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| Practice Areas | Intellectual Property; Copyrights; Trade Secrets; Intellectual Property Licensing; New Media Law | | | Education | George Washington University, LL.M., 1978; American University, J.D., 1974, United States Military Academy, B.S., 1963; George Washington University, M.B.A., ADP Management, 1969 | | | Admitted | 1974, Virginia; 1975, District of Columbia; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, Maryland and U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; 1983, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 1987, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1990, U.S. Court of Federal Claims | |
| Born | West Point, New York | | | Biography | Appointed by the Governor of Virginia, and approved by the Virginia Assembly, to serve a four-year term on the Council of Information Management for The Commonwealth of Virginia. | | | ISLN | 902830545 | |
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Defending Against Trade Secret Misappropriation LawsuitsJohn T. Westermeier, September 16, 2009, previously published by e-Commerce Law & Strategy on April 2009 There are several often-overlooked strategies for defending against trade-misappropriation claims. The first relates to government procurement. I call this strategy the Trade Secret Per Se Doctrine. The second strategy pertains to open-source software. Both of these strategies need to be fully...
Understanding the Importance of Derivative WorksJohn T. Westermeier, June 25, 2009, previously published by E-Commerce Law & Strategy on March 2009 The right to create derivative works is one of the exclusive rights of a copyright holder.
This adaptation right is often referred to as the most powerful of all the exclusive rights in copyright, because the right to adapt and to modify permits the grantee the right to improve a copyrighted... |
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