Simone Aliprandi (Italy)
(b. 1979) is an Italian attorney-at-law and researcher. He got an
additional degree in Public Administration Science and earned a Ph.D.
degree in Information Society at the Bicocca University of Milan. He
founded and still coordinates the Copyleft-Italia.it project and has
published numerous books devoted to openculture and copyleft. He also
collaborates as a legal consultant with Array (http://array.eu).
Juliette Ancelle (Switzerland)
is an associate of the boutique law firm id est avocats sàrl. She
studied at the Universities of Lausanne and Montreal, as well as at the
New York University School of Law, where she graduated with an LL.M.
in 2009. She was admitted to the New York State Bar that same year. She
advises and represents clients mainly in business and corporate matters
as well as in intellectual property cases, including open source. She
maintains a on Social Media and IP issues.
Malcolm Bain (Spain)
(b. 1966) is an attorney-at-law and partner at id law partners, a
Barcelona based boutique law firm specialising in ICT law. He is a
member of the editorial committee of the International Free and Open
Source Software Law Review, and lectures at several universities in
Spain on the legal aspects of free and open source law.
Shane Coughlan
is an expert in communication methods and business development. He is
best known for building bridges between commercial and non-commercial
stakeholders in the technology sector. His professional accomplishments
include establishing a legal department for the main NGO promoting Free
Software in Europe, building a professional network of over 270 legal
counsel and technical experts across 4 continents, and aligning
corporate and community interests to launch the first law review
dedicated to Free/Open Source Software.
Wouter Dammers (The Netherlands)
(b. 1985) is an attorney-at-law at LAWFOX Advocatuur in Amsterdam,
The Netherlands. Wouter specializes in IT law, open source compliance,
e-commerce, privacy and IP law. Wouter is known for providing practical
legal advise involving IT and internet related issues. He regularly
drafts and reviews contracts involving software development, IT projects
and privacy compliance. Wouter is familiar in conducting legal
proceedings and providing dispute resolution. Wouter finalized his
Master Law and Technology (cum laude, 2009) and his Master International
and European Public Law (with merit, 2008) at Tilburg University. Wouter
regularly blogs, tweets (@WouterDammers) and publishes on
IT-related topics.
Arnoud Engelfriet (Introduction)
(b. 1974) is an IT lawyer and European patent attorney. He works as
partner at ICTRecht legal services in the Netherlands. In 2005, while
working for Royal Philips, he was involved in the software patent debate
surrounding the Directive and has the mental scars to prove it.
With his computer science background Arnoud focuses on complex legal/technical ICT issues and software licenses (in particular open source). His blog Ius mentis is one of the most popular sites on the subject of IT and law in the Netherlands. Arnoud is a part-time teacher at the VU University of Amsterdam.
Tim Engelhardt (Germany)
(b. 1974) is an attorney-at-law at the Berlin-based law firm
JBB Rechtsanwälte. He graduated from the University of Munich and
Columbia Law School (LL.M.). He completed his doctoral thesis on the EU
law of geographical indications at the University of Zurich. In his
practice he specialises in various aspects of IT and IP law. His
particular focus is on FOSS issues, including both the enforcement of
FOSS rights and advising on licensing matters.
Eli Greenbaum (Israel)
is an attorney at Yigal Arnon & Co. in Jerusalem, specialising in
intellectual property law and transactions. He has an M.S. in Applied
Physics from Columbia University and a J.D. from Yale Law School. Eli
has published widely in the areas of open source software and
open hardware.
Michel Jaccard (Switzerland)
is the founder of id est avocats sàrl, and a widely respected tech
media, IP and corporate law expert. He studied and worked in Lausanne,
Geneva and New York and now teaches and publishes extensively on legal
issues relating to software licensing, information technology, business
process outsourcing structures, data protection and online services. He
regularly advises clients on intellectual property and technology, as
well as on corporate acquisitions, disposals and collaboration. He has
been a member of the editorial committee of the IFOSS law review until
Spring 2011.
