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<h1>Outside Counsel</h1>

<h2>Olivier Hugot - Of Counsel, France</h2>

<p>Olivier Hugot is a member of the New York (2003) and Paris (2004) Bars.

He advises and represents French and foreign companies in the areas of

Internet, luxury and creation. He assists many innovative Internet

entrepreneurs and companies, both in formalizing their projects as well as

in development during fundraising.</p>

<p>He advises clients in connection with the protection and exploitation

of their rights in compliance with the constantly evolving internet

regulations. Olivier has extensive experience in the practical and legal

problems of the internet, both with counseling and litigation.  He has

also developed a particular expertise in the legal aspects of free

culture.</p>

<p>Olivier has presented his work at a number of conferences, particularly

pertaining to free licenses (GNU/GPL, Creative Commons) as well at Wikimania

2008, the annual international conference of the Wikimedia Foundation. Olivier

is also a masters instructor at the University of Paris I La Sorbonne and a

member of the associations INTA and IAEL.</p>

<p>Daniel B. Ravicher is a Lecturer in Law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of

Law.  He has published numerous legal articles and given dozens of

presentations regarding Free and Open Source Software legal issues and

served as lead counsel for free and open source software developers in the

only GPL enforcement lawsuits ever brought in the United States.

Professor Ravicher has been labeled a modern day ‘Robin Hood’

by Science magazine, awarded an Echoing Green Fellowship for social

entrepreneurship, named to both Managing Intellectual Property magazine's

‘50 Most Influential People in IP’ list and IP Law & Business

magazine's ‘Top 50 Under 45’ list and twice invited to testify

before Congress on issues of technology legal policy.  Professor Ravicher

received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law,

where he was the Franklin O'Blechman Scholar of his class, a Mortimer

Caplin Public Service Award recipient and an Editor of the Virginia

Journal of Law and Technology, and his bachelors degree in materials

science magna cum laude with University Honors from the University of

South Florida.  Professor Ravicher writes for The Huffington Post and

Seeking Alpha and is admitted to the United States Supreme Court, the

Courts of Appeals for the Federal, 2nd and 11th Circuits, the District

Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the State of

New York, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Professor Ravicher is also the Executive Director

of  <a href="http://pubpat.org">the Public Patent Foundation</a>.