Lee Gesmer posted “The FTC: Non-Compete Agreements Must Go”
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Client Success Stories – Soom, Inc.
Interview with Charlie Kim, CEO of Soom Inc.
Tell Us About Your Journey
My journey as an entrepreneur starts very early on as a kid growing up and watching my parents. They …
Massachusetts Voters Narrowly Approve “Millionaires Tax”
Since the inception of Massachusetts’ income tax, the Commonwealth’s constitution has provided that tax could only be assessed at a flat rate across all income levels–currently 5%. When Massachusetts voters …
Lee Gesmer posted “Lanier v. Harvard: ‘Do The Right Thing'”
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Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Google’s Algorithm-Based Recommendations are Protected Under Section 230
By Lee Gesmer
Have you noticed that when you perform a search on Youtube you start seeing links to similar content? If you search for John Coltrane, Youtube will serve up …
Copyright Licenses Are Key When Including Software in Standards
Open source software and open standards have many similarities but the legal frameworks under which each are created have real and important differences. Nonetheless there is an increasing desire to …
New Commerce Department Rule Eases Restrictions on Huawei and BIS Entity List Participation in Standards-Related Activities
By Russ Schlossbach, Andrew Updegrove, and Joanna Lee
As we have previously reported to you, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added Chinese 5G technology giant …
Department of Commerce Gives Industry What it asked for Regarding the Entity List
The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added Chinese 5G technology giant Huawei to its Entity List more than three years ago. The immediate result was …
Prince, Andy Warhol, Fair Use and the Supreme Court
By Lee Gesmer
The photo of Prince on the left above was taken by Lynn Goldsmith in 1981. Andy Warhol used this photo to create an unauthorized series of silkscreens …
Music, Copyright and the Performing Rights Organizations
By Lee Gesmer
With some exceptions, every public venue that plays popular music for its customers – concert venue, bar, restaurant, shopping mall or health club – needs to enter into …
Website Owners Cannot Stop Data Scraping
Here are two examples: (1) Clearview AI has scraped billions of publicly available images from social media platforms and compiled them into a facial recognition database that it’s made available …
Client Success Stories – NimblyWise
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Interview with Mike Sweet, CEO of NimblyWise
Tell Us About Your Journey
So my entrepreneurial journey started about 15 years ago when I graduated from business school, …
Client Success Stories – Siren Marine
Interview with Jeffrey Poole, CEO of Siren Marine
Tell Us About Your Journey
My journey was part of our CEO and founder’s journey, Dan Harper, who passed away a little over a …
Client Success Stories – FamilyID
Interview with Rochelle Nemrow, founder of FamilyID
Tell Us About Your Journey
My very first job out of college was with a magazine called High Technology Business Magazine that covered the intersection, …
Important Wage Act Update
By Lauren Haskins and Jason Armiger
The Massachusetts Wage Act, M.G.L. c. 149, §148, is a particularly punitive statute for Massachusetts employers – entitling employees who are not timely paid …