Posts Tagged ‘Silicon Valley’
Silicon Valley SaaS Lawyer Kristie Prinz to Speak on “Best Practices for Drafting & Negotiating SaaS Contracts”
Silicon Valley Software Law Blog Author and SaaS Lawyer Kristie Prinz will be presenting a webinar on “Best Practices for Drafting & Negotiating SaaS Contracts” on Friday, November 19, 2021 at 10 a.m. PST. To attend, please register at the attached link.
Read MoreWhy “SaaS Agreements” are not “SaaS Licenses”
Updated 6. 11. 24 Have you ever heard the term “SaaS license” or “SaaS Licensing” being used among lawyers and businesspeople? There is a misconception that there is such a concept as a “SaaS license.” However, in fact, two principles are actually being confused: the “software license” and the “SaaS agreement.” Why does…
Read MoreIn Aftermath of GDPR, California Passes Consumer Privacy Act of 2018
After spending months preparing to comply with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), software companies now have a new U.S. data privacy law to be concerned with. California has just passed a landmark data privacy law of its own: the Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. To view the text of the law, click…
Read MoreInvitation to Join VCTaskforce at StartUpWorld 2017
My firm is very involved with VC Taskforce, and our big spring event is coming up this Thursday: StartUp World 2017. The event is being held this year at Pillsbury in Palo Alto, and we are pleased to have more than 25 investors participating, including but not limited to the following VC and angel firms:…
Read MoreSilicon Valley Software Industry Considers Impact of Supreme Court Decision on Patent Invalidity Defense to Claim of Induced Infringement
As I posted yesterday to my blog at Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog, the U.S. Supreme Court has just issued an opinion in the Commil vs. Cisco Systems case, leaving the software industry to consider how the ruling will impact member software companies. Industry reaction to the ruling has been somewhat muted thus far,…
Read MoreEquity Not the Only Option for Software Start-Ups Hiring First Developer
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have a tendency to want to offer equity to anyone who they hire when they are first getting off the ground, and some developers prefer to receive equity in the business over an IOU that they may or may not be able to collect on. However, when an entrepreneur calls me saying…
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