Name: Do I need a lawyer upon venturing as an entrepreneur? And what for?
Start: 2015-02-19T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2015-02-19T21:30:00-05:00

We will discuss the need to bring in legal consultancy into the gestational stages of any entrepreneurial process. In particular, regarding matters related to company formation, and general topics comprising intellectual property (branding, patents, copyrights). On regards to the latter, the speaker will elaborate on the usefulness of licensing models such as Creative Commons and OdbL.

About the speaker:

Jorge Vargas graduated from Law at the Universidad de los Andes [Andes University]. He started out his career working on the field of intellectual property for Baker& McKenzie law firm based in Bogotá. However, due to a recurring interest in the Open Source world, and the movement on defense of free access to knowledge, in 2009 he was hired as a legal intern for Creative Commons and later on, in 2013, he became part of the legal team of the Wikimedia Foundation -the non-profit organization that runs Wikipedia. Jorge is currently working as part of the Mobile Alliances team that belongs to the Foundation; he is involved in leading the implementation of granting free access to Wikipedia on mobile phones (also known as Wikipedia Zero) in Latin America, as well as assessing its public policy and legal implications.

*This event will be held in spanish*

En este meetup discutiremos la necesitad de traer soporte legal desde el principio de cualquier proceso de emprendimiento. Específicamente, temas relacionados a constitución de empresas, y de propiedad intelectual (marcas, patentes, y derechos de autor). Sobre lo último, el expositor explicará la utilidad de los modelos de licenciamiento libre de Creative Commons, y el OdbL.

Sobre el expositor:

Jorge Vargas es abogado de la Universidad de los Andes. Inició su carrera trabajando en el área de propiedad intelectual de la firma Baker & McKenzie en Bogotá. No obstante, un continuo interés en el mundo del Open Source, y el movimiento del acceso al conocimiento libre, lo llevó a la oportunidad de ser pasante del área legal de Creative Commons en el 2009, y posteriermente, ingresar al equipo legal de la Fundación Wikimedia - la organización sin ánimo de lucro que opera Wikipedia - en el 2013. Actualmente, Jorge trabaja en el equipo de Alianzas Móviles de la Fundación, liderando la implementación de acceso gratuito a Wikipedia a través de teléfonos móviles (conocido como Wikipedia Zero) en América Latina, y estudiando sus implicaciones legales y de politicas públicas.

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