Issu

es in

Sof

twar

e Li

cens

ing,

Acq

uisi

tion

and

De

velo

pmen

t

July

18,

201

3

Davi

d Je

nnin

gs

Cont

ext

Fo

r Our

Pur

pose

s; W

hat’

s a

licen

se?

•Fu

ndam

enta

lly, i

t is

a “p

erm

issi

on”

to d

o so

met

hing

(s).

•A

licen

se c

onve

ys ri

ghts

to in

tang

ible

pro

pert

y cr

eate

d an

d de

fined

by

stat

ute

and

to te

chno

logy

deri

ving

val

ue s

olel

y fr

om p

ropr

ieta

ry

poss

essi

on to

the

excl

usio

n of

oth

ers.

So

ftw

are

Deve

lopm

ent

•Im

plic

ates

the

crea

tion

and

/or i

ncor

pora

tion

of i

ntan

gibl

e pr

oper

ty a

nd

tech

nolo

gyin

to a

new

pro

duct

.

So

ftw

are

and

Prod

uct A

cqui

siti

on

•Bo

th c

an im

plic

ate

the

acqu

isit

ion

of in

tang

ible

pro

pert

y an

d te

chno

logy

.

Tech

nolo

gy v

s. In

telle

ctua

l Pro

pert

y

Tech

nolo

gy is

Tan

gibl

e an

d In

tang

ible

Thi

ngs

•Pr

oces

ses,

tech

niqu

es, k

now

-how

, dat

abas

es, s

oftw

are,

et

c.

In

telle

ctua

l [In

tang

ible

] Pr

oper

ty =

Leg

al R

ight

s

•Pa

tent

Rig

hts,

Cop

yrig

hts,

Tra

de S

ecre

ts, T

rade

mar

ks

•Ea

ch c

an c

onta

in d

ivis

ible

ele

men

ts o

f the

ove

rall

bund

le

Do

you

nee

d to

gra

nt/r

ecei

ve o

ne o

r bot

h?

•Do

n’t g

ive

up m

ore

than

nec

essa

ry

•Be

sur

e to

get

wha

t you

nee

d

Lice

nses

W

hat i

s th

is “

inta

ngib

le p

rope

rty”

that

is th

e su

bjec

t of a

lic

ense

or a

cqui

siti

on?

•Co

pyri

ghts

(so

ftw

are,

lite

rary

wor

ks, a

rtw

ork,

mus

ical

com

posi

tion

s,

etc.

)

•An

yone

who

vio

late

s an

y of

the

excl

usiv

e ri

ghts

of t

he c

opyr

ight

ow

ner

as p

rovi

ded

by s

ecti

ons

106

thro

ugh

122,

or o

f the

aut

hor a

s pr

ovid

ed in

se

ctio

n 10

6A(a

), o

r who

impo

rts

copi

es o

r pho

nore

cord

s in

to th

e U

nite

d St

ates

in v

iola

tion

of s

ecti

on 6

02, i

s an

infr

inge

r of t

he c

opyr

ight

or r

ight

of

the

auth

or, a

s th

e ca

se m

ay b

e.

•Ex

clus

ive

righ

ts o

f the

cop

yrig

ht o

wne

r—to

repr

oduc

e, to

pre

pare

de

riva

tive

wor

ks, t

o di

stri

bute

cop

ies

or p

hono

reco

rds,

to p

erfo

rm, a

nd

to d

ispl

ay

Lice

nses

W

hat i

s th

is “

inta

ngib

le p

rope

rty”

that

is th

e su

bjec

t of a

lic

ense

or a

cqui

siti

on?

•Tr

ade

Secr

ets

(kno

w-h

ow; p

aten

t app

licat

ions

) /

Stat

e La

w•

… a

com

plai

nant

is e

ntit

led

to re

cove

r dam

ages

for m

isap

prop

riat

ion.

Da

mag

es c

an in

clud

e bo

th th

e ac

tual

loss

cau

sed

by m

isap

prop

riat

ion

and

the

unju

st e

nric

hmen

t cau

sed

by m

isap

prop

riat

ion

that

is n

ot ta

ken

into

ac

coun

t in

com

puti

ng a

ctua

l los

s. In

lieu

of d

amag

es m

easu

red

by a

ny

othe

r met

hods

, the

dam

ages

cau

sed

by m

isap

prop

riat

ion

may

be

mea

sure

d by

impo

siti

on o

f lia

bilit

y fo

r a re

ason

able

roya

lty

for a

mis

appr

opri

ator

's

unau

thor

ized

dis

clos

ure

or u

se o

f a tr

ade

secr

et.

