GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Leon Schwartz Authored a Post for Flexera’s Software Composition Analysis Blog

GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Leon Schwartz authored a blog post which was published on Flexera’s Software Composition Analysis blog on May 14, 2020. The blog post titled: “Open Source Software Licensing: Not everything is as it seems” showcases that open source licensing is not always straight-forward and highlights the need for diligent review. Read more here: https://www.flexerasoftware.com/blog/software-composition-analysis/2020/05/open-source-software-licensing-not-everything-is-as-it-seems/

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Supreme Court Decision on Remedies for TM Infringement

Last month, the Supreme Court, in its decision Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil Grp., Inc., 140 S. Ct. 1492 (2020) clarified that a finding of willfulness is not a pre-requisite for consideration of a profits award under 15 U. S. C. §1117(a) of the Lanham Act. Essentially, what this means is that it is no longer required for a plaintiff to prove than an infringer willfully infringed the plaintiff’s trademark(s) in order to ask for the infringer to have to disgorge their profits from the infringement. However, the court took care to make sure that a defendant’s state of mind […]

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GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Anthony Decicco Co-authored a Software Integrity Blog with Synopsis

GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Anthony Decicco co-authored a blog post with Synopsis on May 5, 2020. The blog post titled: “Navigating M&A Tech Due Diligence From a Safe Distance” covers practical tips for completing tech due diligence and focusing on open source software when teams can’t meet in person. Read more here: https://www.synopsys.com/blogs/software-security/tech-due-diligence-social-distance/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=eloqua

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GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco and Leon Schwartz Presented a Webinar with OpenChain

GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco and Leon Schwartz presented a webinar on May 4, 2020 as part of OpenChain’s biweekly Webinar Series. The webinar provided a brief overview of open source-related topics in the context of mergers, acquisitions, financings, investments, IPOs, divestitures, loans, customer license agreements, rep and warranty insurance and other transactions. The webinar covered: • Types of open source risk • Open source due diligence as part of transactions • Open source-related terms in agreements • Strategic use of open source in transactions

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