Articles & Publications

Andrew Updegrove explains the blockchain and cyber securities in an interview by Mackrell International

04/08/2021

Mackrell International, a global legal network of which Gesmer Updegrove is a part, recently interviewed Andrew Updegrove, asking him to explain the history and operations of the blockchain and cryptocurrencies. …

Gesmer Updegrove LLP – We’re All About Overcoming Challenges

02/18/2021

None of us could have planned on 2020. We were all tested in ways we never could have imagined when the year began. At Gesmer Updegrove, we didn’t let those …

Joanna Lee posted “All About DCOs and CLAs”

09/23/2020

Joanna Lee’s blog post “All About CLAs and DCOs” provides useful information for anyone participating in open source software development. Click here to read the post.

Andy Updegrove posted “Invitation to Participate in Comments Regarding Huawei Participation in Standards Development”

09/23/2020

The firm is providing detailed comments and recommendations to the Department of Commerce relating to the DoC’s controversial rules relating to the participation by Huawei in standards development. All are …

Lee Gesmer and Bill Hilton posted “Seeking to Capitalize on Booking.com case, Kevin Kickstarter Seeks Advice From His Attorney”

07/07/2020

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Lee Gesmer published “Does Genius Have an Illegal “Scraping” Case Against Google?” in the June 2020 issue of Cyberspace Lawyer.

06/10/2020

To see the blog post this article was adapted from go to MassLawBlog.

Andy Updegrove posted “Equality Before the Law: A Failed Standard?”

06/08/2020

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Lee Gesmer posted “Is the Internet Archive’s ‘National Emergency Library’ Copyright Infringement or Fair Use?”

06/08/2020

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Kevin Peters was quoted in The Boston Globe regarding COVID-19 liability

05/28/2020

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Joe Laferrera was quoted in an article about COVID-19’s effect on lawyers in Boston

05/26/2020

Joe was quoted in “COVID-19 Crisis A ‘Sea Change’ For Boston Lawyers” posted on Law360. It’s the first of a three-part series on the impact of the pandemic on the legal community. Read …

Michael Brier published “Massachusetts Implements Tough New Standards for Securities Brokers” in SumNEWS May 2020 issue.

05/18/2020

You can read the article here.

Andy Updegrove posted “Standards and Open Source News Summary”

03/05/2020

Click here to read the article on the Standards Blog.

Joanna Lee posted “Why Source Code Scanning Tools are Essential to Open Source Compliance”

02/25/2020

Click here to read the article on the Standards Blog.

Russ Schlossbach posted “Antitrust Laws and Open Collaboration”

02/19/2020

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Joanna Lee posted “What Every User of Open Source Software Needs to Know About License Types”

02/12/2020

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Lee Gesmer published “FTC and DOJ Face Off Over Antitrust And FRAND Licensing In FTC v. Qualcomm”

12/16/2019

To see the blog post this article was adapted from go to MassLawBlog

Lee Gesmer posted “Oracle v. Google In a Nutshell”

12/06/2019

New post added to MassLawBlog.com

Lee Gesmer posted “Supreme Court Will Decide if “generic.com” Trademarks Are Entitled to Trademark Protection”

12/04/2019

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Lee Gesmer posted “Dirty Politics – How is This Like Lawyering?”

10/12/2019

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Lee Gesmer posted “’Contract, Combination or Conspiracy’ – Can Peloton’s Lawsuit Survive the Music Publishers’ Motion to Dismiss?”

09/30/2019

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Lee Gesmer posted “A Few Observations From the Ninth Circuit En Banc Argument in Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin”

09/25/2019

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Lee Gesmer posted “Copyright Office Backs Led Zeppelin In Ninth Circuit En Banc Appeal”

09/13/2019

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Client Advisory – Export Restrictions, Membership Organizations and Huawei

05/30/2019

New U.S. sanctions against Huawei in the escalating U.S. – China trade war have thrown another wrench into the gears of global commerce.  But how do these sanctions affect standards …

GU Client, Millie, featured on Built in Boston

03/29/2019

Built in Boston featured Gesmer Updegrove client, Millie, as an innovative technology company in the charitable giving space. Millie’s charitable giving application matches users with three nonprofits per week and provides users …

Lee Gesmer published “Disney v. Redbox: Misuse It and Lose It” in the July 2018 issue of Cyberspace Lawyer

07/11/2018

To see the blog post this article was adapted from go to MassLawBlog.