USF Tech Transfer and the College of Engineering welcome intellectual property attorneys Steve Gardner and Heather Buchta, partners at the law firm Quarles & Brady LLP. They will give a presentation titled “Open Source Licensing and the Commercialization of Academic Technology: Choose Your Own Adventure Story” on Wednesday, March 6th at 2pm in the School of Engineering Room 109. This presentation can also be viewed on Microsoft Teams.
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This presentation compares the legal implications of various open source licenses and explains what the licenses allow and what they do not. Also, how each type of license impacts startup plans, how technology companies consider licensing, and how they enable collaboration and iteration while securing a path forward. We also analyze the impact of each type of license on future commercialization and collaboration paths. Product commercialization.
Buchta advises on information technology and data privacy, with a focus on trademark and copyright issues. With clients in industries including hospitality, healthcare, manufacturing, and consumer services, she specializes in software contracts, IT outsourcing, privacy programs and compliance, trademark prosecution and licensing, copyright prosecution and licensing, electronic contracts and technology. We focus on development deals.
Gardner is an intellectual property attorney who works with both domestic and emerging companies, research institutions, and other intellectual property owners to maximize the commercial value of inventions and enforce intellectual property rights. He advises clients on a wide range of technologies, including software, magnetic resonance imaging, CT imaging, medical devices, industrial equipment, semiconductor chip manufacturing, artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning, neural networks, LCDs, and LEDs. I went. manufacturing, processors, electronic controllers, etc.
