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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GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco, Shareholder, & Leon Schwartz, Associate, Presented at Black Duck Flight 2019

GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco, Shareholder, & Leon Schwartz, Associate, presented at Black Duck Flight 2019 on September 19, 2019. The presentation, titled “So You’ve Got Your Open Source Audit Report, Now What?”, covered: • How to effectively identify and manage compliance and security risks associated with open source software • Next steps once you have composition of the code

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GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco, Shareholder, & Leon Schwartz, Associate, Presented at Black Duck Flight 2019

GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco, Shareholder, & Leon Schwartz, Associate, presented at Black Duck Flight 2019 on September 18, 2019. The presentation, titled “Stump the Lawyers: Q&A/Discussion of Open Source Licenses for Developers”, covered: • How to decode the legalese and details on open source licensing • Opportunity to share ideas, best practices and key success factors as it relates to open source licenses

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GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco Presented a Webinar with Black Duck

GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco, Shareholder, presented a webinar with Black Duck Software on August 15, 2019. The webinar, titled “What You Need to Know About Source Licensing,” offered practical advice to help to mitigate risk associated with open source and highlighted: • The history and risk of open source software • Intellectual property law for software licensing • The most popular licenses and their obligations

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GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco Presented a Webinar with Black Duck

GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco, Shareholder, presented a webinar with Black Duck Software on May 22, 2019. The webinar, titled “Growth of Web Services & APIs and the Risks in M&A,” highlighted the most significant risks associated with web services and how they can affect an M&A transaction, which covered: • Typical terms of service and common pitfalls • Legal compliance, data privacy, security and business risks that come with web services • Real-world examples of these risks • How a buyer can get a better understanding of these risks in a target’s codebase or a seller can […]

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GTC Law Group Hosted International Trademark Association (INTA) Reception

GTC Law Group hosted a cocktail reception at the Barking Crab on May 21st during INTA’s annual meeting in Boston. INTA’s annual meeting is the trademark community’s premier event for networking, continuing legal education and client meetings. GTC Law Group’s reception was an opportunity for over 70 trademark professionals to network and meet other professionals with common interest in trademark law.

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GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco Presented at Black Duck Software’s Conference

GTC Law Group’s Tony Decicco presented at Black Duck Software’s conference in London on April 2, 2019. The presentation, titled “So You’ve Got Your Open Source Audit Report, Now What? Best Practices for Companies of all Sizes.” covered: • How to conduct an open source/third-party software audit • Strategies for getting the most out of your code scan • Key aspects of an effective open source/third-party software policy for both inbound use and outbound contributions

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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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Copyright Registration Ruling

SUPREME COURT DECISION PLACES PREMIUM ON EARLY COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION In the United States, copyright “registration” is a prerequisite to most suits for infringement of a US-origin work. Timely registration is also a prerequisite to the important remedies of statutory damages and attorneys’ fees. But what does “registration” mean? Circuit Courts of Appeals were split on the question of whether “registration” means filing an application for registration or actually obtaining the registration from the Copyright Office. Under current practices, this can make a difference of seven months on average – an eternity in the case of a serious infringement for which […]

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