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Karen F. Copenhaver

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Karen F. Copenhaver

Partner
 
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Two International Place
Boston, Massachusetts  02110
(Suffolk Co.)

Telephone: 617-248-5000
Fax: 617-248-4000
http://www.choate.com



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Practice AreasBusiness and Technology; Intellectual Property
 
EducationDickinson School of Law, J.D., 1979, Dickinson College, B.A., 1976
 
Admitted1980, New York; 1984, Vermont; 1992, Arizona; 1993, California; 1995, Massachusetts
 
BiographyBusiness & Technology Transactions: technology transfer and licensing of intellectual property, particularly in the areas of software licensing and open source business models.
 
ISLN908199127
 
TransactionsBlack Duck Software: executive vice president and general counsel, where she was instrumental in establishing automated methods of software compliance management as an industry best practice, and she continues to serve on Black Duck's Board of Advisors. IBM: served as, among other positions, site counsel for the IBM Microelectronics Division, Semiconductor Design and Manufacturing facility in Essex Junction, Vermont. Karen has served as an adjunct professor at Suffolk Law School in the field of Computer Law, lectured at Suffolk's Advanced Legal Series conferences on copyright law and sophisticated licensing issues, and served as chair for the Practicing Law Institute's annual conference on Structuring, Negotiating and Implementing Strategic Alliances. Karen is a frequent speaker on issues relating to technology licensing and open source software. Over the past year she has presented at more than 20 national and international events related to the adoption and management of open source software.
 


 

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