Archive for 2015
Thursday, December 31st, 2015The Prinz Law Office is pleased to announce the opening of its new Atlanta Office. To read the press release announcing the opening, please click on the link below:
The Prinz Law Office press release 12.31.15.
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2015Acquisition International recently recognized The Prinz Law Office as “Best for Software and SaaS Licensing” in the USA. The link to the notice is attached below:
http://www.acquisition-intl.com/2015-the-prinz-law-office
Tags: Acquisition International, Prinz Law, Prinz Law Office, SaaS attorney, SaaS law firm, SaaS lawyer, san jose SaaS attorney, San Jose SaaS law firm, san jose SaaS lawyer, san jose software attorney, san jose software law firm, san jose software lawyer, san jose software licensing attorney, san jose software licensing law firm, san jose software licensing lawyer, Silicon Valley SaaS attorney, Silicon Valley SaaS law firm, silicon valley SaaS lawyer, silicon valley software attorney, silicon valley software law firm, silicon valley software lawyer, silicon valley software licensing attorney, silicon valley software licensing law firm, silicon valley software licensing lawyer, software attorney, software law firm, software lawyer, software licensing attorney, software licensing law firm, software licensing lawyer
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Monday, December 21st, 2015The Prinz Law Office is pleased to announce the opening of its new San Jose Office. To read the press release announcing the opening, please click on the link below:
The Prinz Law Office Opens San Jose Office Press Release 12.21.15
Tags: Atlanta law firm, Irvine law firm, Kristie Prinz, Los Angeles law firm, Los Gatos law firm, Orange County law firm, Pennie & Edmonds LLP, Prinz Law, San Diego law firm, San Jose law firm, Silicon Valley law firm, The Prinz Law Office
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2015The Silicon Valley Software Law Blog announces the launch of the new copyright meetup group Prinz Law is organizing and provides some additional information about the group in the following blog post:
http://www.siliconvalleysoftwarelaw.com/prinz-law-launches-new-meetup-group-on-copyright-law-meetup
Tags: copyright law, meetup, Prinz Law, Prinz Law Office, Santa Clara County Bar Association
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2015The Prinz Law Office has launched a new copyright law meetup group in conjunction with the High Tech Section of the Santa Clara County Bar Association, as is further discussed in the link below:
http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/the-prinz-law-office-launches-new-copyright-law-meetup-group/
Tags: copyright attorney, copyright law firm, copyright lawyer, Prinz Law, Prinz Law Office, san jose copyright attorney, san jose copyright law firm, san jose copyright lawyer, Santa Clara County Bar Association, silicon valley copyright attorney, silicon valley copyright law firm, silicon valley copyright lawyer, Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog
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Friday, December 11th, 2015SaaS Lawyer Kristie Prinz has been invited to speak at the upcoming webinar on SaaS Contract Negotiation further described in this link below:
http://www.siliconvalleysoftwarelaw.com/silicon-valley-software-law-blogger-to-be-featured-at-upcoming-cle-program.
Tags: Atlanta attorney, Atlanta law firm, Atlanta lawyer, Atlanta SaaS attorney, Atlanta SaaS law firm, Atlanta SaaS lawyer, Irvine attorney, Irvine law firm, Irvine lawyer, Irvine SaaS attorney, Irvine SaaS law firm, Irvine SaaS lawyer, Kristie Prinz, Los Angeles attorney, Los Angeles law firm, Los Angeles lawyer, Los Angeles SaaS attorney, Los Angeles SaaS law firm, Los Angeles SaaS lawyer, Orange County attorney, Orange County law firm, Orange County lawyer, Orange County SaaS attorney, Orange County SaaS law firm, Orange County SaaS lawyer, Prinz Law, Prinz Law Office, SaaS attorney, SaaS law firm, SaaS lawyer, San Diego attorney, San Diego law firm, San Diego lawyer, San Diego SaaS attorney, San Diego SaaS law firm, San Diego SaaS lawyer, San Jose attorney, San Jose law firm, San Jose lawyer, san jose SaaS attorney, San Jose SaaS law firm, san jose SaaS lawyer, Silicon Valley attorney, Silicon Valley law firm, Silicon Valley lawyer, Silicon Valley SaaS attorney, Silicon Valley SaaS law firm, silicon valley SaaS lawyer
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Monday, November 2nd, 2015SaaS Attorney Ms. Kristie Prinz presented a webinar on “Negotiating Software as a Service Contracts” for Arlington, Virginia-based Clear Law Institute on Monday November 2, 2015.
