On May 24, 2017, Van Lindberg served as a panelist at the Austin Intellectual Property Law Association discussion on, "In-house Perspectives on Open Source: A Panel Discussion."
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"In-house Perspectives on Open Source: A Panel Discussion," Austin Intellectual Property Law Association
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