Carlo Piana

Carlo Piana
Born (1968-09-25) 25 September 1968
Omegna (VB), Italy
Nationality Italian
Occupation Lawyer, Free Software advocate
Known for Free Software advocacy, antitrust activities, open standards

Carlo Piana is a lawyer by training and a Free Software advocate. A qualified attorney in Italy, Piana has been practicing IT law since 1995, focusing his practice on software, technology, standardization, data protection and digital liberties in general,[1] and serves as external General Counsel to the Free Software Foundation Europe ("FSFE").

Piana has been involved in some of the cornerstone legal cases in Europe, such as the long-running antitrust battle between the EU Commission and Microsoft [2][3] where he represents both the FSFE and the Samba Team, the standardization of OOXML at ISO/IEC, and more recently defending Oracle [4][5] in its attempted acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

Piana is a member of the Editorial Committee of the International Free and Open Source Software Law Review ("IFOSS L. rev.") [6] and is member of the board of directors of the Protocol Freedom Information Foundation.[7]

In 2008 he established a freelance consulting practice on IT law, where he leads a small group of IT lawyers named Array.

References

  1. ↑ As reported in his professional website at http://law.piana.eu/areas
  2. ↑ An article from NY Times covering the 2006 hearing and the Free Software activists' role http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/29/business/worldbusiness/29soft.html?ei=5088&en=bc84dbaf41a6aaa1&ex=1303963200&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print
  3. ↑ http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/microsoft%E2%80%99s-new-battle-with-old-enemy/60834.aspx
  4. ↑ http://openlife.cc/blogs/2009/october/mr-carlo-piana-europes-free-software-legal-hero-joins-oracle-co-counsel
  5. ↑ http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091021164738392
  6. ↑ http://ifosslr.org
  7. ↑ http://protocolfreedom.org

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