François Veltz

IBM Europe Intellectual Property Law Attorney Associate

Intellectual Property Research

Interests - keywords: open source, software patents, copyright, licensing, interoperability, apprenticeship, crowdsourcing, collaborative innovation, computer security, contamination, peers, code encryption, reverse engineering, undistributed code, discoverability, codification, semantics, search...

New ! A mental map is available in English (2007/01 update)

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Articles

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Google is your enemy (soon, free)
P2P and Intellectual Property (on request)

Publications

« Image mining : accelerated visual analysis » in Défense Nationale Review, June 2004, p.101-112. In English or in French

Interview in MagSecurs about video mining and porn filtering, 07/2005. In French online or here

"Des marques aux brevets, une technologie française immergée dans le droit de la propriété industrielle" in Telecom Review, 12/2004. In French

Experience

New ! 2006 to date : joined the IBM Europe Intellectual Property Law Department as Intellectual Property Law Attorney Associate (Nice, France)

2003 - 2006 : joined LTU Technologies (a software company focusing on image mining technology) as marketing manager. Applications of the technology include image-based investigations (child exploitation, stolen art), defense-oriented intelligence, counterfeiting detection, brand protection, porn filtering and video mining. LTU is involved in the European "Quaero" project (multimedia search engine)

2000 - 2003 : worked for SGI-Silicon Graphics (computer hardware company focusing on high performance computing, visualization and storage) as channel marketing manager. Had target markets such as video, scientific computing and virtual reality.

Education

Master's degree in Engineering. MBA (Panthéon-Sorbonne University). Master's degree in Industrial Property Law (CEIPI - EPC 2000). Master's degree in Intellectual Property Law (Panthéon-Sorbonne University). General Law Education (L2)

Additional studies : computer security (ENST), economic intelligence (IHEDN), psychology and economics...

Short term : General Law Education (L3)... and EQE as a long term target ...

A press article in French : Le Figaro Etudiant or here

Favorite links

High-tech poem. The global hackerwarfare has begun. One part of it is known as cryptowarfare or cryptowar. As a consequence, people will look after easy and reliable encryption techniques - cryptez or cryptfree – thus creating large movements like cryptolibre ! Open source will contribute through cryptopen or opencryptology. Such techniques of course scare the imperialist organisation echelonsa… In a near future, such fights will be observed in the field of nanotechnology. Social movements will emerge, with consumer indications such as nano-free or nonanotech slogans . Indeed, the nanobioinfo revolution is yet to come, with its nightmare of nanobiowar. For now, we only face the unbelievable power on the wordlwide cognitive sphere by the rapidly evolving googleplex and even yahooplex. The horizon of these new challenges are far beyond intellectual property : it deals with knowledge property.