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  • Software Licensing
    • in Business Litigation · Commercial Law · Copyright · Corporate Transaction · Intellectual Property · Litigation
    • — 27 Mar, 2013

    General Software Licensing Strategies – Part 3: Policing Infringement

    After the licensing agreement is signed and done, what do you do to police the infringement?  Many licensors have great difficulty in policing the terms of the licensing agreement and[...]

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    Patent License Infringement
    • in Copyright · Corporate Transaction · Intellectual Property
    • — 7 Jan, 2013

    General Software Licensing Strategies – Part 2: Risk Allocation and Warranties

    Software licenses have to allocate various risks between licensors and licensees.  In fact, it is essential early on to figure out what will happen should things not go as planned. [...]

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  • Software Licensing
    • in Commercial Law · Copyright · Intellectual Property · Patent Applications · Trademark Registrations
    • — 25 Nov, 2012

    General Software Licensing Strategies – Part 1: Introduction

    Software licensing is big business, especially when software happens to be the principal asset of many emerging technology businesses.  A license is necessary if one desires to use another’s product,[...]

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    Patent Litigation
    • in Business Litigation · Commercial Law · Intellectual Property · Litigation
    • — 21 Nov, 2012

    Defending Against Non-Practicing Entities in Patent Litigation (Part 2)

    According to a recent study by UC Hastings’ Professor Robin Feldman, non-practicing entities (or patent trolls or NPEs) file 40% of all patent infringement cases, a number that increased from 22% in[...]

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  • Software Licensing
    • in Business Litigation · Commercial Law · Copyright · Corporate Transaction · Intellectual Property · Litigation
    • — 14 Oct, 2012

    Understanding End-User Licensing Agreements

    End-user licensing agreements (also called EULAs) are a type of software licensing contract between the owner of the software and the purchaser or user of the software.  Under the first[...]

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    Are Businesses Ignoring Software Patents?
    • in Business Litigation · Intellectual Property · Litigation
    • — 8 Apr, 2012

    Are Businesses Ignoring Software Patents?

    There are thousands of software-related patents in existence, with about 40,000 new ones issued each year. Some have argued that it is nearly impossible to effectively do all the legal[...]

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  • Small Business Software Licensing Tips
    • in Intellectual Property
    • — 24 Mar, 2012

    Small Business Software Licensing Tips

    A software license is a legal contract regarding the use or distribution of software. Software, after all, is not traditional tangible property but considered a type of intellectual property. Under[...]

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  • About Ali Aalaei, Esq.

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    Ali is a practicing attorney serving the greater San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley. His three
    areas of focus are small business, litigation and intellectual property.
    (415) 830-9968
    Ali Aalaei
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