Background
Band, Jonathan was born on November 30, 1959 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Arnold Joseph and Ora (Gorovitz) Band.
( We live in an interoperable world. Computer hardware an...)
We live in an interoperable world. Computer hardware and software products from different manufacturers can exchange data within local networks and around the world using the Internet. The competition enabled by this compatibility between devices has led to fast-paced innovation and prices low enough to allow ordinary users to command extraordinary computing capacity. In Interfaces on Trial 2.0, Jonathan Band and Masanobu Katoh investigate an often overlooked factor in the development of today's interoperabilty: the evolution of copyright law. Because software is copyrightable, copyright law determines the rules for competition in the information technology industry. This book--a follow-up to Band and Katoh's successful 1995 book Interfaces on Trial--examines the debates surrounding the use of copyright law to prevent competition and interoperability in the global software industry in the last fifteen years. Band and Katoh are longtime advocates for interoperable devices but present a reasoned view of contentious issues related to interoperability issues in the United States, the European Union, and the Pacific Rim. They discuss such topics as the protectability of interface specifications, the permissibility of reverse engineering (and legislative and executive endorsement of pro-interoperability case law), the interoperability exception to the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the interoperability cases decided under it, the enforceability of contractural restrictions on reverse engineering; and recent legal developments affecting the future of interoperability, including those related to open source-software and software patents.
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Band, Jonathan was born on November 30, 1959 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Arnold Joseph and Ora (Gorovitz) Band.
Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1982). Yale Law School (Juris Doctor, 1985).
Worked at Morrison & Foerster Limited Liability Partnership. Admitted to the bar, 1985, California. 1986, District of Columbia.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Morrison & Foerster is one of the world"s largest international law firms with over 500 lawyers in 14 offices worldwide. The firm"s legal practice encompasses every major area of commercial law, including corporate finance, project finance, institutional lending, financial services, real estate, environmental and land use planning, mining and natural resources, multimedia, intellectual property, energy, communications, computer technology, insurance, alternative dispute resolution, product liability, bankruptcy and workouts, estate planning, probate, trust administration, financial transactions, labor and employment, immigration, civil, criminal and securities litigation, entertainment and sports, food and beverage, health care, hotel and resort, antitrust, international business, international litigation and arbitration, trade regulation, transportation and tax
(This volume goes beyond the story of one of the key strug...)
( We live in an interoperable world. Computer hardware an...)
Contributor articles to professional journals. Member American Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, California Bar Association.
Married Leesa S. Fields, March 18, 1984. Children: Jeremy, Jessica.
