Intellectual Property for Engineers




Intellectual property is everywhere in software, especially in open source. From licenses to copyrights, our world is one drenched in IP. This talk will cover the essentials of IP law in the US, giving both open source developers and users a working knowledge of the systems behind those big blocks of legal text. Starting from the four main branches of IP, we’ll cover topics like copyrights, licenses, trademarks, CLAs, and more.

Speaker

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Noah Kantrowitz

  
Noah Kantrowitz is a web developer turned infrastructure automation enthusiast, and all around engineering rabble-rouser. He is an active member of the Chef community, and enjoys merge commits, cat pictures, and beards.