•If

mis

appr

opri

atio

n is

out

rage

ous

beca

use

of th

e m

isap

prop

riat

or's

evi

l m

otiv

e or

reck

less

indi

ffer

ence

to th

e ri

ghts

of o

ther

s, th

e co

urt m

ay a

war

d pu

niti

ve d

amag

es.

Lice

nses

W

hat i

s th

is “

inta

ngib

le p

rope

rty”

that

is th

e su

bjec

t of a

lic

ense

or a

cqui

siti

on?

•Pa

tent

s

•35

USC

271

(a)

Exc

ept a

s ot

herw

ise

prov

ided

in th

is ti

tle

[35

USC

S §§

1 et

seq

.], w

hoev

er w

itho

ut a

utho

rity

mak

es, u

ses,

of

fers

to s

ell,

or s

ells

any

pat

ente

d in

vent

ion,

wit

hin

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es o

r im

port

s in

to th

e U

nite

d St

ates

any

pat

ente

d in

vent

ion

duri

ng th

e te

rm o

f the

pat

ent t

here

for,

infr

inge

s th

e pa

tent

.

Gran

t of L

icen

se R

ight

s (O

pera

tive

Ver

bs)

Copy

righ

tOt

her W

ords

Use

d

Repr

oduc

eCo

py, D

ownl

oad,

Inst

all

Crea

te D

eriv

ativ

e W

orks

Mod

ify, I

nteg

rate

,Enh

ance

, Tra

nsla

te,

Embe

d

Dist

ribu

teSe

ll, R

esel

l,Su

blic

ense

, Lic

ense

, Pro

vide

Ac

cess

Publ

icly

Per

form

NA

Publ

icly

Disp

lay

Broa

dcas

t,Ac

cess

, Ins

tall

Pate

nt(c

ompa

re)

Mak

e, h

ave

mad

e, u

se, o

ffer

to s

ell,

sell

, im

port

Lice

nse

Agre

emen

ts

Di

ffer

ent T

ypes

of L

icen

ses:

•Ex

clus

ive

•N

on-E

xclu

sive

•Fi

eld

Lim

ited

•Ge

ogra

phic

al te

rrit

ory

/ Ti

me

limit

ed

•Sp

ecifi

c cu

stom

ers

•Sp

ecifi

c ap

plic

atio

ns/p

rodu

cts

Tran

sact

ions

& A

gree

men

ts A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

Soft

war

e

En

d Us

er L

icen

se A

gree

men

ts (

EULA

s)•

Shri

nkw

rap,

Clic

kwra

p an

d th

e lik

e

Ge

nera

l Lic

ense

Agr

eem

ents

•Ge

nera

lly A

vaila

ble

Com

mer

cial

Sof

twar

e

Sa

aS, I

aaS,

Paa

S Ag

reem

ents

Re

selle

r Agr

eem

ents

De

velo

pmen

t Agr

eem

ents

•Cu

stom

Dev

elop

ed; C

usto

mer

Spe

cific

Ot

her (

Cons

ulti

ng A

gree

men

ts, e

tc.)

Sim

ple

Com

plex

EULA

s (T

ypic

al Te

rms

Incl

ude)

Ru

n Ti

me

vers

ion

–no

sou

rce

code

No

n-ex

clus

ive

use

only

; no

righ

ts to

mod

ify,

bun

dle,

re

dist

ribu

te, o

r use

for s

ervi

ce b

urea

u pu

rpos

es

Li

cens

e Ri

ghts

and

Fee

s ba

sed

on e

xten

t of u

se:

•Si

ngle

Use

r / M

ulti

ple

Use

rs

•En

terp

rise

•Tr

ansa

ctio

n

Du

rati

on (

fixe

d or

per

petu

al)

M

aint

enan

ce a

nd S

uppo

rt te

rms

vary

Cust

om S

oftw

are

Deve

lopm

ent A

gree

men

ts

Sc

ope

of D

evel

opm

ent /

Pro

duct

Fun

ctio

nal R

equi

rem

ents

/ S

OW /

PRD

Pr

ojec

t Man

agem

ent a

nd C

oope

rati

on R

equi

rem

ents

Ch

ange

Pro

cedu

res

Sc

hedu

ling

and

Mile

ston

es

Paym

ent P

rovi

sion

s

User

Tes

ting

and

Acc

epta

nce

Proc

edur

es

Excl

usiv

e ri

ghts

to d

evel

oped

sof

twar

e (i

ncl.