Tags: Atlanta attorney, Atlanta law firm, Atlanta lawyer, california attorney, California law firm, california lawyer, Georgia attorney, Georgia law firm, Georgia lawyer, Irvine attorney, Irvine law firm, Irvine lawyer, Kristie Prinz, Los Angeles attorney, Los Angeles law firm, Los Angeles lawyer, Orange County attorney, Orange County law firm, Orange County lawyer, Prinz Law, Prinz Law Office, SaaS agreements, SaaS attorney, SaaS contracts, SaaS law firm, SaaS lawyer, San Diego attorney, San Diego law firm, San Diego lawyer, San Jose attorney, San Jose law firm, San Jose lawyer, Silicon Valley attorney, Silicon Valley law firm, Silicon Valley lawyer, software as a service agreements, software as a service attorney, software as a service contracts, Software as a service law firm, software as a service lawyer
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Monday, November 2nd, 2015SaaS Attorney Kristie Prinz has made available for viewing her Powerpoint presentation prepared for the recent event “Negotiating Software as a Service Contracts.”
“Negotiating Software as a Service Contracts” November 2, 2015 Powerpoint
Tags: Atlanta attorney, Atlanta law firm, Atlanta lawyer, california attorney, California law firm, california lawyer, Georgia attorney, Georgia law firm, Georgia lawyer, Irvine attorney, Irvine law firm, Irvine lawyer, Kristie Prinz, Los Angeles attorney, Los Angeles law firm, Los Angeles lawyer, negotiating, negotiation, Orange County attorney, Orange County law firm, Orange County lawyer, Prinz Law, Prinz Law Office, SaaS, SaaS attorney, SaaS contracts, SaaS law firm, SaaS lawyer, San Diego attorney, San Diego law firm, San Diego lawyer, San Jose attorney, San Jose law firm, San Jose lawyer, Silicon Valley attorney, Silicon Valley law firm, Silicon Valley lawyer, Software as a Service, software as a service attorney, software as a service contracts, Software as a service law firm, software as a service lawyer
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Monday, November 2nd, 2015SaaS Lawyer Ms. Kristie Prinz will be featured as a speaker for the webinar “Negotiating Software as a Service Contracts” for the Arlington, Virginia-based Clear Law Institute on Monday, November 2nd at 10 a.m. PST/1 p.m. EDT. For more information about the upcoming webinar, please click here.
Tags: Arlington, Atlanta attorney, Atlanta law firm, Atlanta lawyer, Atlanta SaaS attorney, Atlanta SaaS law firm, Atlanta SaaS lawyer, Clear Law Institute, Irvine attorney, Irvine law firm, Irvine lawyer, Irvine SaaS attorney, Irvine SaaS law firm, Irvine SaaS lawyer, Kristie Prinz, Los Angeles attorney, Los Angeles law firm, Los Angeles lawyer, Los Angeles SaaS attorney, Los Angeles SaaS law firm, Los Angeles SaaS lawyer, Orange County attorney, Orange County law firm, Orange County lawyer, Orange County SaaS attorney, Orange County SaaS law firm, Orange County SaaS lawyer, Prinz Law, Prinz Law Office, SaaS, SaaS agreements, SaaS attorney, SaaS contracts, SaaS lawyer, San Diego attorney, San Diego law firm, San Diego lawyer, San Diego SaaS attorney, San Diego SaaS law firm, San Diego SaaS lawyer, San Jose attorney, San Jose law firm, San Jose lawyer, san jose SaaS attorney, San Jose SaaS law firm, san jose SaaS lawyer, Silicon Valley attorney, Silicon Valley law firm, Silicon Valley lawyer, Silicon Valley SaaS attorney, Silicon Valley SaaS law firm, silicon valley SaaS lawyer, Software as a Service, software as a service agreements, software as a service attorney, software as a service contracts, software as a service lawyer, Virginia
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Thursday, October 8th, 2015SaaS Lawyer Kristie Prinz has made available for review her Powerpoint presentation prepared for the recent event “Negotiating Software as a Service Contracts”:
“Negotiating Software as a Service Contracts” by Kristie Prinz.
