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Copyright Risks
When Using Open
Source Software
CHEAT SHEET
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SEPTEMBER 2015
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Lauren Bruzzone is senior group IP counsel, global services, sales and distributionation, IBM.
bruzzone@us.ibm.com
Shiveh Roe is an associate at Kilpatrick Townsend who focuses her practice on trademark,
copyright and domain name issues. sroe@kilpatricktownsend.com
Joe Petersen is a partner at Kilpatrick Townsend who focuses his practice on litigating copyright
and trademark cases involving new technologies and business models. jpetersen@
kilpatricktownsend.com
Copyright protection of
open source software
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Be particularly wary of
infringement indemnification
provisions that require
users who use the code
in a commercial product
to indemnify all other
contributors to the code
from legal claims, including
intellectual property
infringement actions.
Manage compliance
Perform due diligence on the
source of the software
Top Ten
Top Ten Tips to Gain Control,
Drive Innovation, and Lower
Costs with Open Source
Software (Sep. 2014).
www.acc.com/legalresources/
publications/topten/top-tentips-to-gain-control.cfm
Practice Resource
Company Open Source Policy
(Oct. 2014) www.acc.com/
company-open-sourcepolicy_oct14
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