Updates and Errors, The Tech Contracts Handbook
The third edition of the Tech Contracts Handbook (2021) remains quite up to date. (And it’s a huge bestseller: among the top three from ABA
November 21, 2024
The third edition of the Tech Contracts Handbook (2021) remains quite up to date. (And it’s a huge bestseller: among the top three from ABA
This week’s musings on tech contracts… You’re negotiating a contract, and you send your company’s standard form agreement. The other party then marks it up
This week’s musings on tech contracts… Mistrust has reached levels rarely seen in American politics. Yet leaders on each side will have to work together
This week’s musings on tech contracts… What IP rights should customers get to outputs from generative AI? This article answers that question for both customers
This week’s musings on tech contracts… Some IP indemnities exclude claims about intellectual property registered after the contract’s effective date. The vendor argues that it
This week’s musings on tech contracts… This week’s musing addresses a simple point. We define a contracting party as multiple entities. Don’t even do it if you
This week’s musings on tech contracts… Contracting parties often debate whether the limit of liability should apply to indemnity obligations. IT contracts probably answer “no”
This week’s musings on tech contracts Here are two tips for software distribution contracts. They’re for any software provider retaining another company as a distributor.
This week’s musings on tech contracts Most of us know that generative artificial intelligence creates some unusual risks. Few of us, however, have taken the
At Tech Contracts Academy, we enjoy providing great, free resources for our community of contracts drafters and negotiators. Our ever-growing YouTube channel is one. Our
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
This week’s musings on tech contracts Many limits of liability (LoLs) include an exception for truly terrible conduct: | Section __ [the LoL] does not
This week’s musings on tech contracts … In software contracts, the limit of liability (LoL) almost always comes with exceptions. One of the most common
This week’s musings on tech contracts … IT contracts often include data in the definition of “Confidential Information.” In other words, they use the confidentiality
This week’s musings on tech contracts … Here’s a proposition: we should NOT seek shorter or simpler contracts where those goals contradict our higher priority: