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WilmerHale

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

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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

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

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Stop the Virus: Negotiating No Virus Warranties in Outsourcing and Licensing Agreements

An essential feature for customers in outsourcing software licensing and arrangements is the provision of robust protection against any software that could embed and distribute malware. To address these concerns, the...more

Hogan Lovells

Tech company that sells Indirectly to government may proceed with breach claims

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Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) held that a software licensor may proceed with its claim that the Federal Government breached its software end user license agreement...more

Venable LLP

Technology Contracts: An Overview - May 2023 #2

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The use, distribution, and licensing of software and technology are commonly governed by legal terms both to protect the software or technology owner intellectual property (IP) rights and to allow another permission to use or...more

Venable LLP

Technology Contracts: An Overview

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The use, distribution, and licensing of software and technology are commonly governed by legal terms both to protect the software or technology owner intellectual property (IP) rights and to allow another permission to use or...more

Vondran Legal

Autodesk Internal Getting Very Aggressive in 2023 Beware of Over-Assigning Licenses

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Introduction - This blog will discuss some of the important aspects of an Autodesk audit when your company receives what we refer to as the “love letter” demanding that a company submit to their software audit request, and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Software Companies Beware: Board Holds Subcontractor Cannot Enforce EULA Directly Against Federal Government

Software companies selling indirectly to the Federal Government finally received an answer to a question that has lingered for years – can a software company going to market through a reseller bring a direct claim under the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

ASBCA Enforces Contractor’s Commercial Software License Against Government

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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

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