal: • a loudspeaker - then you will able to see speakers and slides, to listen to the lecture and Post code, city, country to ask questions via chat; • additionally a microphone or a headset Tel. no./Fax no. then you will be able to ask questions to the speakers and make contributions to the E-mail discussion, all participants will be able to hear you; Contact person at office • additionally a webcam - then you will be able to FI8417/0/0/0/0/0 see speakers and participants when asking Date, signature questions and contributing to the discussion.

CANCELLATION POLICY YOUR CONTACT Our general terms and conditions (as of 1 January 2016) apply and are available upon request. We can Jean-Claude Alexandre Ho, LL.M. send them to you at any time. Alternatively, you can Lawyer, Conference Manager access them online at www.forum-institut.com/t&c Tel. +49 6221 500-675 [email protected]

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