The SaaS Tacks – The Ins and Outs of Negotiating SaaS Contracts
Software Escrow: An enterprise resiliency tool every legal department should have in their toolbox (with Don Dennis Jr.)
In the rapidly evolving world of software licensing and distribution, many vendors (and therefore customers) are considering a shift from traditional customer-hosted software solutions to Software as a Service (SaaS)...more
Partners Matt Pearson and Craig Carpenter discuss the reasons behind the urgency of SaaS contract planning and the creative ways service customers can use the terms and agreements to their advantage. Questions & Comments:...more
The development and implementation of AI-powered tools, including in SaaS platforms, have experienced a meteoric rise over the course of the last year. Businesses are understandably looking to realize competitive advantages...more
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
As society moves away from the use of on-premises software into a modern world in which software vendors offer software and services through online, hosted environments, new challenges and trends related to data use and...more
As we discussed in Part 1 of this blog series, many SaaS providers are seizing opportunities to expand their offerings and become a go-to marketplace or network, but their original contract terms and procedures often don’t...more
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has held in Case C-410/19 The Software Incubator Ltd v Computer Associates (UK) Ltd that the supply of software by electronic means, where accompanied by the grant of a...more
Jerich Beason is joined by Don Dennis, who is an attorney focusing on copyright and trademark infringement, Internet law, defamation, trade secret misappropriation, data security breach, and privacy law. Jerich and Don...more
Rory Fazendeiro will be speaking at the webinar “Drafting and Negotiating SaaS Contract Agreements: Tips and Pitfalls” presented by the New England Corporate Counsel Association, Inc. (NECCA). Software as a Service (SaaS)...more
There are two primary models by which vendors will make software available to customers (1) software as a service (SaaS); and (2) on premise. In a SaaS model, the vendor provides, maintains, and hosts (either itself or...more
Source code escrow agreements have long been accepted by software providers in traditional on-premises software sales. But how often do we see on-premises software licenses today? An overwhelming number of vital business...more
The chances are high that your company uses open source software (“OSS”) in some capacity. While the benefits of OSS are clear, it is also clear that OSS can pose significant legal risks that must be addressed. The best way...more