Van Lindberg

Van Lindberg

Lindberg in 2014
Born (1976-06-25) June 25, 1976
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Education B.S. Computer Engineering/History (Dual Major)
Juris Doctor in Law
Alma mater Brigham Young University
Occupation Attorney, author, and software developer
Employer Rackspace
Title Vice President and Associate General Counsel

Van Lindberg is an American attorney, software developer, and author. He currently works as Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Rackspace.[1][2] Since 2012, Lindberg has been a director and Chairman of the Board of the Python Software Foundation,[3] and since 2013, a director of the OpenStack Foundation.[4] In 2014, Lindberg was the first chair of the Docker Governance Advisory Board.[5] Before his current position, Lindberg worked for the international corporate law firm Haynes and Boone and as an engineer for the web hosting company Verio. Lindberg has been recognized by the American Bar Association Journal as "One of the Nation's 12 Techiest Attorneys."[6][7]

Patent Reform

Lindberg is notable for his opposition to patent trolls.[8] Under Lindberg, Rackspace has become known for its extremely aggressive stance against patent trolls[9] and its efforts to promote patent litigation reform, focusing on the Innovation Act in the U.S. House of Representatives and the PATENT Act, its companion in the U.S. Senate.[10] Lindberg has appeared with Senators Chuck Schumer[11] and John Cornyn[12] and in videos for the Internet Association[13] in support of the legislation.

Rackspace Hosting, Inc. v. Rotatable Technologies LLC

In 2013-2014, Lindberg headed Rackspace's efforts against Rotable Technologies, LLC, a non-practicing entity that was accusing companies of infringing patent U.S. 6,326,978[14] for using screen-rotation capabilities in apps running on the iOS and Android mobile operating systems.[15] Rackspace rejected an immediate offer to settle the patent infringement case for $75,000 and instead instituted an inter partes review, leading to the patent being declared invalid.[16] At the time of the decision, Rotatable had pending suits against 31 other companies.[17]

Copyright and Open Source

Lindberg is also known for his work on copyright and open source law. He is the author of Intellectual Property and Open Source,[18] a well-reviewed book that has been used as a textbook for teaching the concepts of intellectual property and open source licensing.[19] In 2013, Lindberg testified before the House Judiciary Committee on the importance of open source models in copyright.[20]

References

  1. ↑ "Rackspace Names Open Source Expert Van Lindberg VP of Intellectual Property". thewhir.com. 2013-02-19. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  2. ↑ "Rackspace Python IP master fights patent trolls". Computer Weekly. 2013-02-20. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  3. ↑ "History of PSF Officers & Directors". Python Software Foundation. 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  4. ↑ "Board of Directors". OpenStack Foundation. 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  5. ↑ "Docker Governance Advisory Board". Docker Inc. 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  6. ↑ "Techiest Lawyers: Code Master". ABA Journal. 2012-04-16. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  7. ↑ "ABA Journal Names Van Lindberg of Haynes and Boone One of the Nations 12 Techiest Attorneys". Preffs. 2012-04-16. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  8. ↑ "Rackspace's patent warrior: why OpenStack is safe". DataCenter Dynamics. 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  9. ↑ "Rackspace knocks out patent troll that claimed monopoly on rotating smartphone displays". GigaOM. 2014-09-22. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  10. ↑ "Here we go again: 5 key questions for patent reform in 2015". GigaOM. 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  11. ↑ "Senators ramp up push for PATENT Act". Legal Insurrection. 2015-06-03. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  12. ↑ "Sen. Cornyn: We need to limit the business of 'frivolous' patent litigation". VentureBeat. 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  13. ↑ "Video: It's Time to Stop Patent Trolls". Internet Association. 2015-08-26. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  14. ↑ "U.S. Pat. No. 6,326,978, Display method for selectively rotating windows on a computer display". United States Patent and Trademark Office. 2001-12-04. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  15. ↑ "Another Patent Troll Slain. You Are Now Free To Rotate Your Smartphone.". Rackspace. 2014-09-22. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  16. ↑ "Rackspace Hosting, Inc. v. Rotatable Technologies LLC: Final Written Decision and Denied Motion to Amend IPR2013-00248". National Law Review. 2014-09-29. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  17. ↑ "RPX: Search results for ""Rotatable Technologies LLC""". RPX Corp. 2015-09-02. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  18. ↑ Lindberg, Van (2008-07-25). Intellectual Property and Open Source: A Practical Guide to Protecting Code. O'Reilly and Associates. ISBN 0596517963.
  19. ↑ "The open source book you'll actually want to read". cnet. 2008-07-15. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  20. ↑ "Rackspace helps school Congress on copyright and open source". GigaOM. 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2015-09-02.

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