sour

ce c

ode)

: use

, mod

ific

atio

n,

dist

ribu

tion

and

the

like

Re

tent

ion

of R

ight

s to

Dev

elop

er’s

tool

s an

d pr

e-ex

isti

ng s

oftw

are

No

n-ex

clus

ive

licen

se ri

ghts

to D

evel

oper

’s to

ols

and

pre-

exis

ting

sof

twar

e

Deta

iled

War

rant

ies

and

Inde

mni

fica

tion

s

Conf

iden

tial

ity

M

aint

enan

ce a

nd S

uppo

rt te

rms

vary

Es

crow

Pro

visi

ons

(as

appl

icab

le)

Deve

lopm

ent a

nd C

onsu

ltin

g Ag

reem

ents

/ W

ork

Mad

e fo

r Hir

e Is

sues

Th

e Co

pyri

ght A

ct d

efin

es a

“w

ork

mad

e fo

r hir

e” in

two

part

s:

•a

wor

k pr

epar

ed b

y an

em

ploy

ee w

ithi

n th

e sc

ope

of h

is o

r her

em

ploy

men

t;

or

•a

wor

k sp

ecia

lly o

rder

ed o

r com

mis

sion

edfo

r use

•as

a c

ontr

ibut

ion

to a

col

lect

ive

wor

k,

•as

a p

art o

f a m

otio

n pi

ctur

e or

oth

er a

udio

visu

al w

ork,

•as

a tr

ansl

atio

n,

•as

a s

uppl

emen

tary

wor

k,

•as

a c

ompi

lati

on,

•as

an

inst

ruct

iona

l tex

t,

•as

a te

st,

•as

ans

wer

mat

eria

l for

a te

st, o

r

•as

an

atla

s,

if th

e pa

rtie

s ex

pres

sly

agre

e in

a w

ritt

en in

stru

men

t sig

ned

by th

em th

at

the

wor

k sh

all b

e co

nsid

ered

a w

ork

mad

e fo

r hir

e

Sof

twar

e N

otIn

clud

ed

Wor

k M

ade

for H

ire

Issu

es (

cont

.)

Do

n’t b

e ca

ught

una

war

es (

wit

hout

des

ired

ow

ners

hip

righ

ts)

as a

resu

lt o

f the

Co

pyri

ght A

ct d

efin

itio

n of

“w

ork

mad

e fo

r hir

e”

M

ake

sure

to h

ave

the

part

ies

expr

essl

y ag

ree

in a

sig

ned,

wri

tten

inst

rum

ent

that

the

wor

k sh

all b

e co

nsid

ered

a w

ork

mad

e fo

r hir

e; A

ND

In

clud

e ca

tch-

all l

angu

age

‘ass

ignm

ent’

lang

uage

(fo

r exa

mpl

e)

•To

the

exte

nt th

at ti

tle

to th

e [C

usto

m S

oftw

are]

doe

s no

t, b

y op

erat

ion

of

law

, ves

t in

[Clie

nt] o

r the

[Cus

tom

Sof

twar

e] is

not

con

side

red

wor

ks m

ade

for h

ire,

all

righ

t, ti

tle

and

inte

rest

ther

ein

are

here

by ir

revo

cabl

y as

sign

ed b

y [D

evel

oper

] to

[Clie

nt]

and

•[D

evel

oper

] has

or s

hall

obta

in a

ppro

pria

te w

ritt

en a

gree

men

ts fr

om a

ll of

its

resp

ecti

ve e

mpl

oyee

s an

d co

ntra

ctor

s, w

itho

ut li

mit

atio

n, a

nd e

xecu

ted

at o

r as

of t

he c

omm

ence

men

t of e

mpl

oym

ent o

r eng

agem

ent,

whi

ch a

gree

men

ts

shal

l req

uire

that

all

wor

ks o

f aut

hors

hip,

sof

twar

e, d

isco

veri

es a

nd

inve

ntio

ns c

reat

ed b

y an

y in

divi

dual

dur

ing

thei

r em

ploy

men

t or e

ngag

emen

t sh

all b

e pr

ompt

ly re

port

ed, f

ully

dis

clos

ed, a

nd a

ssig

ned

to [

Deve

lope

r].

