Topic
Software Licensing
145 published works
Taft Technology and Artificial Intelligence Insights
Seven Things General Counsel Should Know About ERP Contracts
The general counsel at any sized company knows how to draft everything from employment contracts and leases to complicated sales agreements. But few are familiar with what Enterprise Resource Planning…
Your IT Consultant
Malwarebytes Changes Licensing Terms
By John Simek
When Malwarebytes was first released, you could pay for a lifetime premium license for free without real-time protection. Bleeping Computer has reported that all of that has changed. With the…
Taft Technology and Artificial Intelligence Insights
Review Data Security and Software Licenses When Buying a Company
When a company decides to invest in or acquire another business, they do extensive checking into what precisely they are buying. This can range from counting the towels and silverware…
Anathem Law Blog
Understanding End User License Agreements
An End User License Agreement, or EULA, is a type of contract between a software application and its user. Specifically, a EULA works as a licensing contract, allowing the user…
Anathem Law Blog
Understanding End User License Agreements
An End User License Agreement, or EULA, is a type of contract between a software application and its user. Specifically, a EULA works as a licensing contract, allowing the user…
The IP Breakdown
The Software Startup and the Very Big Very Important Customer: A Cautionary Tale
By Rick Sanders
To wrap up this short series about the dangers of written integrated contracts—see here about contracts meaning what they say, and here about “quantum contracts”—I’d like to put the lessons…
Colin S. Levy
David Tollen
David Tollen is one of the industry’s leading authorities on software licensing and cloud computing agreements. He’s the author of The Tech Contracts Handbook, a best-selling manual on the subject…
The IP Breakdown
Beware the Quantum Contract: Ambiguity in a Crucial Term of a Software License
By Rick Sanders
Assume Contracts Mean What They Say—But Only if You Can Tell What They’re Saying Last time, I warned about the dangers of “integrated” contracts, how they will sometimes vary from…
Your IT Consultant
Office 2019 Price May Drive You to Office 365
By John Simek
Do you even know that there is a new version of Office? Microsoft hasn’t pulled the plug on perpetual license software yet. Office 2019 is available for purchase if you…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Common Software Licensing Language at Issue in IP Dispute
Licensors of software typically utilize software license agreements providing for their ownership of the licensed software and related IP, as well as restrictions barring licensees from reverse engineering the code…