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OSADL Legal Seminar 2011 on "Derivative Work"

November 30 to December 2, 2011
Robotation Academy
Hannover Fair, Pavillon 36
30521 Hannover, Germany

Program - Hotel

Rationale

One of the most frequently asked questions in the context of Open Source software deals with the conditions under which own source code must be disclosed. Such disclosure obligations may result from the copyleft of certain Open Source licenses. They may force a software developer to use the original license for so-called "derivative work". But what is "derivative work", how is it defined? This exactly is the main question that the 2011 edition of the OSADL Legal Seminar will be focusing on. OSADL is glad to present internationally acknowledged and leading law professors and lawyers who accepted the invitation to lead the seminar.

Refresher

This seminar will be built, in some ways, on earlier legal seminars on the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) version 2 and 3 and on the implication of patents on Open Source licenses. Participants who were unable to attend these earlier seminars are invited for a refresher course that will precede the actual seminar.

Program

Refresher Course on Wednesday, November 30, 2011

   1.30 pm -   2.00 pm 

Registration

   2.00 pm -   6.30 pm 

Refresher on GPLv2/v3 and on the implications of patents on Open Source licenses

   2.00 pm -   3.00 pm 

What is Open Source, what is GPL, what is copyleft? Information, disclosure and licensing obligations with GPLv2 and GPLv3

   3.00 pm -   3.30 pm 

Coffee Break

   3.30 pm -   5.00 pm 

Patents and Open Source I: Presentations of cases and questions, discussion

   5.00 pm -   5.30 pm 

Coffee Break

   5.30 pm -   6.30 pm 

Patents and Open Source II: Answers and discussion

Day #1 of the Legal Seminar on Thursday, December 1, 2011

   8.30 am -   9.00 am 

Registration

   9.00 am -   6.30 pm 

Derivative Work: Theory, definitions, presentations of cases, discussion and assessment

   9.00 am - 10.00 am 

Derivative Work under general copyright principles: Theory, definitions, presentations of cases, Dr. Till Jaeger

 10.00 am - 10.30 am 

Coffee Break

 10.30 am - 11.30 pm 

Derivative works in software under European and US copyright law, Prof. Axel Metzger

 11.30 am - 12.30 pm 

Overview about the various software component interfaces that may lead to derivative work, Dr. Carsten Emde

 12.30 pm -  2.00 pm 

Lunch Break

   2.00 pm -  3.30 pm 

Open Source licenses and derivate works: An overview, Dr. Till Jaeger

   3.30 pm -  4.00 pm 

Coffee Break

   4.00 pm -  5.00 pm 

Presentation of case #1 and #2, discussion

   5.00 pm -  5.30 pm 

Coffee Break

   5.30 pm -  6.30 pm 

Presentation of case #3 and #4, discussion

Day #2 of the Legal Seminar on Friday, December 2, 2011

   8.30 am -   9.00 am 

Registration

   9.00 am -   5.00 pm 

Derivative Work: Discussion of cases, assessments and recommendations

   9.00 am - 10.30 am 

Derivate works and software patents under Open Source licenses, Prof. Axel Metzger

 10.30 am - 11.00 am 

Coffee Break

 11.00 am - 12.30 pm 

Assessments and recommendations of case #1 and #2

 12.30 pm -  2.00 pm 

Lunch Break

   2.00 pm -  3.30 pm 

Assessments and recommendations of case #3 and #4

   3.30 pm -  4.00 pm 

Coffee Break

   4.00 pm -  5.00 pm 

Summary statements and conclusions

Contributors

Prof. Dr. Axel Metzger, LL.M. (Harvard)

Chair of Civil Law, Intellectual Property Law, Information Technology Law and Private International Law at the Institute of Legal Informatics of the Leibniz University Hannover

Dr. Till Jaeger

Certified copyright and media law attorney, lecturer at the Leibniz University Hannover, partner of JBB Rechtsanwälte in Berlin

Organization and refresher course

Dr. Carsten Emde, OSADL

Language

Please note that the seminar will be held in German language. Simultaneous interpreting will be provided, if requested.

For practical reasons, the seminar will focus on legal conditions in Europe. Whenever possible, however, other regions will be considered as weil.

Fee, Payment

After receiving your registration, a written confirmation and an invoice, if applicable, will be sent to the given address.

Access fee

Employees of OSADL member companies have free access to the refresher course and to the seminar. However, registration is still required. For non-members, the following fees apply:

Refresher (30.11) + legal seminar (1.12./2.12.)

672.27 euros + 19% VAT (127.73) = 800 euros per participant.

Legal seminar (1.12./2.12.) only

504.20 euros + 19% VAT (95.80) = 600 euros per participant.

Bank account

No. 19753506 at the Volksbank Neckartal (BLZ 672 917 00)
IBAN DE10672917000019753506

VAT-ID

Our VAT-ID is DE249975743.

Registration

Please use this form to register.

Map with directions

A map to calculate directions is available here.

Hotel recommendation

We recommend the Copthorne Hotel Hannover and the Hotel NEAR BY which both are within walking distance of the Hannover Messe (800 m) and the Robotation Academy (another 500 m).