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Silicon Valley SaaS Attorney Kristie Prinz to Speak on “Negotiating SaaS Contracts: Drafting Key Contract Provisions, Protecting Customer and Vendor Interests
Silicon Valley SaaS Lawyer Kristie Prinz will be present a webinar on “Negotiating SaaS Contracts: Drafting Key Contract Provisions, Protecting Customer and Vendor Interests” on February 8, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. PST for Virginia-based Clear Law Institute.
Read MoreThe Prinz Law Office Announces New Alternative Billing Solution: Subscription Billing
I am pleased to announce that The Prinz Law Office and I are launching a new alternative legal billing solution: the subscription billing model. We have been following the recent popularity of the subscription model with California companies and believe that it could be a good fit with companies having ongoing firm needs, particularly in…
Read MoreSilicon Valley Software & Technology Lawyer Kristie Prinz to Present Webinar on “Negotiating SaaS Contracts”
Software and Technology Lawyer Kristie Prinz will be present a webinar on “Negotiating SaaS Contracts: Drafting Key Contract Provisions, Protecting Customer and Vendor Interests” on October 26, 2018 for Clear Law Institute. The Prinz Law Office has issued a press release announcing the upcoming webinar, which is linked here. To register for the event, sign…
Read MoreSilicon Valley Software Business Lawyer Kristie Prinz to Present Webinar on “Negotiating SaaS Agreements”
Silicon Valley Software Business Lawyer Kristie Prinz will present a webinar on “Negotiating SaaS Agreements: Drafting Key Contract Provisions, Protecting Customer and Vendor Interests” on June 11, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. The program will be sponsored by Virginia-based Clear Law Institute. To register for the event, sign up at the Clear Law Institute website.
Read MoreSix Signs You Are Reviewing a Poorly Written Software Contract
How do you identify a poorly written software contract? Software lawyer Kristie Prinz shares some tips for the layperson on recognizing a bad software contract: Six Signs You are Reviewing a Poorly Written Software Contract
Read MoreSilicon Valley Software Lawyer Kristie Prinz to Present Webinar on “Drafting Software Hosting Agreements: Service Availability, Performance, Data Security, and Other Key Provisions”
Silicon Valley Software Lawyer Kristie Prinz will be featured as a speaker for the webinar “Drafting Software Hosting Agreements: Service Availability, Performance, Data Security, Other Key Provisions” for the Atlanta, Georgia-based Strafford on January 23, 2018. The firm has published a press release on the event, which is attached here. To register for the event, please…
Read MoreSilicon Valley Software Lawyer Kristie Prinz to Speak on “Negotiating SaaS Agreements: Drafting Key Contract Provisions, Protecting Customer and Vendor Interests”
Silicon Valley Software Lawyer Kristie Prinz will be co-presenting a webinar on “Negotiating SaaS Agreements: Drafting Key Contract Provisions, Protecting Customer and Vendor Interests” with Kelley Miller of Reed Smith on August 8, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. PST/1:00 p.m. EDT. To register for this webinar, please sign up at: https://www.straffordpub.com/products/negotiating-saas-agreements-drafting-key-contract-provisions-protecting-customer-and-vendor-interests-2017-08-08.
Read MoreWhat Problems Should You Anticipate with a SaaS Company’s Assets in a Potential Acquisition?