Soft

war

e De

velo

pmen

t (an

d Ac

quis

itio

n); F

ree

and

Open

Sou

rce

Soft

war

e or

FOS

S

W

hat i

s it

?

•Ge

nera

lly –

Soft

war

e in

whi

ch, a

mon

g ot

her t

hing

s, th

e so

urce

cod

e is

mad

e av

aila

ble

to th

e pu

blic

; oth

ers

can

mod

ify, i

mpr

ove

and

inco

rpor

ate

the

code

into

oth

er w

orks

•M

uch

is fr

ee o

f cha

rge

–bu

t ‘fr

ee’ d

oes

not n

eces

sari

ly m

ean

free

of c

harg

e, ra

ther

, it i

mpl

ies

free

dom

of u

se

Open

Sou

rce

Soft

war

e or

FOS

S

FO

SS S

ubje

ct to

Var

ious

Sta

ndar

dize

d Li

cens

e Ag

reem

ents

•Th

ese

licen

ses

gove

rn h

ow u

sers

can

dis

trib

ute

the

FOSS

in

both

mod

ified

and

unm

odifi

ed fo

rms

•Ex

ampl

es in

clud

e:

•GP

L v.

2, G

PL v

.3

•LG

PL

•BS

D

•M

ozill

a

•Ap

ache

Open

Sou

rce

Soft

war

e or

FOS

S

W

hy S

houl

d it

be

a co

ncer

n?

•FO

SS is

ubi

quit

ous

•Co

mpa

ny v

alue

can

dep

end

on ‘c

lean

lines

s’ o

f IP

not o

nly

prot

ecti

on o

f IP

•In

the

cont

ext o

f M&

A, c

ompa

ny fu

ndin

g an

d pr

oduc

t re

leas

e, a

nd p

rodu

ct p

urch

ase

agre

emen

ts u

ncer

tain

ty c

an:

•Th

reat

en a

nd/o

r del

ay d

eal c

losu

re

•Af

fect

sof

twar

e IP

ow

ners

hip

(com

pany

val

uati

ons)

•Re

sult

in li

tiga

tion

Exam

ple

Asse

t Pur

chas

e Ag

reem

ent

So

ftw

are;

Com

pute

r Sys

tem

s.

(a

)(i

) Exc

ept a

s se

t for

th in

Sch

edul

e 2.

10(a

), th

e So

ftw

are

and

Docu

men

tati

on th

eref

or a

re

orig

inal

wor

ks o

f aut

hors

hip

sole

ly o

f Sel

ler,

(ii)

Sel

ler e

xclu

sive

ly o

wns

all

righ

t tit

le, a

nd

inte

rest

incl

udin

g, w

itho

ut li

mit

atio

n, a

ll pa

tent

, cop

yrig

ht, t

rade

sec

ret,

and

oth

er in

telle

ctua

l pr

oper

ty ri

ghts

in a

nd to

the

Soft

war

e, a

nd (

iii) n

o pa

tent

app

licat

ions

(or a

ny fo

reig

n eq

uiva

lent

s) h

ave

been

file

d by

Sel

ler,

or a

ny th

ird

part

y w

ith

resp

ect t

o an

y in

vent

ion

rela

ting

to

the

Soft

war

e, o

r any

par

t or d

eriv

ativ

e th

ereo

f.

(b

)W

itho

ut li

mit

ing

the

gene

ralit

y of

Sec

tion

2.1

0(a)

abo

ve, t

he S

oftw

are

does

not

co

ntai

n an

y Op

en S

ourc

e So

ftw

are

or o

ther

soft

war

e lic

ense

d fr

om a

thir

d pa

rty.

For

pur

pose

s he

reof

, “Op

en S

ourc

e So

ftw

are”

mea

ns s

oftw

are

that

is li

cens

ed o

r oth

erw

ise

mad

e av

aila

ble

purs

uant

to te

rms

that

, dir

ectl

y or

indi

rect

ly, a

s a

resu

lt o

f any

use

, inc

lusi

on, i

ncor

pora

tion

, co

mbi

nati

on o

r com

min

glin

g, o

f suc

h so

ftw

are

wit

h ot

her s

oftw

are

or a

ny d

eriv

ativ

e w

ork

base

d th

ereu

pon

(i) c

reat

es, o

r pur

port

s to

cre

ate,

obl

igat

ions

for,

or a

wai

ver o

f rig

hts

wit

h re

spec

t to,

su

ch o

ther

sof

twar

e or

any

der

ivat

ive

wor

k ba

sed

ther

eupo

n, a

nd/o

r (ii)

