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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GTC Law Group PC & Affiliates’ Leon Schwartz Presented a Webinar with Strafford

GTC Law Group PC & Affiliates’ Leon Schwartz presented a webinar with Strafford on April 1, 2020. The webinar, titled “Managing IP While Using Open Source: Copyright and Patent Licensing” covered: • Risks and benefits of open source • Balancing open source and proprietary code • Managing and protecting IP in software that uses open source • Open source license compatibility issues • Open source license patent issues • Litigation issues involving patents and open source • Practical implications

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GTC Law Group PC & Affiliates’ Leon Schwartz Interviewed by OpenChain

The OpenChain Project has initiated a series of interviews with people involved with the OpenChain Project. GTC Law Group PC & Affiliates’ Leon Schwartz was recently selected to participate in an interview. Leon shared his history and experience with open source as both a software developer and a lawyer. Leon went on to describe the unique perspective GTC brings to open source due diligence and strategy in all types of transactions. Please see the full interview here: https://www.openchainproject.org/openchain-interview-11

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GTC Law Group PC & Affiliates Presented Program on Privacy and Security in Mergers and Acquisitions

GTC Law Group PC & Affiliates presented at a Boston Bar Association sponsored event on February 12, 2020. The course, titled “Privacy and Security in Mergers and Acquisitions”, provided an interactive review of privacy and security issues involved in acquiring and selling a privately held company, including large global companies, smaller businesses and business unit spin-offs. Please see link for greater details: https://bostonbar.org/membership/events/event-details?ID=33737

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GTC Welcomed as Latest Official Partner of The OpenChain Project

The OpenChain Project recently welcomed GTC Law Group PC & Affiliates as their latest official partner, bolstering their position in both the North American and global market. GTC partnering with the OpenChain Project marks another milestone in building out global support for user companies adopting OpenChain’s industry standard for open source compliance. “The OpenChain standard has the potential to both bring much-needed clarity to open source compliance programs and to reduce duplication of efforts in compliance programs and during M&A and investment transactions”, says GTC’s Leon Schwartz. “We look forward to continuing and growing our relationship with OpenChain and helping […]

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