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Software Licensing Attorney’s View on License Agreement ‘Restrictions.’ As you know, software license agreements contain restrictions (= things you cannot do with the software). As a software license attorney, I would say that these are examples of the most common restrictions (e.g. (1)  don’t reverse engineer or decompile the software and (2)  don’t let a third-party […]

Every software company should understand what the term ‘software license‘ actually means (i.e. what is a software license?). As a software attorney that tries to keep it simple, let me briefly explain this: it is the right/permission to use the software from the owner. Remember that the user is not provided with ‘ownership’ to the software […]

Can Your Customer Transfer Their Software as Part of a Reorganization? Seems like a simple issue, but can your customer transfer your software or licenses to another entity? Well, the right way to address this is up front in your agreement, but this is too often not the case.   Also, when it is addressed, […]

As a software copyright attorney, I try to keep up with the most recent cases affecting software companies. As a recent case decided on September 21, 2009 illustrates, if your goal is to keep your pricing information or price lists confidential you should protect that information through the consistent use of confidentiality agreements/non-disclosure agreements. In […]