Software Licensing Education Series – 400s Track Now Available!

Designed for the busy or on-the-go professional, the Software Licensing Education Series (SLES) is video-based training on the complete gamut of software licensing topics. Presented in a college-course level format, with topics increasing in complexity and building upon prior lessons, the SLES allows an audio-visual learner another way to gain knowledge on licensing topics.  Each [...]

Mistakes

In contracts, we have two main types of mistakes:  mutual and unilateral.  One is “good” for the people affected (mutual), one is “bad” (unilateral).  The difference is based on fundamental contract principles of having a required “meeting of the minds” during contract creation.  If there isn’t because both sides were mistaken about the purpose, intent [...]

Stratactical

By now, I’m sure you’re innundated with blog posts and articles about how you can use the current economic situation as a means to beat the other side into submission (I’ve seen articles that say this for both side’s, actually).  You’ve even seen me blog on the subject of using time (which is what this [...]

Employment

Whether you have a job or are looking for a job, the time has come for contracts, procurement, sourcing and negotiating professionals to band together to help match each other with the right opportunities. So, I would like to start a resume database.  Send yours here and we’ll see if there are opportunities that match [...]

Contracts as Business Tools

Douglas Gries over at Dymond Reagor Colville wrote an excellent piece on his blog about using contracts as value added business tools.  I couldn’t agree more. I joke a lot about contracts being for the divorce, not the marriage.  But the reason that this joke is accurate is that the contract is (supposedly) the best [...]

FriendDA

Funny, but I wouldn’t rely on it for anything.  The current economic situation is encouraging many organizations to reconsider their current contractual relationships.  Contact me before your opponent does to find out how to make the most of your renegotiations.  The Licensing Handbook Blog is the companion site to the Software Licensing Handbook. Covering licensing [...]

No Sleep Til Brooklyn!

Thanks to everyone who entered my little contest last week.  All non-winning entrants received a free copy of the Software License Risk Matrix, just for playing. Congratulations go to Andrew from lawshucks.com!  He was the winner of the random drawing from all correct entries – deciphering the title of my post: Eight weeks til BN [...]

Service Levels and Remedies

We’ve been discussing Service Levels for the last few weeks.  We covered construction, setup, drafting and even some recommendations on how the Service Levels might look.  But what happens in the event that the Service Levels aren’t met (they’re “blown”)? We should start with a review of why we sought Service Levels in the first [...]

Understanding (Your) Technology

Ken Adams recently posted about the destruction of confidential information that would otherwise be found on backup media. Beyond the discussion of suitable contract language is a conversation about a contract professionals’ understanding of the technology about which you’re drafting contracts. The long and short of it is that you need to have a passing [...]

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