requ

ires

, or p

urpo

rts

to

requ

ire,

the

licen

sing

, dis

clos

ure

or d

istr

ibut

ion

of s

ourc

e co

de o

r exe

cuta

ble

vers

ions

of (

a)

soft

war

e, (b

) suc

h ot

her s

oftw

are,

(c) a

ny d

eriv

ativ

e w

ork

base

d up

on s

uch

soft

war

e or

suc

h ot

her s

oftw

are,

or (

d) a

ny li

cens

ing

term

s go

vern

ing

or in

form

atio

n re

lati

ng to

suc

h so

ftw

are.

Exce

rpt o

f Pur

chas

ing

T&Cs

from

Lar

ge A

eros

pace

Co.

Su

pplie

r sha

ll gi

ve B

uyer

at l

east

thir

ty (

30)

days

’ wri

tten

not

ice

if it

pro

pose

s to

in

corp

orat

e in

or u

se P

rodu

cts

in c

ombi

nati

on w

ith

any

open

-sou

rce

soft

war

e, w

here

upon

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yer m

ay re

quir

e th

at S

uppl

ier,

as

soon

as

prac

tica

ble

and

in g

ood

fait

h:

•pr

ovid

es a

nd d

iscu

sses

wit

h Bu

yer a

ll re

ason

able

add

itio

nal i

nfor

mat

ion

conc

erni

ng th

e op

en-s

ourc

e so

ftw

are

incl

udin

g w

itho

ut li

mit

atio

n (e

xcep

t for

con

diti

ons

of

conf

iden

tial

ity)

the

type

, pro

pose

d us

e an

d lic

ense

term

s;

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scus

ses

wit

h Bu

yer a

ny n

egat

ive

pote

ntia

l eff

ects

upo

n th

e In

telle

ctua

l Pro

pert

y Ri

ghts

of

Buye

r’s

prod

ucts

; and

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kes

such

act

ion

as m

ay b

e re

ason

ably

inst

ruct

ed b

y Bu

yer t

o m

inim

ize

any

such

neg

ativ

e ef

fect

s or

to re

mov

e an

d re

plac

e th

e op

en-s

ourc

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ftw

are.

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spec

tive

of t

he a

bove

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pplie

r sha

ll no

t use

ope

n-so

urce

sof

twar

e fo

r any

reas

on w

hats

oeve

r, if

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er n

otifi

es

Supp

lier i

n w

riti

ng o

f its

obj

ecti

on to

suc

h us

e.

Open

Sou

rce

Com

plia

nce

/ Du

ties

Fo

ur E

ssen

tial

Ste

ps

•Pr

ovid

e ap

prov

al a

roun

d us

e of

FOS

S in

Pro

duct

s

•Ab

solu

tely

nec

essa

ry fo

r com

mer

cial

pro

duct

s

•Ad

vise

on

FOSS

Lic

ensi

ng

•Li

cens

e co

nflic

ts; I

P Is

sues

(pro

prie

tary

sof

twar

e)

•Re

view

and

App

rove

End

Use

r Doc

umen

tati

on

•So

urce

cod

e re

leas

e ob

ligat

ions

•Co

ntri

bute

/est

ablis

h Op

erat

ion

of F

OSS

Com

plia

nce

Open

Sou

rce

Com

plia

nce

/ Du

ties

Ar

eas

of P

ract

ical

Adv

ice

for Y

our D

evel

oper

s

•In

clus

ion

of F

OSS

into

Pro

prie

tary

(or

3d

part

y) s

oftw

are,

or

vica

ver

sa

•Li

nkin

g of

FOS

S in

to P

ropr

ieta

ry (

or 3

d pa

rty)

sof

twar

e, o

r vi

ca v

ersa

•In

tera

ctio

n M

etho

ds B

etw

een

Vari

ous

Soft

war

e Co

mpo

nent

s (p

ropr

ieta

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d pa

rty,

FOS

S)

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cens

e Ob

ligat

ions

Tha

t Mus

t be

Met

Usi

ng F

OSS

Com

pone

nts

Open

Sou

rce

Dilig

ence

FO

SS C

ompl

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ust B

e Ap

plie

d to

All

Prod

ucts

Dis

trib

uted

Ex

tern

ally

—H

ow C

an It

Sho

w U

p?

