Helpful news & articles from Tom McKeever, a Business-Focused Legal Partner for Technology Companies from Emerging to Large-Scale Enterprise.
For many businesses, their intellectual property (IP) is their most valuable asset. And for just as many others, using another company's IP is core to their success. So when businesses agree to work together, they use IP licensing agreements to set forth the terms of use and compensation to creat...
Whether you are a tech startup or an established enterprise, contracts are an essential part of doing business. But what happens when a party fails to meet their obligations? Contracts determine how business deals are interpreted and enforced.
HIPAA is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Created in 1996 to ensure the security of personal health information for patients around the country, HIPAA is a vital part of not only the healthcare industry, but many other industries that work alongside health care. Any orga...
In the past year, artificial intelligence has seen a meteoric rise, with its impact being felt far and wide. When it comes to artificial intelligence in cloud computing, AI’s ability to not only analyze tremendous amounts of data, but learn from it as well, creates revolutionary potential for nearly every industry.
California has long been the place where the best and brightest come to build businesses that change the world. From Steve Jobs, to Elon Musk, countless entrepreneurs have made their fame and fortune in the Golden state. Money follows innovation, which has made California the place to go for thos...
Avoid Unnecessary Conflict, Improve Time to Market, Preserve Relationships--and Ultimately Get What you Need Developers and clients hotly debate which should own or just have a limited license (or as some customers argue no license) to intellectual property (IP) developed by the contractor. Res...
In this video, technology transactions attorney Tom McKeever discusses how to improve vendor outcomes for your business, save a few bucks, and lots of headache. Overview Be Clear about what you want from Vendor/Service Providers Pre-Negotiation Preparation & Process Overview Negotiating...
A clickwrap agreement is an online contract formed when a user indicates acceptance of by clicking a button or checking a box on a website or software application. Clickwrap agreements are commonly used to govern the use of online services and apps.
SaaS services require a substantially different customer agreement than old-school software products.
In the age of Google for legal research and LegalZoom for quickie contracts, it can seem as if hiring an attorney is an unnecessary business expense. But the adage "you get what you pay for" can be true when it comes to do-it-yourself internet legal solutions. Sometimes, there's no substitute for...
Before you can offer SaaS services, you need a SaaS agreement. This document will spell out the terms and conditions for how your customers will and won't use of your service. SaaS is markedly different from the old business model of perpetual on-prem software licensing. As a result, you and you...
In tech, we've all faced incomprehensible contracts, dense customer agreements, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) licenses that take three hours to read. There is a better approach. In this blog, we'll explain why keeping all of your legal agreements in simple, understandable language will make yo...