Till Jaeger (Germany)
(b. 1969) is an attorney-at-law and partner at JBB Rechtsanwälte, a
Berlin based law firm. Till Jaeger is a founding member of the Institute
for Legal Questions on Free and Open Source Software (ifrOSS) in
Germany, which researches legal questions regarding the Open Source
model (http://www.ifross.org). He has represented the
gpl-violations.org project in several lawsuits to enforce the GPL. Till
Jaeger was a member of the Committee C in the GPLv3 drafting process.
Andrew Katz (United Kingdom)
(b. 1966) is a partner at Moorcrofts LLP, a boutique law firm based in
the Thames Valley, England. He became a barrister in 1990 and in 1993
requalified (and now practises as) a solicitor. Prior to his legal
career, Andrew was a programmer. He is a founder editor of the
International Free and Open Source Software Law Review. He is a visiting
lecturer at Queen Mary College, University of London, and sits on the
legal advisory panel of the Open Rights Group, and the UK panel for the
Free Software Foundation Europe.
Lucien Cheng-Hsia Lin (Taiwan)
(b. 1976) is a legal specialist and management advisor at "Open Source
Software Foundry, OSSF", a mission-oriented project launched and
sponsored by the highest academic institution in Taiwan, Academia
Sinica, from 2003. He is in charge of the analysis and interpretation of
FOSS licenses, the record and track of FOSS business trends and models
for OSSF office, and serves as the legal lead of Creative Commons Taiwan
from 2014. He is also a guest lecturer at National Chiao Tung University
located in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
http://www.openfoundry.org/en/about
Iain G. Mitchell QC (United Kingdom — Scotland)
is in private practice as an Advocate (Barrister) in Scotland. He is the
Chairman of the Scottish Society for Computers & Law, Chairman of the
Faculty of Advocates Information Technology Group, Co-convenor of the
Scottish Lawyers European Group, and a Liveryman of the Worshipful
Company of Information Technologists. He holds office as the United
Kingdom representative on the Information Technology committee of the
CCBE and is a member of the IT Panel of the Bar Council of England &
Wales and of the Scottish Courts Technology Forum. He is a member of the
editorial committee of the International Free and Open Source Software
Law Review and was editor of the former e-law review. He is recommended
in the Legal 500 for IT Law and is rated in Band 1 for both IT Law and
Public Procurement Law in the Chambers Directory.
Jongbaek Park (Korea)
heads the Open Source Team as a senior partner at Bae Kim & Lee LLC, an
international law firm based in Korea.He also serves as the president of
Korea Open Source Law Center, an inter-disciplinary organisation
dedicated to research, training, providing solutions to issues
surrounding open source software and hosting annual conference, FOSS
Con,Korea with FSFE and NIPA. He is a widely acknowledged expert in the
field of open source software in Korea. He has delivered a number of
lectures about FOSS licenses at various forums and conferences.The
author would like to acknowledge significant contributions to research
by three attorneys, Youngduk Rew, former legal coordinator at Korea Open
Source Law Center, Hye Jin Hwang and Nari Hong.
Fabrice Perbost (France)
is a partner in the Paris office of Kahn & Associés. Fabrice advises
companies in the field of intellectual property and technologies,
particularly as regards private and public contracts. In the course of
his activity, Fabrice has developed a specific expertise in the Open
Source model. Fabrice is a member of several IP/IT working groups such
as ITechLaw (International Technology Law Association) and also a
lecturer at two Paris universities.
Carlo Piana (Italy)
is an Italian lawyer and a digital liberties activist. He is external
General Counsel to the Free Software Foundation Europe and the President
of the Board of the Protocol Freedom Foundation. He advises and assists
clients in matters concerning information technology, Free and Open
Source Software, data protection and trademarks/domain names. He is a
member of the editorial committee of the International Free and Open
Source Software Law Review.
João Pedro Quintais (Portugal)
is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Information Law (IViR),
University of Amsterdam. His current research focuses on alternative
models to copyright enforcement on the Internet. João Pedro holds an
LL.M in Intellectual Property and Competition Law from the Munich
Intellectual Property Law Center. He’s a qualified lawyer, member of the
Portuguese Bar Association, who has worked since 2004 in the
intellectual property and information technology areas, both as a lawyer
and as legal counsel for a multinational software house.
http://www.ivir.nl/staff/quintais.html
Ana Ramalho (Portugal)
is an Associate Professor of Intellectual Property at the University of
South Wales (United Kingdom). Her current research interests are the
aspects of the intersection between copyright law and European Union
law, in particular regarding matters of competence. Ana is also part of
several editorial boards and has served as an ad-hoc consultant to IP
related organizations such as World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) or the European Patent Office (EPO).
