Francis M. Buono

Francis M. Buono, Gianluca Cattani, Sophie Keefer | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Google's Chief Legal Officer, Chief Privacy Counsel, and former Chief Financial Officer have each been sentenced to six months in prison by an Italian court for violating the country's privacy laws. The decision (the "Decision"), issued by the Criminal Court of Milan (the "Court") on February 24,...

Francis M. Buono, McLean Sieverding | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

The pending, well-publicized patent dispute between Trend Micro, Inc. and Barracuda Networks, Inc. is a good recent example of the fact that open source software ("OSS"), and "free" software generally, is not free of legal risks, including risks of litigation. Rather, litigation is a commonplace...

Francis M. Buono, McLean Sieverding | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

The Open Source Software ("OSS") community was founded on the notion that any party can use, modify and further distribute OSS, so long as that party contributes back to the OSS community the human-readable "source code" of any changes/ enhancements made to the software. Unfortunately, the Free...

Francis M. Buono, McLean Sieverding | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

A "document format" (also known as a "file format") is a particular way to encode information for storage in a computer file.1Numerous document formats exist for encoding and storing the same type of information in word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and other document types. Such document...

Francis M. Buono | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

The information technology ("IT") industry is experiencing the highest level of interoperability in its history. A key path to achieving interoperability is often the collaboration among otherwise ardent competitors. This unprecedented level of cooperation has led to significant technological...