Updating Contract Language for the 21st Century
Holly Towle wrote an excellent article on the boilerplate contract language issues that might now exist in your contract language. Read the article… consider the issues… review your templates. Make some changes. Of course, you can always just call me and I’d be happy to review your contracts for you. The Licensing Handbook Blog is [...]
This Week on The Web 2009-10-04
These are the discussions that happened around the web this week – maybe you already read about them, maybe you need to again. Come join the party on twitter (follow me here and you’ll participate in the conversation live.) I also realized that many of you might have no idea what you’re seeing below. Sorry. [...]
This Week on The Web 2009-09-06
The things that happened around the web this week – maybe you already read about them, maybe you need to again. I also realized that many of you might have no idea what you’re seeing below. Sorry. These are “tweets”, 140 maximum character messages sent via Twitter. Within the Twitterverse individual users follow others and [...]
This Week on The Web 2009-08-16
The things that happened around the web this week – maybe you already read about them, maybe you need to again: RT @gtiadvisors: RT @AdvertisingLaw: Blog Post: Content Protection and Copyright http://bit.ly/1Q0CX New blog post: Confidentiality Exclusions versus Disclosures http://bit.ly/4qYdND Tech workaround could allow MS-Word sales to continue: http://bit.ly/haM2S If you buy/sell software, get your [...]
Confidentiality Exclusions versus Disclosures
When dealing with confidential information, one of the key areas of concern is where information that would otherwise be considered confidential loses its protection. In most contracts, there are four situations where confidential information ceases to be confidential information and can be released. Information that: was in the public domain prior to, at the time [...]
Clear to Sell User Data
When Clear announced their intent to terminate operations, the big question was: “What’s going to happen to each users’ private data (things like, um, fingerprints and background checks)?” Now we know. They intend to SELL IT! This is why I harp on making sure that you have the proper provisions in your contract(s) for confidentiality, [...]
Notes from the “I told you so” file
Well, it didn’t take too long. C-Net reports today that Google inadvertently shared some Google docs files with folks they weren’t supposed to be shared with. Lifehacker ponders whether this is a “minor privacy blunder”. Meanwhile, Google is busy blaming it on the user (italics are mine): “We’ve identified and fixed a bug which may [...]
The non’s have it!
Within the span of the last decade or so, I’ve seen a lot of confusion and misunderstanding about a bunch of non’s. Non-Disclosures, Non-Solicitation, and Non-Compete’s, just to non (sorry) a few. In this day and age of contracts for everything, people are often asked to sign one of the Non’s as part of a [...]
Stop the Insanity!
Anyone out there remember Susan Powter? She was a blond, cropped hair diet guru from the 90s. Her catchphrase was “Stop the Insanity!” and it was all about controlling your own behavior. One of the most common contracts people end up tossing over the fence to the other party is a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). Also [...]
Confidentiality Disclosure Exception Issue
So I’m talking with a potential vendor who has asked for the ability to disclose confidential information for a reason I’ve never heard of before (at least not quite in this manner): they want either party to have the ability to disclose the other party’s confidential information if such party reasonably believe that the other [...]
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