Andrew Rens (South Africa)
(b 1968) is a South African law and technology scholar and attorney. He
is a Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke Law School and an attorney at
Garratt Hugo & De Souza Incorporated, Johannesburg, South Africa. He
advises commercial and non-profit clients on open source licenses, open
media licences, open data, open hardware and open standards.
Tomasz Rychlicki (Poland)
(b. 1975) is a Polish patent and trade mark attorney and IT&IP lawyer.
He graduated from the University of Gdańsk, the Faculty of Law, European
Law Center. Tomasz also studied at Chicago-Kent College of Law in
the LL.M. Program in International Intellectual Property Law. He is a
member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Intellectual Property
Law & Practice and a country correspondent for the Computer and
Telecommunications Law Review. Tomasz is one of the founding members of
the Editorial Committe of the International Free and Open Source
Software Law Review.
Henri Tanskanen (Finland)
is an Associate at HH Partners, Attorneys-at-law Ltd., with a background
in corporate open source compliance work. He also works as an Open
Source Specialist for Validos ry, an association providing sharing and
production of open source compliance information to its
corporate members.
Ywein Van den Brande (Belgium)
(b. 1977) is an attorney-at-law and partner at Crealaw, a Brussels based
law firm. With his dual background of lawyer and information scientist,
Ywein focuses on IT and IP. He is a member of the editorial committee of
the International Free and Open Source Software Law Review. He is a
guest lecturer at Groep T/KULeuven.
Wanda van Kerkvoorden (The Netherlands)
(b. 1968) is an attorney-at-law and partner at SOLV, an Amsterdam based
law firm. Wanda is specialised in supervising complex ICT projects and
conducting legal proceedings involving ICT disputes. She also advises on
and conducts legal proceedings involving ASP/ SaaS, cloud computing,
compliance and (open source) software protection. She is a member of the
international iTechLaw association.
Martin von Willebrand (Finland)
is the Head of Technology and Partner at HH Partners,
Attorneys-at-law, Ltd. He is the chairman of Validos ry, an association
providing sharing and production of open source compliance information
to its corporate members, including for example Fujitsu Finland,
Vaisala, Cargotec, Cassidian Finland and Tieto. He is a board and
steering group member of COSS – The Finnish Centre for Open Systems
and Solutions. He has widely received recommendations for his work
mainly in the technology field from publications such as Legal 500,
Chambers Europe and Who’s Who Legal. His clients in the free software
field include, in addition to many businesses such as Ixonos Oyj, Free
Software Foundation Europe, the Ministry of Environment of Finland,
Validos and Aalto University.
Alan Walter (France)
specialises in intellectual property and technologies. He provides legal
assistance in both advice and litigation in several fields like software
industry (in particular Open Source matters), Internet & innovative
technologies regulation, IP, and privacy and data protection.
Mark H. Webbink (United States)
(b. 1950) is senior lecturing fellow at Duke University School of Law.
Webbink is the former general counsel of Red Hat, Inc., and presently
serves on the board of directors of the Software Freedom Law Center. A
founding member of the editorial board of the International Free and
Open Source Software Law Review. In May 2011 Webbink assumed the role of
editor and publisher of the well known open source blog Groklaw.
http://www.nyls.edu/faculty/faculty_profiles/mark_webbink
Yang Xia (China)
is an associate professor at the Law School of Beijing Normal
University, one of the oldest universities in China. The main research
field of Mr. Yang Xia focuses on computer law, software law and high
technology law. Yang Xia teaches Science and Technology law, Computer
law, Intellectual Property law and Legal English. Yang Xia was awarded
the European Union Eramus Mundus scholarship for his studies at the EU
law center of the University of Warsaw and is member of CLAST (China Law
Association on Science and Technology).