This handbook is a user-friendly reference manual and training guide on software licenses and other IT agreements, along with cloud computing issues. This handbook is for both lawyers and businesspeople, including contract managers, procurement officers, corporate counsel, salespeople, and anyone else responsible for getting IT deals done. Perhaps, most important, the book uses clear, simple English, just like a good contract.
The book describes each clause typically found in a technology agreement, outlines the issues at stake, and offers negotiation tips and sample contract language. The book addresses four principle types of IT contracts:
David W. Tollen is the founder of Sycamore Legal, a boutique law firm in San Francisco, CA, dedicated to technology agreements and providing advice and contracts about e-commerce, privacy, and intellectual property for clients ranging from start-ups to the global Fortune 100. He focuses on technology agreements, privacy and information security compliance, intellectual property counseling, industrial and commercial design transactions, and electronic commerce.
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