Software Contracts: Law, Practice and Precedents 4th ed

Software Contracts 4th edcovers legal, regulatory and commercial issues related to the drafting and negotiating of software contracts.

Using a combination of relevant laws, regulations, legal cases and sample clauses, this book will help the reader understand the full range of software contracts, from both the suppliers as well as the customers’ view point.

This new edition includes key cases from UK, European and US perspectives, particularly in relation to the concept of copyright within software. It also includes European legislation including competition law, e-commerce, data protection and e-signatures legislation.

This fourth edition is updated to include:-

• Commentary on competition law sections of the Treaty of Rome
• Sections on software as a service and cloud computing
• Changes to data protection legislation
• Useful clauses and precedents

Written by a lawyer with extensive experience of software contracts, this book will help lawyers and particularly non-lawyers who would like to improve their drafting and negotiating skills.

Contains a CD-ROM of software contract precedents