Topic
Software Licensing
145 published works
La Revue
La vente d’un ordinateur équipé de logiciels préinstallés n’est pas déloyale en soi selon la CJUE
Par une décision en date du 17 septembre 2016, la CJUE a jugé que la vente d’ordinateurs équipés de logiciels préinstallés n’était pas une pratique commerciale déloyale au sens de…
Troll Defense
Microsoft Targets Does for Illicit Software Product Activations (UPDATED 5/19/17)
Over recent months, software titan Microsoft Corporation has filed a number of "Doe" lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The suits allege both copyright…
Intellectual Property
Can computer science afford to have Oracle win?
If Oracle wins, Google and its parent company Alphabet could be facing anywhere up to $9.3 billion in damages. Although many doubt they’d end up paying that in full, the…
Media & Privacy Risk Report
Software Audits: A Rose by any Other Name…
Audit. A simple enough word, which basically means “to count.” Yet few words can evoke fear as much as this one word. No one asks their love “How do I love…
Hunton Retail Law Resource
Retail Industry Seeing Significant Increase in Software Audits
By Scott H. Kimpel, Suzanne S. Boxx
Companies across all industries, including retail, are seeing a significant uptick in software audits and similar software license compliance reviews. These audits can disrupt the day-to-day operations of even the…
The Trademark Blog
Text of Complaint: TOAST v TOAST
TOAST for software platform for restaurants v. TOAST and USE TOAST for mobile app that provides customers with food and drink recommendations. [embeddoc url="https://martinschwimmer.lexblogplatformfour.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/833/2016/01/toast-v-toast-labs-complaint-1.pdf"]
SALT Shaker
Sutherland SALT Shaker: October 2015 Digest
Read our October 2015 posts on stateandlocaltax.com or read each article by clicking on the title. For the latest coverage and commentary on state and local tax developments delivered directly…
SALT Shaker
Going Nowhere: Taxpayer Must Show Out-of-State Use of Software Licenses for Use Tax Exemption
By Mike Kerman and Charlie Kearns The Indiana Department of Revenue (Department) found that a medical research company that purchased software licenses was entitled to an exemption from use tax…
Restructuring Globalview
Beggars Can’t Be Choosers: Delaware Debtors Not Allowed To Selectively Reject Parts Of An Integrated Contract
The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware recently denied the debtors’ attempt to assume a software license agreement while simultaneously rejecting related agreements with the same vendor. In…
Tech Law Blog
Software and Tractors: Who Owns What?
One of the world’s largest agricultural machinery makers has stated that farmers do not acquire ownership rights in software embedded in their tractors. Instead, they receive an express or implied…