Why the OOXML Vote Still Matters: A Proposal to Recognize the Need for “Civil ICT Standards”

February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This rather long essay is in one sense a reply to the open letter recently released by Patrick Durusau, in which he suggested that it was time to acknowledge progress made and adopt OOXML. But it is also an explanation of why I have for the first time in my career become personally involved […]

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Going Mobile: The Year of the OSS Smart Phone Startup

February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

If you’ve always been itching to launch a startup but just couldn’t come up with a killer idea, well, your ship is about to come in. No, it won’t be quite as good as the Internet Bubble years, when any fool could raise a few million (hell, $30 or $40 million) to sell dog […]

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EU Initiates Investigation Against Microsoft OOXML Push

February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

OpenDocument and OOXMLThe Wall Street Journal reported this morning that EU regulators have announced a third investigation into Microsoft’s conduct on the desktop. This latest action demonstrates that while the EU has settled the case against Microsoft that ran for almost a decade, it remains as suspicious as ever regarding the software vendor’s conduct, […]

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  • Andy Updegrove

     Andy Updegrove

    Andy Updegrove is a partner and founder of Gesmer Updegrove LLP, a Boston-based technology law firm, and has represented and helped structure more than 80 worldwide standard setting, open source, promotional and advocacy consortia over the past 20 years. He has also represented hundreds of both emerging as well as established technology companies, and is the founder and editor of both the popular website http://www.consortiuminfo.org and the widely-read Standards Blog

  • Karen Copenhaver

     Karen Copenhaver

    Karen Copenhaver is a partner in Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP ‘s Business & Technology practice focusing on technology transfer and licensing of intellectual property with a specific emphasis on open source business models. Most recently, Copenhaver was executive vice president and general counsel at Black Duck Software, Inc.