Negotiating Software Contracts: Fifth Edition

With comprehensively updated content and up-to-the minute commentary, Negotiating Software Contracts (previous 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 I INTRODUCTION1 Understanding software licence agreements2 Some general types of software licence agreementsPART II LAWS AND REGULATIONS3 Overview to laws relevant to software contracts4 European Union LawPART III PREPARING FOR NEGOTIATIONS5 Understanding negotiating principles6 Preparing for negotiationsPART IV PREPARING FOR DRAFTING7 Preparing the contracts8 Checklist of the contents of a typical software licence agreement9 Necessary licence provisionsPART V NEGOTIATING TACTICS AND TECHNIQUES10 Creative problem solving11 The use of non-verbals in PrecedentsPrevious edition 9781847666710