We're very pleased to announce that David Tollen's law firm, Sycamore Legal, was awarded Technology Sector Contracts Law Firm of the Year, for California. The awards are presented annually by Global Law... read more →
by Deborah Pulido If you are an internet service provider taking advantage of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act safe harbor, you have until December 31, 2017 to re-register your designated... read more →
In its ongoing effort to keep us on our toes, the Library of Congress has changed the rules governing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. In short, if you're already signed... read more →
We've just updated all the clauses and contracts at TechContracts.com to address the Defense of Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (the "DTSA"). That includes the NDA's and the other contracts... read more →
I’m very pleased to announce the new TechContracts.com. It’s a portal on software licenses, cloud computing agreements, and other information technology contracts. It offers contract negotiators and drafters: Hundreds of Free Clauses:... read more →
Lawyerist.com recently interviewed me on cloud computing agreements, and you can listen to the podcast at their site. Lawyerist focuses on the needs of small law firms, but the interview... read more →
Hours ago, EU and U.S. negotiators agreed on a new framework for data sharing across the Atlantic. It's called the "EU-US Privacy Shield." Cutting to the chase, we should soon... read more →
I use the table of contents from The Tech Contracts Handbook as an issue-spotter for software licenses, cloud computing agreements, and other IT contracts. I'm posting the table so others... read more →
This article is a report I prepared for one of the parties in litigation outside the United States. I served as what American courts would call an expert witness. This... read more →
Earlier this week, I reported that The Tech Contracts Handbook was Amazon's #1 new release in the "Business Purchasing & Buying" category. Now it's number one in the far larger,... read more →
Managing and sharing big data creates technical challenges unlike anything found in traditional data-sharing relationships. But big data contracts don’t involve a whole new field of legal knowledge. If you’ve... read more →
Here's a good post on transfers of European private data to U.S. computers (from BakerHostetler). Of course, it's in response to the October 6 decision by the E.U.'s Court of... read more →
I'm very pleased to announce that the American Bar Association has published the second edition of my book: The Tech Contracts Handbook -- Cloud Computing Agreements, Software Licenses, and Other... read more →
In an earlier post, I explained that the standard "feedback license" arises out of a misunderstanding of IP -- and generally asks too much from the would-be licensor. After some... read more →
A lot of companies send their partners contract drafts with write-protection: with word processing protections that force the user to track changes through redlining. This tells your partners that you... read more →
A lot of software licenses grant the recipient the right to "use" software. But the use license springs from a misunderstanding of copyright law. As a result, it's not clear.... read more →
In last week's post, I addressed the myth of idea ownership. I explained that no one can own an abstract idea. I also argued that, therefore, no one needs a... read more →
Technology companies often worry about ownership of ideas they hear. If a contractor or partner gives us an idea, do we need a license to use it? What if it's... read more →
This post departs from our usual discussion of contract terms and talks about redlining and redlining software. A redline (sometimes called a "blackline") provides a quick and easy view of... read more →
Most IT contract drafters know the difference between a software license agreement and a technology services contract. In a license, the customer gets rights to copy and use software, while... read more →
When one party has to protect information belonging to the other, we tend to pull out a nondisclosure agreement: an NDA. Or if we don't want a separate NDA, we... read more →
In a recent IT contract negotiation, the other party's lawyer insisted that the choice of law clause call for Delaware law and courts. His client wasn't based in Delaware and... read more →
