[ale] [Fwd: June Meeting of The Atlanta UNIX Users Group (AUUG)]

[Michael H. Warfield]

Anyone NOT on the mailing list for the Atlanta Unix Users Group
(AUUG)...

The law firm of Morris, Manning & Martin are giving us one of their
Intellectual Properties (IP) talks.  They have done these down through
the many years and have always been extremely informative and
educational.  Now, more than ever, each and everyone one of us needs to
know how these laws affect us.  These people delivery a wealth of
information in all of their talks.  They have been instrumental in many
IP laws here in Georgia including the laws enabling electronically
signed documents for use in government.  Come and come prepared to take
notes (and ask questions).

If you have never been out to an AUUG meeting, this would be one to put
on your "must attend" list.

Regards,
Mike

-------- Forwarded Message --------
From: Atlanta UNIX Users Group <auug at auug.org>
To: mhw at wittsend.com
Subject: June Meeting of The Atlanta UNIX Users Group (AUUG)
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 13:36:47 -0400

Topic:    Can an API be copyrighted?

Speaker:  Marty Farrant
          Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP
          Atlanta, GA

Location: Matrix Resources
          115 Perimeter Center Place, Suite 250
          Atlanta, GA 30346
          (South Terraces Building - facing Dillard's @ Perimeter Mall)
          (GPS Coordinates: 33.928417, -84.341315)

Date:     Monday, June 4, 2012
Time:     7:30pm

(Our speaker has supplied the following regarding his talk)

  What's in a Name?  Recent Developments in Copyright Protection
  for APIs.

  The Oracle v. Google trial wrapping up in California has renewed
  the legal debate on whether copyright protection of software ex-
  tends to application programming interfaces (APIs).  We'll dis-
  cuss the current state of the law, and what an appellate victory
  for Oracle might mean to the software industry and developer com-
  munity.  We'll also have an interactive discussion on some of the
  analogies and constructs lawyers and developers can use to ex-
  plain these important software and legal concepts to our friends,
  families and colleagues.
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Prior to the meeting, there will be an informal, non-structured
"guru" session open to anyone wishing to attend.  This will start
around 6:45pm in the meeting room, and we will have one or more gu-
rus available to discuss whatever topics/problems/questions the at-
tendees care to bring up.
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It is with great pride that we recognize our Corporate Sponsors.
Being aware of the contributions made by the AUUG membership to the
Information Technology community, these firms, both large and
small, have made a commitment to provide assistance to AUUG.  We
are both pleased and grateful for their sponsorship, and hope that
they will continue to support AUUG in the days to come.
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       Subsequent Meeting:  Monday, August 6, 2012;  7:30 pm
                           Topic: (TBA)
                          Speaker: (TBA)
                     NOTE: NO MEETING IN JULY
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For those who need some sustenance before the meeting, you will
find kindred AUUG spirits at "Applebee's" restaurant, 130 Perimeter
Center Place (corner of Meadow Lane Rd, next to Loehman's) just 1/2
block from the meeting place.  Drop in any time after 5:30pm to sit
around and chew the fat and indulge in some of their fine cuisine.
This is a chance for folks to get together and exchange rumors,
ideas, assistance, etc.
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There is no charge to attend the meeting, nor any fee for member-
ship.  Just show up!

                        --- PLEASE POST ---
       For directions to meeting or other information, see:
                        http://www.auug.org


 Corporate Sponsors:
    Matrix Resources
                www.matrixres.com
    Mirant Corporation          [now part of GenOn Energy
                www.mirant.com      www.genon.com]
    Hewlett-Packard Co.
                www.hp.com
    Sun Microsystems            [Now part of Oracle Corp
                www.sun.com              www.oracle.com]
    Morris, Manning & Martin L.L.P.
                www.mmmlaw.com
    Dragon Networks, Inc.
                www.dragon.com



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