Negotiating Software Contracts

by Robert Bond

With comprehensively updated content and up-to-the minute commentary, Negotiating Software Contracts (previous edition: Software Contracts) is the best way to keep abreast of current practice in software contract law - a must for all legal professionals and business advisers working in this area of rapid development and constant change.

This book gives practitioners and business advisers a useful insight into the potential traps and pitfalls of software contract negotiation. Precedents and guidance are very commercially focused to provide the reader an opportunity to enhance their negotiation skills via useful and practical tips.

Contents:

PART I INTRODUCTION
1 Understanding software licence agreements
2 Some general types of software licence agreements
PART II LAWS AND REGULATIONS
3 Overview to laws relevant to software contracts
4 European Union Law
PART III PREPARING FOR NEGOTIATIONS
5 Understanding negotiating principles
6 Preparing for negotiations
PART IV PREPARING FOR DRAFTING
7 Preparing the contracts
8 Checklist of the contents of a typical software licence agreement
9 Necessary licence provisions
PART V NEGOTIATING TACTICS AND TECHNIQUES
10 Creative problem solving
11 The use of non-verbals in negotiation
Appendix: Precedents

Previous edition ISBN: 9781847666710

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780433336
• ISBN13: 9781780433332
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Tottel Publishing
• Length: 836 Pages
• Weight: 2.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.5" x 10.0"