martes, septiembre 27, 2011

Jornadas y más jornadas

Mientras el mundo se acaba, la Comunidad Lvcentina no deja de organizar jornadas de propiedad intelectual

Jornada sobre contratos de distribución, Alicante 13 octubre 2011
El próximo día 13 de octubre se celebrará en el salón de actos del Colegio de Abogados de Alicante, y organizada por la Sección de especialistas en Derecho Industrial e Intelectual, una jornada sobre los contratos de Distribución con el siguiente programa:

1. Derecho de la competencia y distribución: las clausulas prohibidas en las contratos de distribución a la luz del Reglamento CE 330/2010.
D. Joaquín López Vallés, Comisión Nacional de la Competencia 18:00/ 18:30

2. Proyecto de ley de distribución
D. José Antonio Pérez Nevot, Catedrático de Derecho Mercantil,Universidad de Valencia 18.45/19.15

3. La finalización de los contratos de distribución: preavisos, indemnizaciones y otras cuestiones
D. Julio Nevot, Juez Magistrado del Juzgado de Primera Instancia nº6 de Alicante 19:30/20:00

La asistencia es libre, sujeta a la previa inscripción en el Colegio.


EOLE 2011: FLOSS in Business and Academia, Barcelona, 4 Noviembre 2011
Malcolm Bain (id-law partners) me pasa esta información sobre la celebración en Barcelona de EOLE 2011: FLOSS in Business and Academia, el 4 de noviembre de 2011.

"FOSS-based business and business models, licensing practices in software development projects that incorporate or are based on FOSS, and corporate due diligence with regard to FOSS use are three of many areas of interest when studying the legal issues of FOSS in business. This year’s Event hopes to elucidate some of the main issues raised by creating and running a FOSS-based business, from the “provider’s” perspective, on the one hand, and, on the other, enterprise purchase or “adoption” of FOSS and how they collaborate with FOSS projects. Among other topics, we aim to cover:


  • License selection and management
  • Licensing models, dual licensing, “open-core”, licenses “in the cloud”
  • Warranties and guarantees in FOSS projects
  • FOSS-based software development contracts
  • Legal issues for FOSS-based supply chain management
  • Enterprise collaboration and contributions to FOSS projects
  • Trademark policies and management.
FOSS is also becoming ever more present in Academia, both in education and research and development. Universities are incorporating more and more FOSS in their online learning platforms and increasingly participating in research projects whose results are published under a FOSS license. How is this impacting online offerings and student services, and also technology transfer and spin-offs? In particular, what are the legal issues raised for these institutions through these activities?"