Interested in acquiring a SaaS company’s assets? If so, you may want to take the time to contemplate the problems you should anticipate with those assets before commencing negotiations. The firm discusses these issues in more detail in the Silicon Valley Software Law Blog: Negotiating the Purchase of SaaS Company Assets: Key Problems to Anticipate…
Read MoreDepartment of Justice Investigating Uber’s Use of Greyball Software
I have discussed the latest legal developments regarding Uber’s “Greyball” software program at the following Silicon Valley Software Law Blog link: Investigation Reportedly Launched by Department of Justice into Uber’s Use of “Greyball” Software
Read MoreAddressing Common Software Agreement Fee Drafting Problems
Many software agreements contain a variety of disparities between the fee terms in the body of the contract and how the fees are described on the website, in marketing materials, and in other supplemental documents. What are the typical problems that might be found in a software agreement regarding fees and how can those problems…
Read MoreApp Store Policy Changes to Go Into Effect
If you are in the software business, you will likely be interested in some App Store changes that go into effect as of today, May 1, 2017. I posted about these changes on the Silicon Valley Software Law Blog at the link set forth below: Apple Implements App Store Affiliate Commission and Pricing Changes
Read MoreCan you be Criminally Prosecuted for Developing Code Used in the Commission of a Crime?
As a developer, can you be criminally prosecuted for developing code that is subsequently used in the commission of a crime? The recent federal prosecution of an Arkansas developer suggests that this is in fact possible and that developers need to be wary of all the possible applications of the code they are seeking to…
Read MoreWhat is a Service Level Agreement or “SLA” and When Do You Need One?
If you are in the software industry or a technical services industry, or alternatively, if you purchase software or technical services, do you know what a service level agreement is and when you might need one for a particular relationship? In my blogpost at the Silicon Valley Software Law Blog, I explain the concept of…
Read MoreRecent Software Cases Reflect Why SaaS Contracts Should be Drafted to Fit Company’s Business Model
Is your SaaS contract “borrowed” from a third party’s standard terms or copied off the Internet? Or have you just been signing whatever a larger third party sends you to sign? If so, you may want to consider recent class action litigation against an industry leader, in which it was alleged that the terms of…
Read MoreSoftware Companies Should Rethink Privacy Practices Following Recent FTC Enforcement Actions
If you are in software industry, you probably are cognizant of the financial significance of data monetization to the industry. But how informed are you of privacy protection practices in the industry? Software companies may want to take note in light of recent enforcement activity by the FTC and tighten their practices, including drafting of…
Read MoreVIZIO Settles with FTC and New Jersey over Data Tracking Practices
VIZIO has settled a case with the FTC and State of New Jersey for $2.2 million, which alleged that the data tracking of smart TVs, which occurred without viewer’s informed consent was “unfair and deceptive” in violation of the FTC Act and New Jersey consumer protection laws. VIZIO to Pay $2.2 Million to FTC
Read MoreSilicon Valley Lawyer Kristie Prinz to Speak at Upcoming Webinar on “Negotiating Software as a Service Agreements”
I am pleased to announce that I will be speaking at an upcoming webinar “Negotiating Software as a Service Contracts” on December 19, 2016 from 1 to 2:15 p.m. EST. For more information, please see my firm’s press release on the event: Press Release on Clear Law Institute Webinar
Read MoreSilicon Valley Lawyer Kristie Prinz to Speak on “Negotiating Service Level Agreement Key Terms”
I am pleased to announce that I will be speaking at an upcoming webinar on “Negotiating Service Level Agreement Key Terms” on December 21, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 PST. For more information about the webinar, please see my firm’s press release on the event published below: Press Release on Stafford Publications Webinar
Read MoreFTC Announces Order Against San Francisco Software Company
The FTC has today announced its final order in its case against the San Francisco Software company Vulcan over its business practices in distributing its software product and advertising and promotional activities in connection with the product. The FTC clearly put software companies on notice again that the government is carefully monitoring their business practices…
Read MoreSoftware Companies Should Prioritize Making Their Products Accessible to the Disabled
If you run a software company, have you ever considered whether your software could be made more accessible to the disabled? If you have never given ADA compliance or compliance with similar state laws any consideration, now may be a good time to focus resources on the issue as I explain in my Silicon Valley…
Read MoreDepartment of Justice Reverses Course on Apple Encryption Case
The Department of Justice appeared to be reversing course in its case against Apple this afternoon, when it filed a motion to vacate the hearing scheduled for tomorrow in order to explore a possible method of decrypting the terrorist iPhone at issue proposed by a third party over the weekend. I have written more about…
Read MoreSilicon Valley SaaS Lawyer Kristie Prinz to Speak on “Negotiating Software as a Service Contracts”
Silicon Valley SaaS Lawyer Kristie Prinz will be presenting a webinar on “Negotiating Software as a Service Contracts” for Clear Law Institute on May 6, 2016 at 10 p.m. PST/1 p.m EST. To sign up to attend the webinar, please register through the Clear Law Institute website Clear Law Institute Website.