Tags: Atlanta attorney, Atlanta law firm, Atlanta lawyer, california attorney, California law firm, california lawyer, Georgia attorney, Georgia law firm, Georgia lawyer, Irvine attorney, Irvine law firm, Irvine lawyer, Kristie Prinz, Los Angeles attorney, Los Angeles law firm, Los Angeles lawyer, Orange County attorney, Orange County law firm, Orange County lawyer, Prinz Law, Prinz Law Office, SaaS, SaaS agreements, SaaS attorney, SaaS contracts, SaaS lawyer, San Diego attorney, San Diego law firm, San Diego lawyer, San Jose attorney, San Jose law firm, San Jose lawyer, Silicon Valley attorney, Silicon Valley law firm, Silicon Valley lawyer, softwae as a service lawyer, Software as a Service, software as a service agreements, software as a service attorney, software as a service contracts, software lawyer
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Thursday, October 8th, 2015SaaS attorney Kristie Prinz recently participated in a webinar on “Negotiating Software as a Service Contracts” with Reed Smith’s Kelley Miller. A recording of that presentation can be accessed through the link attached below:
http://www.siliconvalleysoftwarelaw.com/recorded-webinar-of-negotiating-software-as-a-services-contracts
Tags: Atlanta SaaS attorney, Atlanta SaaS law firm, Atlanta SaaS lawyer, Irvine SaaS attorney, Irvine SaaS lawyer, Kristie Prinz, Los Angeles SaaS attorney, Los Angeles SaaS lawyer, negotiation, Orange County SaaS attorney, Orange County SaaS law firm, Orange County SaaS lawyer, Prinz Law, SaaS attorney, SaaS law firm, SaaS lawyer, San Diego SaaS attorney, San Diego SaaS law firm, San Diego SaaS lawyer, san jose SaaS attorney, San Jose SaaS law firm, san jose SaaS lawyer, Silicon Valley SaaS attorney, Silicon Valley SaaS law firm, silicon valley SaaS lawyer
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Friday, September 11th, 2015SaaS Lawyer Kristie Prinz has agreed to speak at an upcoming webinar for the Arlington, Virginia-based Clear Law Institute on Monday, November 2nd at 10 a.m. PST/1 p.m. EDT as further discussed in this link:
http://www.siliconvalleysoftwarelaw.com/silicon-valley-software-law-blog-author-to-be-featured-at-upcoming-saas-webinar
Tags: Atlanta attorney, Atlanta law firm, Atlanta lawyer, Atlanta SaaS attorney, Atlanta SaaS law firm, Atlanta SaaS lawyer, Irvine attorney, Irvine law firm, Irvine lawyer, Irvine SaaS law firm, Irvine SaaS lawyer, Kristie Prinz, Los Angeles attorney, Los Angeles law firm, Los Angeles lawyer, Los Angeles SaaS attorney, Los Angeles SaaS law firm, Los Angeles SaaS lawyer, Orange County attorney, Orange County law firm, Orange County lawyer, Orange County SaaS attorney, Orange County SaaS law firm, Orange County SaaS lawyer, Prinz Law, Prinz Law Office, SaaS attorney, SaaS law firm, SaaS lawyer, San Diego attorney, San Diego law firm, San Diego lawyer, San Diego SaaS attorney, San Diego SaaS law firm, San Diego SaaS lawyer, San Jose attorney, San Jose law firm, San Jose lawyer, san jose SaaS attorney, San Jose SaaS law firm, san jose SaaS lawyer, Silicon Valley attorney, Silicon Valley law firm, Silicon Valley lawyer, Silicon Valley SaaS attorney, Silicon Valley SaaS law firm, silicon valley SaaS lawyer
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2015Ms. Prinz was featured as a speaker for a webinar on “Negotiating Software a Service Contracts” on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 for Atlanta-based Stafford Publications.
