Whether you need assistance negotiating a big software contract, drafting and designing your go-to, fill-in-the-blank contract, or just understanding a particular type of software contract, our firm has years of experience!
Regardless of whether you’re the licensor or the licensee, our software and technology law firm assists clients with all manner of nuances of software license agreements.
Our law firm represents a number of software as a service clients. We assist SaaS clients with negotiating and drafting template and complex SaaS agreements and contracts.
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From API and JSON issues to programming with Ruby or Python to the Agile or Waterfall methodologies, our Columbus, Ohio SaaS law firm has experience working with a range of technologies and software companies. Our firm’s software attorneys advise software clients on legal aspects associated with software development and commercialization, including user experience design (UX) and user interface design (UI), the Open Source Initiative and open-source licenses, and intellectual property protection and licensing.
If you have never worked with a Columbus, Ohio SaaS attorney, writing your own software as a services agreements and contracts can be time consuming and intimidating. At our firm, we work closely with our startup clients to structure protective but easy-to-use agreements that assist in generating new business, maintaining existing client relationships, and when necessary, outlining rights and remedies for when software agreement breaches arise.
When working with the software provider we advise on the full range of SaaS concerns. This can include user interface issues such as access credentials, authentication, security obligations, and scope of authorized users. We also assist in addressing service issues such as scheduled downtime, service level agreements, service failures, data backup, suspension or termination of SaaS agreements and user accounts, and customer limitations regarding software use.
Properly structuring payment and invoicing provisions can be crucial for a good SaaS agreement. We advise software companies on subscription, annual, and other fee arrangements, fee increases, development expenses, domestic and international taxes, and remedies for slow or non-payment.
Our Columbus, Ohio software licensing lawyer also works with customers and clients who are negotiating SaaS contracts. We help customers with intellectual property rights, service level credits, source code escrow subcontracting and personnel requirements, milestones and acceptance testing procedures and rights, support services, maintenance, corrective action plans, data breaches, and contract termination.
Our Columbus, Ohio software licensing attorney also counsels both software companies and customers on software development and software licensing agreements. We help address key licensing and development issues such as open-source components and third-party materials and licenses, statements of work, development specifications, project plans, testing periods, and change orders.
Intellectual property rights in licensing and development contracts can be crucial for all parties. We assist with licensing of developer background technology, the use and license of customer data, license restrictions, termination of specific licenses, and scope of confidential and proprietary information.
Additionally, we advise on warranties and limitation of liability. This can include addressing express and implied warranties, such as the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Other times, this can include creating a ceiling on liability and carefully crafting the scope of indemnification and indemnification rights.