News & Analysis as of

Breach of Contract › Software Licenses

WilmerHale

Use of Software by Divested Business After Spinout Brings $80,000,000 Lawsuit

WilmerHale on

As more companies seek to spin out non-core businesses and the market for carve out divestitures heats up, counsel representing potential buyers and sellers should be prepared to identify and mitigate key risks that may arise...more

Jones Day

UK Court Rules on Reverse Engineering of Mainframe Software

Jones Day on

IBM UK ("IBM") successfully enforced the terms of a mainframe license against the defendants who had created a competing software product....more

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice

Is Your AI Testing Tool a Breach of Contract Claim Waiting to Happen?

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice on

Reliability, security, and legal compliance. These are assurances that customers purchasing technology products expect from their providers, and which are often required as part of the contracts for such products. AI...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

GPL Open Source Litigation Could Open the Door to Other Suits

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on

In today’s digital age, the question isn’t whether there is open source software being used in a company’s products, but how it is being used and what license governs its use. Open source is ubiquitous.  Despite its...more

Sunstein LLP

Federal Circuit Reverses US Navy’s Short-Lived Avoidance of Software Piracy Claim

Sunstein LLP on

In 2016, the German software company Bitmanagement Software GMBH brought a headline-grabbing lawsuit against the Navy for copyright infringement, claiming among other things that the Navy unlawfully copied a limited 38-seat...more

Holland & Knight LLP

ASBCA Enforces Contractor’s Commercial Software License Against Government

Holland & Knight LLP on

The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals' (ASBCA) recent decision in CiyaSoft Corporation confirms that government agencies that procure commercial computer software will be subject to a seller's commercial license terms...more

6 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide