Table of Contents:
  • The negotiation and contracting process
  • Licensing software
  • Terminology of a license grant ([section] 3.1)
  • Ancillary clauses
  • Boilerplate
  • Other important issues
  • Types of licenses
  • Mobile applications
  • Free and open-source software
  • Shrink-wrap, click-wrap and browse-wrap, scroll-wrap and sign-in wrap licenses
  • Service-level agreements (SLAs) ([section] 3.B
  • Statements of work (SOW)
  • Cloud computing and hosting
  • Applicability of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and the principles of law of software contracts
  • Software development agreements
  • Service agreements
  • Software development kit (SDK) licenses and application program interface (API) licenses
  • Tools
  • Distribution agreements : reseller, value added reseller, original equipment manufacture, and referral agreements
  • Maintenance and support (forms J.1, J.2, and J.3) ([Sections] 11, 16K)
  • Data privacy, security, data use and ownership
  • Auditing the licensee : software use audits
  • Escrow agreements
  • Confidentiality provisions and trade secret protection
  • Representing the global entity
  • Bankruptcy issues
  • Employee issues
  • When problems arise
  • Dispute resolution ([sections] 29, 30)
  • Best practices for contract drafting and successful implementation
  • Selected model forms
  • Appendix 1: Technology acronyms
  • Appendix 2: Glossary
  • Appendix 3: Recommended resource material
  • Addition contents [online].