•So

ftw

are

Deve

lope

d In

tern

ally

•So

ftw

are

Deve

lope

d Ex

tern

ally

from

FOS

S Pr

ojec

ts

•So

ftw

are

Deve

lope

d Ex

tern

ally

by

a Th

ird

Part

y Su

pplie

r

•Re

quir

e De

velo

pers

to D

iscl

ose

FOSS

com

pone

nts;

app

licab

le

licen

ses

•M

odifi

cati

ons

to F

OSS

mad

e by

Sup

plie

rs

•De

pend

enci

es a

nd L

inka

ges

Open

Sou

rce

Dilig

ence

Di

scus

sion

s w

ith

Supp

lier’

s M

anag

ers

and

Tech

nolo

gy S

taff

M

ay R

evea

l Ori

enta

tion

and

Sen

siti

viti

es to

FOS

S Is

sues

Fu

ncti

onal

ity

Can

Prov

ide

Tips

•Co

mm

unic

atio

n Pr

otoc

ols;

net

wor

king

; Sec

urit

y; G

raph

ics;

M

appi

ng a

nd Im

agin

g; M

odel

ing

and

Sim

ulat

ion;

Dat

abas

e Te

chno

logy

—H

ighe

r Lik

elih

ood

of F

OSS

Ex

amin

atio

n of

Sou

rce

Code

(Sc

anni

ng)

and

Exam

inat

ion

of

Supp

lier’

s Ow

n FO

SS C

ompl

ianc

e ar

e Co

mpl

imen

tary

FOSS

Dili

genc

e Se

rvic

es a

nd T

ools

FOSSology

Lice

nse

and

Deve

lopm

ent A

gree

men

t; R

epre

sent

atio

ns a

nd

War

rant

ies

W

hat d

oes

the

licen

see/

Vend

ee

wan

t?

•Ow

ners

hip

and/

or C

ontr

ol

•N

o ot

her l

icen

ses

(pas

t & fu

ture

)

•N

o kn

own

ongo

ing

infr

inge

men

t of

licen

sor’

s ri

ghts

•Ex

erci

se o

f rig

hts

won

’t in

frin

ge

othe

r’s

righ

ts (

FOSS

dis

clos

ure

and

war

rant

ies)

•N

o ou

tsta

ndin

g or

ders

, jud

gmen

ts,

inju

ncti

ons

•Te

chno

logy

will

wor

k as

adv

erti

sed

(or

othe

rwis

e su

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ient

)

•In

dem

nific

atio

n

W

hat d

oes

the

licen

sor/

deve

lope

r w

ant t

o gi

ve?

•N

OTH

ING

•N

o ot

her l

icen

ses

(pas

t & fu

ture

) [O

K]

•N

o kn

own

ongo

ing

infr

inge

men

t of

licen

sor’

s ri

ghts

[OK

]

•Ex

erci

se o

f rig

hts

won

’t in

frin

ge

othe

r’s

righ

ts [

ALW

AYS

AVOI

D AB

SOLU

TE IF

POS

SIBL

E]

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o ou

tsta

ndin

g or

ders

, jud

gmen

ts,

inju

ncti

ons

[OK]

•In

dem

nific

atio

n /

Econ

omic

s an

d Ch

arac

ter o

f Lic

ense

Conc

lusi

on

Id

enti

fied

som

e ke

y ch

arac

teri

stic

s an

d is

sues

ari

sing

in s

oftw

are

licen

sing

and

dev

elop

men

t tra

nsac

tion

s

Di

scus

sed

vari

ous

appr

oach

es a

nd p

itfa

lls a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

thes

e is

sues

W

hat t

o ta

ke a

way

?

•Be

pre

cise

in p

repa

rati

on a

nd a

naly

sis

(Lot

s of

room

for p

robl

ems)

•Co

ntra

ct p

rinc

iple

s ap

ply

as w

ell a

s st

atut

ory

and

com

mon

law

go

vern

ing

subj

ect i

ntan

gibl

e pr

oper

ty ri

ghts

•De

velo

pmen

t Agr

eem

ents

are

oft

en c

ompl

ex a

gree

men

ts w

ith

pote

ntia

l for

hig

h ri

sk

•FO

SS is

sues

sho

uld

not b

e ig

nore

d

•Th

ese

agre

emen

ts c

an h

ave

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

valu

e of

the

com

pany