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In the not-so-distant past, the automotive industry sought to be mostly self-sufficient. That is to say, that when an automobile manufacturer

Many online service providers are well aware that Microsoft’s Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA) entails a licensing framework that can be difficult to manage.

On May 19, 2010, the House Committee on Ways & Means will hold a hearing on tax proposals related to legislation to legalize Internet gaming.

In a case originating out of bankruptcy court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court’s finding that a perpetual, royalty free, assignable, transferable, exclusive license granted as part of the sale of the business operations, assets and intellectual property associated with two bread baking brands was an executory contract.

It is common knowledge that when we access the internet, our computers, as part of their basic system functionality, make copies of the webpages we access.

The end of the year is a busy time for software publishers and entities like the BSA and the SIIA to resolve an audit target's copyright infringement dispute by entering into settlement agreements.

The National Venture Capital Association ("NVCA") model legal documents have set the standard for documenting venture capital financings in the emerging companies market for nearly a decade.

A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated and reversed a district court ruling finding that Qualcomm's licensing practices violated antitrust law. Federal Trade Commission v. Qualcomm Inc., 2020 WL 4591476.

When a consumer or a business purchase software, it is critical to retain the software license as proof of the rights conveyed as part of the license.

We had recently written about how a dispute over the ownership of certain IP threatened to derail eBay’s proposed sale of Skype.

We are all familiar with the use of offshore intellectual property holding companies to capitalize on international tax gradients.

The second mistake in this 3-part series applies to a broader range of businesses, and involves improperly licensed computer software.

On October 3, 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court declined a request to grant certiorari in Vernor v. Autodesk.

Senior Associate David Katz co-authored an expert analysis published in Law360 about the European Commission's proposed reforms for the standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing process...

A business providing products to its customers under the Microsoft Services Provider License Agreement should be aware of the End User License Agreement requirements.

Software publishers are regularly auditing customers to ensure compliance with license agreements, and may initiate audits directly, or through entities such as BSA|The Software Alliance, and the Software & Information Industry Association.

Software publishers have increasingly identified software audits as potential revenue-generating exercises, which has led to a rise in the number of companies targeted.