GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco and Wael Nackasha taught a course at the Vector Institute for AI

GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco and Wael Nackasha taught a course at the Vector Institute for AI, called “Open Source x AI Workshop Navigating the Open Source Software Landscape from a Legal Perspective”.   The open source software (OSS) movement has revolutionized the software industry, with widespread adoption and contribution from both individual developers and large corporations.  However, navigating the legal landscape of OSS presents unique challenges, particularly in the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence (AI).   The workshop was designed to help navigate the legal landscape of OSS and educate startups, SMBs, and research professionals on the […]

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GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco and Sayoko Blodgett-Ford presented a webinar with High Technology Sector of LES covering a Deeper Dive on AI Topics by Popular Request

GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco and Sayoko Blodgett-Ford presented a webinar with High Technology Sector of the Licensing Executives Society on August 24, 2023. The webinar, titled “Deeper Dive on AI Topics by Popular Request” covered the topics voted as important by LES members, including: AI and procurement, including government procurement Best practices for using GAI to generate computer code, including policies and procedures If you have any questions about AI legal issues please contact Tony Decicco at [email protected] or Sayoko Blodgett-Ford at [email protected].

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GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco and Wael Nackasha presented a webinar with OpenChain on Generative AI

GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco, Principal, and Wael Nackasha, Associate, presented a webinar with OpenChain on September 11, 2023. The webinar titled “Generative AI and Your Code: Maximizing the Opportunity While Managing the Risks” provided an introduction to GAI and its use to generate software code, text and images. Tony and Wael explained how machines learn, including training data and the resulting models. The webinar covered how developers are using GAI tools (such as GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT) to write and augment source code, with a focus on: A ‘demo’ of how the tools work Community reactions and […]

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GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco presented a webinar with High Technology Sector of LES covering AI Usage and Navigating Urgent Legal Requests with Limited Resources

GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco, Principal, presented a webinar with High Technology Sector of the Licensing Executives Society on July 27, 2023. The webinar, titled “AI Triage 101-Navigating Urgent Legal Request with Limited Resources” covered how to manage urgent requests from developers and data scientists around use of AI. Topics covered included: Licensing and rights needed to use datasets for training models Intersection between AI & open source Strategies & related risk mitigation for using GAI to write, test, and improve software code If you have any questions about AI legal issues please contact Tony Decicco at [email protected].

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GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco and Sayoko Blodgett-Ford presented a webinar with Synopsys covering AI and Software Development

GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco and Sayoko Blodgett-Ford presented a webinar with Synopsys (Black Duck) on June 28, 2023. The webinar, titled “Ask the Experts: AI and Software Development” discussed the rise of AI in software development, and how to responsibly leverage this new technology. Topics covered included: The benefits and risks for using AI in software development The evolving legal and regulatory landscape Practical advice for using AI If you have any questions about Generative AI legal issues please contact Tony Decicco at [email protected] or Sayoko Blodgett-Ford at [email protected].

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GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco presented a webinar with High Technology Sector of LES covering Rise of Generative AI

GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco, Principal, presented a webinar with High Technology Sector of the Licensing Executives Society on June 22, 2023. The webinar, titled “The Rise of Generative AI-Legal Issues and Practical Risk Mitigation Strategies” explored GAI and how to leverage the benefits of AI while avoiding legal issues and risks. Topics covered included: Introduction to GAI, including software code, text, images, audio and video Machine learning, including training data, resulting models and related issues Legal issues in focus, including copyright, license training data, authorship, and inventorship Current litigation facing GAI companies Practical approaches to using GAI […]

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GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco presented a webinar with Synopsys covering Best Practices for Using AI in Software Development

GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco, Principal, presented a webinar with Synopsys (Black Duck) on June 14, 2023. The webinar, titled “Best Practices for Using AI in Software Development” provided an introduction to generative artificial intelligence (GAI) and how to minimize risk when using it in your organization. Topics covered included: What GAI is and how machines learn Legal issues with AI including copyright, web scraping, and more Overview of current litigation Practical approaches to using GAI while minimizing risk If you have any questions about AI legal issues please contact Tony Decicco at [email protected].

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GTC Hiring Open Source and Software Licensing Associate

Position Requirements 1-7+ years of technology/software law experience from a leading law firm, in-house legal department or open source program office Degree in computer science or software engineering and/or experience in the software industry as a developer a plus Experience with open source software licensing review and compliance is a plus, including: Familiarity with common open source licenses Familiarity with software composition analysis tools (such as Synopsys/Black Duck and Flexera/Palamida/Revenera) Licensed to practice law in US Excellent written and oral communication High comfort level with work in a distributed professional environment and eagerness to actively build relationships Strong attention to […]

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GTC Presents at NECCA

On November 13, 2019, GTC Shareholders Rick Olin and Tom Hemnes presented to over 60 members of the New England Corporate Counsel Association (“NECCA”) on contract drafting. Their discussion covered both basic and advanced topics, including recent developments in the areas of risk mitigation, “super caps” on liability, and the impact of GDPR, CCPA and other privacy legislation on contractual relationships. Copies of their presentation materials can be found here: NECCA Slide Deck – ROlin – 11 13 19 (v 11 08 19)      

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EU Parliament Approves Copyright Reform

March 2019 On March 26, 2019, the European Parliament voted 348 to 274 (with 36 abstaining) to pass the European Union Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (the “Directive”). Among the Directive’s broad regulations are two key requirements that have garnered significant attention: 1) that news aggregators (such as Google News) must now pay licensing fees to use content (Article 15) and 2) that large platforms (such as YouTube) must monitor content generated by their users for copyright infringement (Article 17). The proposal had been fiercely opposed by parties concerned about potential censorship in the future and tech […]

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