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Lecture: " Open Source Licences and the Boundaries of Knowledge Production " Michael Madison , Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Place: Fauteux Hall , room 351 Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa Description: What is the future of open source licensing? The presentation will use Jacbosen v. Katzer, a recent opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that analyzes an open source software license, to frame a discussion of open source issues that are conceptual, historical, and practical. For more information . RSVP needed to techlaw@uottawa.ca or on Facebook group . Dr. Madison appears to be a fairly enlightened lawyer who has studied and published on IP, copyright and (software) licensing issues: Intellectual Property and Americana, or Why IP Gets the Blues . 18 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 677 (2008). The Idea of the Law Rev...

International Study on the Impact of Copyright Law on Digital Preservation , A joint report of The Library of Congress National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (U.S.), The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC - U.K.), The Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Law Project (Australia) and The SURFfoundation (Netherlands) . July 2008

The October issue of the Communications of the ACM has two complementary articles in the area of Intellectual Property. Complementary in that one is one copyright reform and the other is on (software) patents: Does copyright law need to be reformed? Pamela Samuelson. Abstract: Considering the issues involved in developing a simplified new copyright law and associated administrative mechanisms . [Software Patents]: The good, the bad and the ugly . Matt E. Thatcher, David E. Pingry. Abstract: The goal of improving patent quality remains elusive both from an economic and process perspective.