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The book and accompanying disk provides the practitioner with the definitive guide to drafting and negotiating computer contracts and forms.
The contracts, forms and Commentary have been compiled by some of the worlds leading experts.
The subject matter is broken down into familiar areas to help guide you to the relevant materials.
It includes numerous styles of contracts and forms on:
- Software - licensing, support, distribution, development, escrow, assignment, royalty agreements.
- Databases - data purchase, licensing, on-line subscription.
- Systems /Hardware - sales, maintenance, turnkey, customisation, distribution.
- Miscellaneous Agreements - consultancy, supply of software authors, non-disclosure, disclosure, copyright legends, evaluation, option agreement, guaranty of agreement, beta testing, facilities management, telecommunications agreements and Disclaimers (website and hard copy), outsourcing agreements.
- Internet – Web wrap licenses, Website development agreements, ISP agreements, Code of Conduct, website hosting agreements, website terms of use, disclaimers and privacy, website Content, ASP agreements, co-location, E-commerce platform agreements, Internet search engine optimisation agreements and website and domain name assignment.
- Digital and Electronic Signature – how it works and countries which have passed legislation to accept digitally signed documents.
The Book's Commentary offers a comprehensive, definitive but user-friendly analysis of software and database protection in the European Community, USA, Japan, Australia, India and on the Internet as well as specific commentary on E-commerce and Digital and Electronic Signatures.
Authors and Contributors
Principal Legal Author:
M-T Michele Rennie (LL.B, NP) Head of Intellectual Prpoerty and Internet Law, Computalaw Ltd.
Contributors
USA
David Bender, White & Case, New York
J.T.(Jay) Westermeier and Erik M. Feig, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP, Reston, VA
Steve Davidson, Mical Kapsner Griffin and Scott Bergs, Leonard, Street and Deinard, Minneapolis
Europe
Philip Woolfson, Steptoe & Johnson, Brussels
Australia
Anna Sharpe, Clayton Utz, Brisbane
Japan
Takashi Kanai, Frantech Law Office, Tokyo
Wakaba Hara, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo
Kei Amemiya, formerly an associate at Okamoto, Susuki & Takamatsu, Tokyo
India
Shalini Agarwal, Sakate Khaitan, Satyendra Shrivastava and Pragati Mor all of ALMT Legal, London and Mumbai and Bangalore.
Electronic and Digital Signatures
Stephen Mason, barrister with a door tenancy at St Pauls Chambers, London.
Some Book Reviews
"Books such as this should be seen as a godsend by computer lawyers freed from
the drudgery of inventing text and formats"
-Computer Law and Practice
".. the precedents . . . are useful starting points with the principal issues
and local variations highlighted . . . There is little doubt that this is a
useful addition to the bookshelves of the IT specialist practitioner"
- Computer & Telecommunication Law Review
"We are told that we shall soon all be passengers on the 'information
superhighway', caught up in a 'multi-media revolution.' However, amidst all the
hype remains the fundamental concept that, irrespective of the end results or
functions of this technology, there must be an old fashioned contractual
relationship between parties who wish to use or exploit it in any way."
-The Legal Executive Journal
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"In addition, to reflect the international nature of information technology,
the work also provides a Commentary which goes some of the way to explain the
law and practice behind the precedents from the viewpoints of a number of
countries. Clearly presented and extremely useful, this will greatly assist the
ever increasing band of IT practitioners."
-The Legal Executive Journal
"The universality in style and content of the contracts included in the
publication is intended to reassure the user that the laws relating to
computers in general, and intellectual property in particular, have developed
and evolved along substantially similar lines in all the jurisdictions
represented."
-Computer Law & Security Report
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