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2015SaaS Lawyer Ms. Kristie Prinz will be featured as a speaker for the webinar “Negotiating Software as a Service Contracts” for Atlanta-based Strafford Publications on Tuesday, September 8 from 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. EDT. To review the itinerary or sign up to attend, please click here.
Tags: Altanta attorney, Atlanta, Atlanta law firm, Atlanta lawyer, Georgia, Irvine attorney, Irvine law firm, Irvine lawyer, Kristie Prinz, Los Angeles attorney, Los Angeles law firm, Los Angeles lawyer, negotiation, Orange County attorney, Orange County law firm, Orange County lawyer, Prinz Law, Prinz Law Office, SaaS, SaaS agreements, SaaS attorney, SaaS contracts, SaaS lawyer, San Diego attorney, San Diego law firm, San Diego lawyer, Silicon Valley attorney, Silicon Valley law firm, Silicon Valley lawyer, Software as a Service, software as a service agreements, software as a service attorney, software as a service contracts, software as a service lawyer, software lawyer, Strafford
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2015The Prinz Law Office is pleased to announce the opening of a new San Diego Office. To read the press release on our announcement, please click on the link below:
The Prinz Law Office Announces Opening of Orange County Office.
Tags: Irvine, Irvine attorney, Irvine County office, Irvine law firm, Irvine lawyer, Orange County, Orange County attorney, Orange County law firm, Orange County lawyer, orange county office, Prinz Law, Prinz Law Office, Prinz Law Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley attorney, Silicon Valley law firm, Silicon Valley lawyer
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2015The Prinz Law Office is pleased to announce the opening of its new San Diego office. To read the press release issued by the firm on the announcement, please see here: The Prinz Law Office Press Release on Opening of San Diego Office.
Tags: biotech, internet, IP licensing and technology transactions boutique, Prinz Law, San Diego, social media, Southern California, technology, telecommunications
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2015The U.S. Supreme Court has just issued an opinion in the Commil vs. Cisco Systems case, prompting members of the software industry to consider how the ruling will impact member software companies, as we further explored in our recent Silicon Valley Software Law Blog Posting:
http://www.siliconvalleysoftwarelaw.com/silicon-valley-software-industry-considers-impact-of-supreme-court-decision-on-patent-invalidity-defense-to-claim-of-induced-infringement
Tags: Atlanta attorney, Atlanta law firm, Atlanta lawyer, atlanta software attorney, atlanta software law firm, atlanta software lawyer, Irvine attorney, Irvine law firm, Irvine lawyer, irvine software attorney, irvine software law firm, irvine software lawyer, Los Angeles attorney, Los Angeles law firm, Los Angeles lawyer, los angeles software attorney, los angeles software law firm, los angeles software lawyer, Orange County attorney, Orange County law firm, Orange County lawyer, orange county software attorney, orange county software law firm, orange county software lawyer, Prinz Law, Prinz Law Office, San Diego attorney, San Diego law firm, San Diego lawyer, san diego software attorney, san diego software law firm, san diego software lawyer, San Jose attorney, San Jose law firm, San Jose lawyer, san jose software attorney, san jose software law firm, san jose software lawyer, Silicon Valley attorney, Silicon Valley law firm, Silicon Valley lawyer, silicon valley software attorney, silicon valley software law blog, silicon valley software law firm, silicon valley software lawyer
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2015The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an opinion in the case of Commil USA v. Cisco Systems finding that patent invalidity is no defense to a claim of induced infringement. The Court’s decision is discussed in the following blog posting by the Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog:
http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/supreme-court-rules-patent-invalidity-is-not-a-defense-to-induced-patent-infringement-claim-in-commil-usa-case-against-cisco-systems/
Tags: Cisco Systems, Commil USA, patent licensing attorney, patent licensing law firm, patent licensing lawyer, Prinz Law, Prinz Law Office, Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog, silicon valley patent licensing attorney, silicon valley patent licensing law firm, silicon valley patent licensing lawyer
