IP and Open Source Lawyer at Haynes and Boone
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
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- Author, "Intellectual Property and Open Source" at O'Reilly Media
- IP Attorney at Haynes and Boone
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- Extern/Intern for In-House IP Counsel at Novell
- Summer Associate at Baker Botts
- Research and Development Engineer at NTT/Verio
- Lotus Notes and Netware Product Support at IBM
- Unix/Linux/Windows Systems Administrator at Brigham Young University
- Software Testing at Netschools
- Education
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- Brigham Young University—J. Reuben Clark Law School
- Brigham Young University
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Van Lindberg’s Summary
The title that best describes my job is “translator” – translating from “lawyer” to “engineer” and back. I enjoy working with both computer code and legal code to get things done.
As an attorney, I help people build businesses around ideas. My experience allows me to analyze and evaluate intellectual property in a sale, license or litigation context.
I also participate in the Open Source community. I help businesses work with and develop Open Source software and I help developers navigate the legal system to achieve project goals.
Van Lindberg’s Specialties:
I have direct experience in digital circuit design; operating system design; application programming; networked and distributed systems; virtualization; wireless networking; high-availability systems and programming languages.
Outside of the traditional IP areas, I am particularly interested in the Open Source licensing model. I have been involved (mostly as a user, but with occasional contributions) in the Open Source community since 1994. My favorite computer language is Python.
Van Lindberg’s Experience
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Author, "Intellectual Property and Open Source"
O'Reilly Media
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
I am the author of "Intellectual Property and Open Source: A Practical Guide to Protecting Code."
From the marketing description:
This book is a guide to the legal system—without the legalese. From trade secrets to open source, this book offers a clear and understandable approach to intellectual property issues from a developer’s point of view. Written by an intellectual property attorney who is also a programmer, Intellectual Property and Open Source delivers both an engrossing survey of the legal landscape and practical advice about situations you’re likely to encounter when working on open source projects and new business ideas.
“Clear, correct, and deep, this is a welcome addition to discussions of law and computing for anyone—even lawyers!”
— Lawrence Lessig, professor of law at Stanford Law School and founder of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society -
IP Attorney
Haynes and Boone
(Partnership; 501-1000 employees; Law Practice industry)
September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)
I practice intellectual property law, including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret law.
Recently, I have:
* Prepared reexamination requests and advised on the use of patent reexamination in high-stakes litigation
* Analyzed multiple patent portfolios comprising thousands of patents; advised senior in-house intellectual property counsel on strategic coverage, claim strength, and patent value
* Prepared patent applications and Office Action responses in the computer arts
* Provided IP advice and patent prosecution services to early-stage startups
* Advised open source foundations on IP concerns
* Developed open source acquisition and compliance procedures for businesses
I have particular expertise in Open Source licensing and compliance. I help clients develop Open Source strategies to reduce costs and increase revenue. I also help mature Open Source and Free Software projects adopt the legal structures and controls they need to grow. -
Extern/Intern for In-House IP Counsel
Novell
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NOVL; Computer Networking industry)
January 2006 — May 2006 (5 months)
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Summer Associate
Baker Botts
(Legal Services industry)
2005 — 2005 (less than a year)
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Research and Development Engineer
NTT/Verio
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; VRIO; Internet industry)
April 2000 — May 2005 (5 years 2 months)
At Verio (formerly iServer, later NTT/Verio) I architected and did primary development on "Ellis," a distributed system for moving thousands of customers at a time between hosting platforms. As of 2008, Ellis is still Verio's central intra-account migration tool as well as the mechanism for all incoming customer migrations from OEM clients, resulting in monthly recurring revenue of over 5 million dollars.
Earlier at Verio, I was an in-house ecommerce specialist; I developed process automation tools to reduce development and customer wait time; and I designed an internal enterprise document management system (similar to Documentum). -
Lotus Notes and Netware Product Support
IBM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Computer Software industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year )
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Unix/Linux/Windows Systems Administrator
Brigham Young University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
1999 — 1999 (less than a year)
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Software Testing
Netschools
(Privately Held; Computer Networking industry)
1998 — 1999 (1 year )
Van Lindberg’s Education
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Brigham Young University—J. Reuben Clark Law School
JD , Law , 2003 — 2006
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- Law Review
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Brigham Young University
BS , Computer Engineering/History (Double Major) , 1994 — 2003
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Van Lindberg’s Interests:
Open Source, Python
Van Lindberg’s Groups:
Python Software Foundation, Python Community
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