A software audit may come in many forms, ranging from an offer for a free Software Asset Management engagement to a direct audit from a software publisher or its representative organization.

Licensing Microsoft server products in any environment can be a challenging undertaking, given the complexity of some of Microsoft’s licensing rules.

The International Data Corporation ("IDC") reports that more than one-third of all software sold is counterfeit, despite often being marketed as authentic or legitimate by a third-party reseller.

If your company licenses products to third parties under the Microsoft Service Provider License Agreement, you may receive a request to perform a self assessment and provide a certification...

Microsoft is in the process of transitioning many of its volume-licensing customers from the Select Plus Agreement to the new Microsoft Products and Services Agreement.

Most software audits initiated by the software publisher or a third party entity authorized to pursue copyright infringement claims on behalf of the software publishers are resolved outside of a courtroom.

I am an intellectual property attorney who has handled more than 230 Business Software Alliance audit matters for small to medium-sized companies.

Announcements from the federal government in with respect to the financial aid available in response to the COVID-19 crisis have become a near daily occurrence.

In Vandal v Cousineau the Alberta Court of Appeal upheld a decision to void a purported contract for uncertainty and refused to rely on contextual factors to resolve the deficiencies in the written document.

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has recently ruled in Attree v Waye, 2022 ONSC 4195, that Plaintiffs are not required to disclose particulars of prior settlements.

Trotter and Morton Limited v Biegel, 2024 ABCA 312 is a case of interest with respect to what factual issues can be dealt with on summary judgment versus what requires a trial.

On March 27, 2023, new amendments to the Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Regulation came into force (the "Amendments"). These Amendments were announced...

In Lewandowska v Vander Woude, 2019 ABPC 115, the Plaintiff slipped and fell on the sidewalk adjacent to our clients' property.

The traditional license grant is used to clearly define the rights conveyed for payment of a software license.

Microsoft's 365 and Azure offerings are very compelling to prospective business purchasers. Why not ask the publisher of the software to host your applications in a secure cloud environment?

When licensing software, there may be an opportunity to buy support services as well.

Software-compliance audits initiated by IBM can be extremely burdensome and time-consuming and can force companies to face challenges that are somewhat unique among major-publisher audits.

In a software audit, there are two categories of information to be collected: data regarding what products are deployed and records demonstrating the licenses that the business has acquired.

Often, after signing a Master Service Agreement ("MSA"), a service provider and its client will memorialize the details of the project by crafting a Statement of Work ("SOW").

Some changes in the new document already have been the cause of some confusion and concern.