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Friday, May 22nd, 2015How do you choose the right acquisition partner? The Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog evaluated this issue in the following blog post:
http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/taking-time-to-date-before-pursuing-an-ip-acquisition-marriage/
Tags: business attorney, business law firm, business lawyer, IP acquisition, ip attorney, ip law firm, ip lawyer, Prinz Law, Prinz Law Office, san jose business attorney, san jose business law firm, san jose business lawyer, san jose ip attorney, san jose ip law firm, san jose ip lawyer, silicon valley business attorney, silicon valley business law firm, silicon valley business lawyer, Silicon Valley IP law firm, silicon valley ip lawyer, Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog, silicon vally ip attorney
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Monday, March 23rd, 2015Should you take a combative approach if approached by a patent troll? The Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog evaluates the response by one start-up in the following blog post:
http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/should-you-follow-the-advice-of-this-start-up-if-approached-with-a-demand-letter-by-a-so-called-patent-troll/
Tags: patent attorney, patent law firm, patent lawyer, Prinz Law, Prinz Law Office, Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog, silicon valley patent attorney, silicon valley patent law firm, silicon valley patent lawyer, silicon valley start-up attorney, silicon valley start-up law firm, silicon valley start-up lawyer, silicon valley startup attorney, silicon valley startup law firm, silicon valley startup lawyer, start-up attorney, start-up law firm, start-up lawyer, startup attorney, startup law firm, startup lawyer
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Friday, March 20th, 2015Privacy groups have voiced concerns about the Senate Intelligence Committee’s recent introduction of a cybersecurity bill, as was further explored by the firm in the following Silicon Valley Software Law Blog posting linked below:
http://www.siliconvalleysoftwarelaw.com/new-senate-cybersecurity-bill-may-expand-government-surveillance-pressures-on-cloud-companies
Tags: Atlanta attorney, Atlanta law firm, Atlanta lawyer, atlanta software attorney, atlanta software law firm, atlanta software lawyer, cloud software companies, cybersecurity bill, Irvine attorney, Irvine law firm, Irvine lawyer, irvine software attorney, irvine software law firm, irvine software lawyer, Los Angeles attorney, Los Angeles law firm, Los Angeles lawyer, los angeles software attorney, los angeles software law firm, los angeles software lawyer, Orange County attorney, Orange County law firm, Orange County lawyer, orange county software attorney, orange county software law firm, orange county software lawyer, San Diego attorney, San Diego law firm, San Diego lawyer, san diego software attorney, san diego software law firm, san diego software lawyer, San Jose attorney, San Jose law firm, San Jose lawyer, san jose software attorney, san jose software law firm, san jose software lawyer, Silicon Valley attorney, Silicon Valley law firm, Silicon Valley lawyer, silicon valley software attorney, silicon valley software law blog, silicon valley software law firm, silicon valley software lawyer
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2015Tags: copyright attorney, copyright law firm, copyright lawyer, Copyright reform, silicon valley copyright attorney, silicon valley copyright law firm, silicon valley copyright lawyer, Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog, Songwriter Equity Act of 2015
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Thursday, March 12th, 2015The Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog recently looked at the copyright infringement verdict against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams and explored some of the lessons to be taken away from the verdict in the following blog post:
http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/lessons-from-the-copyright-infringement-verdict-against-robin-thicke-and-pharrell-williams/
