Negotiating Software Contracts

5th Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-78043-333-2
Verlag: BLOOMSBURY PROFESSIONAL

Buch, Englisch, 836 Seiten, Inklusive CD-ROM, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1320 g

With comprehensively updated content and up-to-the minute commentary, Negotiating Software Contracts (previous edition: Software Contracts) is the best way to keep abreast of current practice in software contract law - a must for all legal professionals and business advisers working in this area of rapid development and constant change.

This book gives practitioners and business advisers a useful insight into the potential traps and pitfalls of software contract negotiation. Precedents and guidance are very commercially focused to provide the reader an opportunity to enhance their negotiation skills via useful and practical tips.

Contents:

PART I INTRODUCTION
1 Understanding software licence agreements
2 Some general types of software licence agreements
PART II LAWS AND REGULATIONS
3 Overview to laws relevant to software contracts
4 European Union Law
PART III PREPARING FOR NEGOTIATIONS
5 Understanding negotiating principles
6 Preparing for negotiations
PART IV PREPARING FOR DRAFTING
7 Preparing the contracts
8 Checklist of the contents of a typical software licence agreement
9 Necessary licence provisions
PART V NEGOTIATING TACTICS AND TECHNIQUES
10 Creative problem solving
11 The use of non-verbals in negotiation
Appendix: Precedents

Previous edition ISBN: 9781847666710

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bond, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäischer Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz, Medien-, IT- und Urheberrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I INTRODUCTION
1 Understanding software licence agreements
2 Some general types of software licence agreements
PART II LAWS AND REGULATIONS
3 Overview to laws relevant to software contracts
4 European Union Law
PART III PREPARING FOR NEGOTIATIONS
5 Understanding negotiating principles
6 Preparing for negotiations
PART IV PREPARING FOR DRAFTING
7 Preparing the contracts
8 Checklist of the contents of a typical software licence agreement
9 Necessary licence provisions
PART V NEGOTIATING TACTICS AND TECHNIQUES
10 Creative problem solving
11 The use of non-verbals in negotiation
Appendix: Precedents

Über Autor(innen)

Bond, Robert
A solicitor & notary public of England and Wales, Robert specialises in intellectual property law, advising businesses, large or small, on identifying, protecting and commercialising their intellectual property assets. His work encompasses IT contracts, outsourcing, internet law, media and general commercial. His particular areas of specialist knowledge include legal issues for the computer games and digital media sectors, data protection and information security. Chambers 2011 note Robert as having "taught every lawyer something about computers."

Robert has specialised in data privacy since 1983 and as an Ambassador for Privacy by Design is at the forefront of privacy in business. He founded The i in online in 2009 which provides data protection training and carries out research into children's attitudes to online privacy.

Robert is widely published and is the author of seven books, including most recently Negotiating International Software Licences and Data Transfer Agreements published by Sweet & Maxwell. Robert is a Companion of the British Computer Society, a Fellow of the Society of Advanced Legal Studies and in 1994 was a researcher in Information Security law at the University of Leicester. He is chairman of the ICC (UK) Digital Economy Committee. He is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Stationers & Newspaper Makers and also of the City of London Solicitor's Company. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics and the Notaries Society.

Robert is listed as one of the 20 Best Privacy Advisers in Computerworld's annual 2011 survey and is listed by Chambers as a recommended leading individual for data protection, is listed in the Who's Who of International Internet and E-Commerce and is also listed in Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom for Information Technology

Robert Bond is a partner at Charles Russell Speechlys. He specialises in intellectual property law, advising businesses, large or small, on identifying, protecting and commercialising their intellectual property assets. His work encompasses IT contracts, outsourcing, internet law, franchising and general commercial.

He is listed by Chambers as a recommended leading individual for data protection, is listed in the Who's Who of International Internet and E-Commerce and is also listed in Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom for Information Technology. Robert is recognised as a Legal Expert by Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyers. He is also a frequent speaker at industry events and conferences.