Read MoreFBI vs. Apple: Who Will Come out the Winner in this Dispute?
When the Justice Department decided to wage a legal battle against Apple over encryption on the iPhone of one of San Bernardino terrorists, the government moved the encryption debate into the public arena and triggered a public debate over the issue. Now, it is reported that the government is considering launching a second case over…
Read MoreBuilding a Successful Business based on the Commercialization of an Open Source Product
It’s not every day that I get a call from an entrepreneur or start-up looking for representation in conjunction with an open source-based business, but the question of how to develop a profitable company when your business is built around an open source product interests me as a software attorney, since if you know anything…
Read MoreLatest Data Breach Involving Taxpayer Data Stored in Tax Preparation Software Suggests Need for Greater Government Regulation
With all the recent calls for greater FTC regulation of consumer data generally, it’s interesting that there has been very little commentary about the need for greater regulation of taxpayer data. However, the disclosure of a second data breach since the first of the year affecting a major tax preparation software company suggests that consumers…
Read MoreFTC Signals to Health Software Companies an Intention to Increase Scrutiny over Advertising Claims
The FTC has just reached a settlement with Lumos Labs over claims that the company was deceptively advertising the health benefits of its Luminosity software program. The FTC’s action over this issue should serve as a warning to the health software industry regarding how health software companies are advertising their products. I addressed this issue…
Read MoreTurmoil within Developer Community and Not Legal Challenges Could Doom Bitcoin
Does Bitcoin have a future, and if so, what will that future look like? This is the fascinating question posed by The New York Times today in a profile story about one of the core developer’s loss of faith in the future of the currency as a split has emerged in the developer community over…
Read MoreSaaS Lawyer Kristie Prinz Speaks on “Negotiating Software as a Service Contracts”
SaaS attorney Kristie Prinz recently participated in a webinar on “Negotiating Software as a Service Contracts” with Reed Smith’s Kelley Miller. A recording of that presentation can be accessed through the link attached below: Negotiating Software as a Service Contracts
Read MoreImplications of Supreme Court Decision on Patent Invalidity Defense on Software Industry
How will the Supreme Court’s ruling yesterday in Commil v. Cisco Systems impact the Silicon Valley software industry? I looked at this issue today in this Silicon Valley Software Law Blog posting: Silicon Valley Software Industry Considers Impact of Supreme Court Decision on Patent Invalidity Defense to Claim of Induced Infringement
Read MoreImplications of FCC Net Neutrality Rules on Software Industry
The topic of net neutrality has been the subject of controversy for months, but the FCC has recently taken this debate to a new level by adopting new rules that will allow it greater regulatory authority over the Internet. What does this mean exactly for the public generally and for the business world? I’ve explained…
Read MoreThe Perils of Cutting the Wrong Legal Corners
Does your company make a point of not consulting outside counsel on pricing and payment terms in its contracts in an effort to save money on legal fees? If so, you might end up costing the company more money in legal fees than you would otherwise. I looked at this issue in my recent blog…
Read MoreWhy Understanding Your Technology Model is the Key to Drafting a Good Contract
If you work at a software company and are involved at all with agreements, you may be interested in a recent posting that I wrote at Silicon Valley Software Law Blog on why understanding your technology model is so critical to properly drafting and even reviewing contracts: Software Licensing vs. Software-as-a-Service (“Saas”) : The Importance…
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