Tags: copyright attorney, copyright infringement, copyright infringement attorney, copyright infringement law firm, copyright infringement lawyer, copyright law firm, copyright lawyer, Pharrell Wiliiams, Prinz Law, Prinz Law Office, Robin Thicke, silicon valley copyright infringement attorney, silicon valley copyright infringement law firm, silicon valley copyright infringement lawyer, Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2015Entering into an exclusive licensing deal can be a business decision that you may live to regret, as the Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog explored in the case of the dispute between Macy’s and JcPenneys over the Martha Stuart product line in the link below:
http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/pitfalls-in-negotiating-and-drafting-exclusive-licensing-deals-lessons-from-macys-dispute-with-jcpenneys-over-its-martha-stewart-product-line/
Tags: exclusive license, exclusive license agreement, exclusive licensing, exclusive licensing agreement, IP licensing attorney, IP licensing law firm, IP licensing lawyer, JcPenney's, Macy's, Martha Stewart, silicon valley ip licensing attorney, Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog, Silicon Valley IP licensing law firm, silicon valley ip licensing lawyer, silicon valley trademark attorney, silicon valley trademark law firm, silicon valley trademark lawyer, silicon valley trademark licensing attorney, silicon valley trademark licensing law firm, silicon valley trademark licensing lawyer, trademark licensing attorney, trademark licensing law firm, trademark licensing lawyer
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Friday, February 27th, 2015What issues should you consider when choosing the name of your start-up? The Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog looked at this issue in the following blog post:
http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/practical-tips-on-choosing-your-start-ups-name/
Tags: Prinz Law, Prinz Law Office, Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog, silicon valley start-up attorney, silicon valley start-up law firm, silicon valley start-up lawyer, silicon valley startup attorney, silicon valley startup law firm, silicon valley startup lawyer, silicon valley trademark attornery, silicon valley trademark law firm, silicon valley trademark lawyer, start-up attorney, start-up law firm, start-up lawyer, startup attorney, startup law firm, startup lawyer, trademark law firm, trademark lawyer
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Thursday, February 26th, 2015The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) recently adopted rules on the issue of net neutrality. The Silicon Valley Software Law Blog looked at the recently decision and contemplated the impact in the link posted below:
http://www.siliconvalleysoftwarelaw.com/fcc-decision-on-net-neutrality-what-does-this-mean-for-the-software-industry
Tags: Atlanta attorney, Atlanta law firm, Atlanta lawyer, atlanta software law firm, atlanta software lawyer, FCC, Irvine attorney, Irvine law firm, Irvine lawyer, irvine software attorney, irvine software law firm, irvine software lawyer, Los Angeles attorney, Los Angeles law firm, Los Angeles lawyer, los angeles software attorney, los angeles software law firm, los angeles software lawyer, net neutrality, Orange County attorney, Orange County law firm, Orange County lawyer, orange county software attorney, orange county software law firm, orange county software lawyer, San Diego attorney, San Diego law firm, San Diego lawyer, san diego software attorney, san diego software law firm, san diego software lawyer, San Jose attorney, San Jose law firm, San Jose lawyer, san jose software attorney, san jose software law firm, san jose software lawyer, Silicon Valley attorney, Silicon Valley law firm, Silicon Valley lawyer, silicon valley software law blog
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Friday, January 30th, 2015Updated 6.11.24
When I am first retained by a software or SaaS company, I inevitably have a conversation with my contact at the company about their technology model: what is your technology model: “SaaS” or “software license”? Nine times out of ten the client either will be unable to answer the question or will say that they are working under one technology model and send you contracts that reflect the exact opposite.
Why do I ask the question? Drafting an appropriate software contract (or even reviewing and providing feedback on a particular software contract is going to be dependent on whether or not the terms reflect the model. If either the client or the drafter are unclear on the model, then the contract is not going to be a high quality contract.
What is the distinction between a “software license” and a “SaaS agreement”?
