Two Dilberts on Contracts

I love Scott Adams – he has an unnatural ability to truly capture the essence of whatever he points his pen towards. The last two days have been contracts: (Click on each to see it full-sized.) The Licensing Handbook Blog is the companion site to the Software Licensing Handbook. Covering licensing topics on a regular [...]

Lost in Translation

I downloaded an application this morning. All seemed well at first. The download was simple, installation was as easy as dragging the application to my Applications folder. I fully expected some sort of click-through agreement. What I didn’t expect was that an application that was completely (up to this point) obviously written by a fluent [...]

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Haggle Button

An online golf retailer added a “Make me an Offer” button instead of a “Buy Now” button. Result?  A 685% jump in sales. Hooray for negotiation! The Licensing Handbook Blog is the companion site to the Software Licensing Handbook. Covering licensing topics on a regular basis, Jeffrey Gordon attempts to offer advice, add humor and [...]

Suffrage

I tend to shy away from political topics, but Victoria Pynchon has an excellent post on the topic of suffrage (the ability to vote, and more specifically, the right for women to vote). Oh, and her reference to Mad Men is great, too. The Licensing Handbook Blog is the companion site to the Software Licensing [...]

Open Source Software Conditions versus Covenants

Meredith Miller, over on ContractsProf Blog, posted part of a review of an extremely interesting case the other day from the EFF‘s Michael Kwun. I won’t attempt a rehashing of the analysis – the original is good enough.  But I will summarize.  In the case, the Federal Circuit Court drew a distinction between conditions (those [...]

Why Priceline Commercials Piss Me Off

As much as I love Shatner, the Priceline commercials really piss me off.  Why, you ask?  Well, it’s because he plays the Priceline Negotiator – a person with a blue hotline phone who gets calls to go help someone “negotiate” a better price on their travel-related purchases.  He’s now even got a sidekick, Nofee, who [...]

License Grant Discussion at AdamsDrafting

Ken Adams has a great discussion going on over at his blog, AdamsDrafting on license grant language.  Ken’s general concern is that a license grant is overly complex language, redudant at best and confusing at worst.  This follows his general feelings regarding contract language (that we need to simplify and get rid of anachronisms).  And, [...]

Five Productivity Boosters

A recent advertisement pointed out the simple truth that people are consistently wanting Nordstrom service at JC Penny prices. They note that lowering your rate to perform your services is not a good idea. Rather, you need to find ways to increase your speed and thus your productivity. This has the effect of lowering your [...]

Cracking the EULA’s Shell

Wired Magazine has posted an article by Jennifer Granick regarding a few California cases (state and federal) where the judge has decided that the terms of the EULA aren’t as ironclad as they have been for the last 12 years.  Generally speaking, the state court ruled that the terms of an EULA are generally procedurally [...]

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