A San Antonio software attorney is a lawyer who drafts and negotiates the contracts that software and SaaS vendors sell and sign, with particular attention to the security, data, and IP terms that cybersecurity and cloud buyers scrutinize. I am based in Austin and represent software and SaaS vendors in San Antonio, vendor side only.

The whole practice is software and SaaS, so I can talk with you about how your product actually handles data, hosting, and security, and turn that into agreements that help you sell. San Antonio has a real identity in tech: cybersecurity, cloud, and a deep defense and military base around Port San Antonio. Vendors selling into that market live and die on their security and data terms, so that is where this page starts.

Security and Data Terms That Actually Fit Your Product

If you sell to security-conscious buyers, your contract gets read closely. I draft the security commitments, data ownership, and breach terms to match what your product actually does, not what a customer’s template assumes. Promising more than you can deliver is its own kind of risk, and I keep you out of it.

Built for San Antonio’s Cyber and Defense Market

San Antonio is one of the largest cybersecurity hubs in the country, anchored by the 16th Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) at Joint Base San Antonio and the National Security Agency’s Texas campus. Port San Antonio has grown the old Kelly Air Force Base footprint into a 1,900-acre technology and aerospace campus, with its Boeing Center cybersecurity and innovation hub pulling defense contractors, cloud providers, and security startups into one ecosystem. If you are a vendor selling into that world, your buyers are unusually sophisticated about security and procurement. Their contracts ask hard questions: where data is hosted, whether you can meet federal frameworks like FedRAMP or CMMC, how you handle subprocessors, and what happens on a breach. I help you answer those in your agreement without overcommitting. A defense-adjacent buyer will hold you to every security promise you make, so I draft commitments you can actually keep, scope flow-down clauses so a prime contractor’s federal obligations do not silently become yours, and keep your limitation of liability intact even when a large institutional customer pushes to strip it. The goal is the same one that built Port San Antonio: let serious technology vendors do serious business without taking on risk they did not price.

Data Processing and Privacy

If you process personal data for customers, you likely need a Data Processing Addendum that holds up under the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, the California Consumer Privacy Act, GDPR, or other applicable law. I write DPAs that track your real data flows, so the privacy paper matches the engineering reality instead of fighting it.

Protecting Your Source Code and IP

Your code is protected by copyright the moment it is written, and registering with the U.S. Copyright Office adds real enforcement leverage. Just as important, I make sure your developer and contractor agreements assign that IP to you. A missing assignment is the most common gap I find, and it is an expensive one.

The Rest of the Stack

Beyond security and IP, I handle the full set of vendor agreements: SaaS subscription terms, EULAs, and the reseller, OEM, and channel deals you use to grow. Limitation of liability gets close attention on every one (uncapped exposure is a red flag), because that is the term most likely to turn a good deal into an expensive one. When you work with the firm, you work directly with me, Jeremy Aber.