In software contracts, perhaps the single most common issue that gets confused is the difference between a software license and a SaaS agreement. But the concepts are very different. In a software licensing model, the software company offers a physical piece of software via cd-rom or electronic download from a website to be downloaded, installed, run, and operated on a piece of hardware that is typically physically on site at a particular company or residential location. There may be one user or multiple users of the software. The software may be installed on a single piece of hardware or multiple pieces of hardware. There may be services associated with the software that are offered to the licensee such as implementation, customization, training, maintenance, and technical support. In some cases, the company may even offer separate hosting services. However, the software itself is made available to the licensee as a tangible product.
How the SaaS Model is Different
What is different about the SaaS model? In the SaaS model, the software company generally makes no tangible software product available to its users, and the product itself is only available “on the cloud” as a hosted platform. As in the licensing model, there may be one user or multiple users of the platform. But the platform itself is only accessible through the cloud. Thus, the quality of the various services provided is critical because the ability to access and use the hosted platform is entirely dependent on the quality of the experience delivered. In the SaaS model, there is no separate maintenance service provided because that is all expected to be included as part of the hosted platform service package, along with the hosting and technical support. You may still have separate implementation, customization, and training services, however, that are made available separately from the hosted platform. The key feature of this model, though, is the very fact that you are offering a “service” model rather than a “tangible product” model.
Key Mistake SaaS Companies Make with their Contracts
What is the primary issue I see contractually? More often than not, companies say they are offering a “SaaS” model but their contract is in fact based on the software licensing model. What alerts me to this fact? Usually it’s the presence of a license grant to the software and the lack of any clauses explaining all the various services provided pursuant to the platform. It’s also not uncommon to see a maintenance agreement attached to the agreement, which is not what I typically expect to see in the hosted platform model. Also, there is often a lack of attention to any of the issues or concerns that you would have in a model where you never receive a physical product, and where you have absolutely no control over data security, your ability to save or download the data on the platform, or how well you can access the platform in the first place. Another problem that you may see is a lack of concern over how you are charged for accessing the model when some sort of set up process is involved. Obviously, if you are being charged on a monthly basis for accessing a platform and a set of related services, you don’t want to be charged until set-up is complete and you can access the platform and immediately use it. This is less of an issue in a licensing model where the fee is usually billed once and not charged again during the life of the product.
Why it is important to understand the difference between the two technology models?
The bottom line is that these two models are very distinct business and technology models and the contract will absolutely not be correctly set up if the appropriate technology model is not determined and/or understood in advance of drafting. The same is true in contract reviews: it is impossible to provide accurate feedback in reviewing a contract if the technology model is not thoroughly understood before the review is started. Everything starts with the technology model.
Be Prepared to Explain to Your Software Attorney Your Technology Model
So, if you retain an attorney like me to work with your software company on contracts and you are asked about your technology model, be prepared to answer the question. Thoroughly sorting out the terms as they relate to the model is critical to the proper drafting or proper revision of your contracts, and spending billable time on this issue is time very well spent, as the job cannot be done properly otherwise.
Has your software or SaaS company been using the wrong technology model for your contracts? Schedule a consultation with us today to discuss how to update your contract to the right technology model at this link.
Tags: contract, drafting, SaaS, Software as a Service, software licensing, technology model
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Friday, January 30th, 2015The Silicon Valley Software Law Blog looked at what the differences are between the software license and the SaaS contract models in a recent blog posting linked below:
http://www.siliconvalleysoftwarelaw.com/software-licensing-vs-software-as-a-service-saas-the-importance-of-the-technology-model-to-contract-drafting
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2015Updated 6.25.24
There seems to be a common universal belief among many companies that there is a single form agreement circulating among software lawyers with the perfect terms that can just be cut and pasted into their agreements if they can just find the right attorney who can furnish that ‘perfect’ form agreement. I have lost count of the number of times I have been told by clients that they don’t need anything from me other to provide said ‘perfect’ template. A few have even equated my or another attorney’s ability to provide them with the ‘perfect’ form template to the level of expertise of the attorney.
