Software, Licensing Rights

New EU & UK Sanctions

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/27/2023

EU’s 12th Sanctions Package - On 19 December 2023, the Council of the European Union (EU) together with the Commission published its 12th round of sanctions....more

German tax treatment of royalties regarding software license and database licenses – Draft guidance of German Federal Ministry of...

Hogan Lovells on 5/19/2017

Yesterday the German Federal Ministry of Finance (Bundesfinanzministerium) released a draft circular on the German tax treatment of royalties paid for software and database licenses granted by non-resident licensors....more

Non-Commercial Computer Software Rights and Government Misconceptions About What It Buys

PilieroMazza PLLC on 10/19/2016

This article is the third installment in a series on Data Rights in Federal Contracts. We first wrote about what data rights were; then about technical data and how to protect it; and now we will discuss ownership, license...more

Patent Owner’s Licensing Program Was Fatal to Its Patent Infringement Theory - JVC Kenwood Corporation v. Nero, Inc.

McDermott Will & Emery on 10/5/2015

Addressing whether an accused defendant infringed patents through the distribution of its software, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the district court’s summary judgment that the defendant did not...more

Data Rights for Government Contractors

PilieroMazza PLLC on 7/1/2015

In this presentation: - FAR AND DFAR - TYPES OF DATA - TECHNICAL DATA - COMPUTER SOFTWARE - COMMERCIAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE - TYPES OF RIGHTS - LICENSE RIGHTS - BAYH-DOLE...more

Scripts Newsletter - October 2014

Poyner Spruill LLP on 9/25/2014

In this issue: - Health Care Decisions — Who Decides? - Medical Software Licensing — Tips from the Trenches - An Ounce of Prevention — The Importance of Periodic Corporate Audits - ACA -...more