Carlo Piana

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").

Not to be confused with Brazilian musician Carlo Pianta.
Carlo Piana
Born (1968-09-25) 25 September 1968
Omegna (VB), Italy
NationalityItalian
OccupationLawyer, free software advocate
Known forFree software advocacy, antitrust activities, open standards

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.[8]

References
  1. "Areas of practice". Piana.eu. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. Kanter, James (29 April 2006). "Band of Activists in Europe Holds the Line in the Case Against Microsoft". Retrieved 17 March 2019 – via NYTimes.com.
  3. Voice, European (21 May 2008). "Microsoft's new battle with old enemy". POLITICO. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  4. "Mr Carlo Piana, Europe's Free Software legal hero, joins as Oracle co-counsel - OpenLife.cc". openlife.cc. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  5. "Groklaw - Reasons I Believe the Community Should Support the Oracle-Sun Deal - Updated 3Xs". www.groklaw.net. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  6. "International Free and Open Source Software Law Review". ifosslr.org. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  7. "protocolfreedom.org - Diese Website steht zum Verkauf! - Informationen zum Thema protocolfreedom". protocolfreedom.org. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  8. megaroot. "Home". Array.eu. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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