Why Reliance on a Template is the Wrong Way to Draft a Software Agreement
The reality, of course, is that merely cutting and pasting from a form agreement–even a very well-written form agreement–is precisely the wrong way to draft this type of agreement. In fact, I would take this one step further and take the position that it is precisely the wrong way to draft all technology agreements. Furthermore, it is my opinion that an attorney’s willingness to provide any document purported to be a ‘perfect’ software template is likely to be inversely correlated to his or her level of drafting experience in the space. I certainly was far more comfortable with the idea of furnishing a template in response to a client request of that nature as a very junior and inexperienced attorney than I am today, when I know better. I’ve seen all too well how companies may take the ‘perfect’ template provided and rely on it for years and years without understanding that the form required many long hours of attorney customizations and revisions before it was ever put into use for their business.
Knowledge of the Specific Product Described in the Contract is Essential
While there absolutely are standard terms that you will find in all software agreements–whether SaaS or software licenses–which may form the basis of high quality software template for either the software license or SaaS model, a well-drafted contract is more than just an assortment of the “right” terms, it reflects the actual product offering to customers. Thus, the drafter needs to not only know and understand how to draft these contracts but also have a very high level understanding of what the product offering to customers is. Otherwise, the contract will be of a very poor quality, regardless of how good the lawyer was that put the original form agreement together that the contract may be based upon.
For example, in the enterprise license model, a company may purchase a license allowing a set number of user rights. In such a model, a well-drafted license would at least explain what constitutes a user, how users can be added and deleted, what rights the users have to the various license grants made (which should go beyond the simple ‘use of the software’), the cost of purchasing new users, and the cost of purchasing the initial set of users. But the decisions on how to structure each of these terms would be entirely dependent on the business model and product offering made available by the specific software company. Thus, if the terms selected are being cut and pasted from an unrelated form agreement, it is almost certain that the terms chosen will be wrong and make no sense.
The same problem occurs with the cutting and pasting of SaaS agreements. In the enterprise model, again, you may similarly have users with different access rights, which are the SaaS equivalent to a license. Your enterprise customer may want to start with 100 users and anticipate needing to add 100 more in a period of months. Your enterprise customer may also anticipate losing some users and want to get some sort of credit for the users lost. You may have different pricing based on when the timing of the purchase of new users. Given all these different drafting and business model choices that can be made, if the terms selected are simply being cut and pasted from an unrelated form agreement, again, it is almost certain that the resulting agreement simply will make no sense.
The structural choices in how you draft these kinds of agreements do not end with the user rights. For example, there are choices that the drafter has to make based on what type of data is being collected by the product, where the data is being stored, the level of risk to the company if the data is accessed by a third party, and what needs to happen to the data at the end of the relationship. Also, there are choices that need to be made based on whether use of the product depends on importing pre-existing data into the software and effectively reading such data. It is not uncommon for enterprise customers to have much higher requirements with respect to data than a small business client would generally have. Fees, technical support, and training are other common areas of significant variation from product to product.
A Well-Drafted Agreement Will be Structured Around the Unique Features of the Specific Product
The bottom line is that a well-crafted software license or SaaS agreement will be structured around the technology, features, functionality, and business model of the applicable product and will not be based merely on a set of “perfect” terms from any template. As a software company, that means that if you retain an attorney to advise you on your contracts, your attorney should absolutely be pushing you to provide significant details about how the technology, features, functionality, and business model of your product work, among other issues. If you are not getting those kinds of questions from your lawyer, then it is highly likely that the terms of any contracts that your attorney reviews or drafts for you will reflect a similarly low level of understanding about those same concepts.
If you are concerned that a software license or SaaS agreement your software company is relying on has not been structured around the unique features of the specific product addressed in your contract, I invite you to reach out and schedule a consultation with me today at this link.
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