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David Tollen, bestselling author of The Tech Contracts Handbook, explains contracts on a growing list of topics: A.I., the cloud, on-premise software, and more

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Learn all the key clauses in agreements about AI, the cloud, on-premise software, and more.
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The Tech Contracts Handbook

A perennial #1 bestseller from the IP section of the American Bar Association, The Tech Contracts Handbook is for lawyers and business people – anyone responsible for contracts. This “how to” guide uses simple English and examples to cover key issues, negotiation tips and sample contract language.

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"David's expertise and deep knowledge of tech contracts is unparalleled, and his training has had a transformative impact on our team's skills and capabilities. He has an exceptional ability to break down complex concepts into practical frameworks that our attorneys can readily apply in their day-to-day work. "
Shannon YavorskyPartner, Orrick
“... Tollen’s Tech Contracts Handbook offers a comprehensive mix of plain-language guidance and tech licensing best practices. Tollen (writes) with an expert hand, born of his experience drafting and negotiating tech agreements in Silicon Valley’s virtual trenches.”
Tom JevensCorporate Counsel, Google Inc.; Lecturer, Santa Clara University School of Law
“An exceptionally helpful and concise book that should be on the desk of every lawyer who drafts licenses and contracts or wants to learn how…”
Ian BallonExecutive Director Of Stanford Law School’s Center For E-Commerce; Tech Law Author
“Once again David Tollen has done the impossible ... taken one of best treatises on IP contracting and made it even better.”
H. Ward ClassenLegal Counsel, Accenture, LLP; author of Software Licensing for Licensees and Licensors
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Don’t grant a license to SaaS, AIaaS, or other cloud services

September 12, 2024

Many software-as-a-service (SaaS) contracts grant a “license” to the vendor’s software. So do a lot of other cloud services agreements – on offerings like PaaS and AIaaS (artificial intelligence as-a-service). That’s a mistake, at least in the U.S. and jurisdictions with similar copyright laws. Licenses authorize reproduction of on-premise software

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Why accept unlimited liability for “gross negligence”?

September 4, 2024

This week’s musings on tech contracts Many limits of liability (LoLs) include an exception for truly terrible conduct: | Section __ [the LoL] does not apply to … losses caused gross negligence or willful misconduct. The second part of that sentence doesn’t trouble me, since most U.S. jurisdictions won’t apply

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