14Jun
Recent Developments in Autodesk Licensing and Audits, Part I
Autodesk introduced subscription plans in 2016 and shortly thereafter, began to phase out perpetual licenses. However, many perpetual users were able to continue upgrading to the newest version of Autodesk products if they had an...
13May
Negotiating Technology Contracts: On-premise vs. Cloud and Hosted Software
More and more businesses are considering accessing hosted software rather than purchasing on-premise software. They are also placing data in third-party public or private clouds instead of selecting on-premise software. This article will explain the...
11May
Bad Advice That Can Get You Sued for Software Copyright Infringement
In recent years, many software publishers began using software audits as a means to increase revenue by penalizing customers for perceived compliance issues. Software publishers often conduct direct audits, or audit through companies such as...
15Apr
Negotiating a Statement of Work: Key terms in a Statement of Work
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”). The importance of the terms in a...
13Apr
IBM Approves Limited Exceptions to ILMT Sub-Capacity Reporting
For more than a decade, IBM has allowed its end users to license IBM software products on a sub-capacity basis. For IBM licensing purposes, sub-capacity licensing required customers to accept the sub-capacity licensing terms (originally...
7Apr
Health Care Organizations Seeing Increased Audit Requests
During a global pandemic, health care organizations may have believed that they could focus solely on providing health-care services to their customary patient-base, along with those affected by COVID-19. Many of those organizations were surprised...
