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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Finally Invited to the Party? Federal Circuit Opens the Door for Software Companies Selling Through Resellers to Bring a Contract...

In January 2022, we warned software companies selling indirectly against attempting to enforce the terms of their End User License Agreement (“EULA”) directly against the Federal Government based on the decision of the...more

Wiley Rein LLP

CAFC Releases Decision Addressing CBCA’s Jurisdiction over Software Developers Claiming to be Parties to a Procurement Contract

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In Avue Technologies Corporation v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Administrator of the General Services Administration (Case No. 22-1784), the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated the...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

Womble Bond Dickinson

Indefinite Covenants Within License Agreement May Not Be Enforceable

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Where a software license agreement precluded the licensee from developing similar software for an undefined period of time, the license agreement inhibited “free trade” and was therefore unreasonable and unenforceable. Triage...more

McCarter & English Blog: Government Contracts...

Restricted Rights Under DFARS 252.227-7014: Practitioner Advice for Avoiding DoD Licensing Pitfalls

This article focuses on contractor licenses that grant “Restricted Rights” in “Noncommercial Software” to the federal Government under Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) 252.227-7014. DFARS...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Bargaining with Apple: Understanding the iOS Developer Program License Agreement

This article, which focuses on the iOS Developer Program License Agreement, is the second of two articles geared at helping app developers understand the fine print of the agreements they are asked to enter into with the...more

Mintz

Software Audits: Strategies for Licensees

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Audits Have Become More Common - If you have received a software audit request from your software vendor or one of the industry trade groups representing software publishers, such as the Software & Information Industry...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Are Your Click-wrap Agreements Letting You Sleep Too Well?

You are an innovator. You work hard. You are the first to get to the functioning platform of a genius new product. But to make money on it, you have to share it, sell it and let people sample it. Of course, you worry that...more

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