Posts Tagged ‘Silicon Valley Software Law Blog’
Kristie Prinz to Speak at Upcoming Practicing Law Institute Program
The Silicon Valley Software Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz of The Prinz Law Office will be speaking at an upcoming one-day Practicing Law Institute Program to be held on October 9, 2024 at the PLI headquarters in San Francisco, California. Kristie will be speaking on “Drafting Privacy Policies for Devices with No User Interface – What…
Read MoreSilicon Valley Software Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz to Present Webinar on “Introduction to Negotiating & Drafting SaaS Agreements”
Silicon Valley Software Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz will present a webinar on “Introduction to Negotiating & Drafting SaaS Agreements” on December 14, 2020 at 10 a.m. PST. To learn more about the program or to register, please click here.
Read MoreSilicon Valley Software Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz to Present Webinar on “Best Practices for Negotiating SaaS Agreements in an Uncertain Economy”
Silicon Valley Software Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz will be presenting a webinar on “Best Practices for Negotiating SaaS Agreements in an Uncertain Economy” on December 8, 2020 at 10 a.m. PST. For more information on the program or to register, please click here.
Read MoreCapitalizing on SaaS Sales Opportunities During the Coronavirus Crisis Without Creating New Legal Risks
Although many businesses are concerned about the potential economic fallout of recent shelter-in-place orders in Silicon Valley as well as more limited office and business closings across the United States, the coronavirus crisis is presenting a unique sales opportunity to savvy SaaS companies, given the fact that much of the United States workforce has suddenly…
Read MoreSilicon Valley Software Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz to Present Series of Webinars On Negotiating in Uncertain Times
The Silicon Valley Software Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz will be presenting a series of webinars on negotiating in a very uncertain economy, sharing practice tips developed and lessons learned from the last recession. I will be kicking off the series with a webinar on “Best Practices for Negotiating Master Services Agreements in an Uncertain Economy”…
Read MoreSilicon Valley Software Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz to Present on “The Intersection of Law & Technology: Addressing Current Technology Issues without allowing them to Overwhelm Your Practice”
Silicon Valley Software Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz will present a webinar on “The Intersection of Law & Technology: Addressing Current Technology Issues without Allowing them to Overwhelm your Practice” on April 17, 2020 at 10 a.m PST/ 1 a.m. EST. For more information on the program, please check out this link:https://prinzlawstore.com/2020/02/silicon-valley-technology-lawyer-kristie-prinz-to-present-webinar-on-the-intersection-of-technology-and-legal-practice-addressing-current-technology-issues-without-allowing-them-to-overwhelm-your-p/
Read MoreSilicon Valley Software Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz to Present on “Negotiating SaaS Contracts & Managing Customer Relationships”
Silicon Valley Software Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz will be presenting on “Negotiating SaaS Contracts & Managing Customer Relationships” on March 31st, 2020 at 10 a.m. PST/ 1 p.m. EST in a webinar sponsored by The Prinz Law Office. To attend, please register at: https://prinzlawstore.com/2020/02/best-practices-for-negotiating-saas-contracts-managing-saas-customer-relationships/
Read MoreSilicon Valley Software Blog Law’s Kristie Prinz to Present Webinar on “Best Practices for Negotiating SaaS Contracts”
Silicon Valley Software Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz will be presenting a webinar on “Best Practices for Negotiating SaaS Contracts & Managing SaaS Customer Relationships” on October 8, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. PST/ 1 p.m. EST. The webinar will address the following issues: What makes an effective SaaS customer contract? What are the essential terms in…
Read MoreDevelopers File Suit Against Apple for App Store Practices Following Recent Decision by U.S. Supreme Court
Two app developers have filed suit against Apple, Inc. over its App Store practices, following the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of consumers allowing a class action suit on similar issues to proceed. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (San Jose). According…
Read MoreSoftware Industry Warns of Fallout from Australia’s Passage of New Anti-Encryption Legislation
The software industry is raising concerns about the potential consequences of Australia’s recent passage of legislation to provide law enforcement with expansive new powers to compel the disclosure of encrypted data. According to ITPro, the “Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018” was approved by a 46-11 majority in the Australian parliament…
Read MoreSilicon Valley Software Law Blog Sponsor Announces New “Subscription Model” Option for Legal Clients
Silicon Valley Software Law Blog Sponsor, The Prinz Law Office, has announced today the launch of a new option for clients: the “subscription model” billing model. The firm will initially be offering daily and half-daily subscription models. The model is anticipated to potentially be a good fit with companies having ongoing legal review or advice…
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 MoreCalifornia Supreme Court Strikes Blow to Software Industry Reliance on Gig Workers
If your software company is relying on so-called “Gig workers” to provide a service managed by your app and software platform, then you need to know about a California Supreme Court ruling just issued this week, which is likely to severely limit your ability to rely on the “Gig worker” model going forward in the…
Read MoreSix Signs You Are Reviewing a Poorly Written Software Contract
I was recently asked how to recognize that a software contract is poorly written. Upon consideration, I’ve come up with six signs to watch for in order to identify a poorly written software contract. In my experience, the first sign of a poorly drafted contract is that contract completely confuses the software licensing and SaaS…
Read MoreSilicon Valley Software Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz to Present Webinar on “Negotiating SaaS Agreements: Drafting Key Contract Provisions, Protecting Customer and Vendor Interests”
Silicon Valley Software Law Blog Author Kristie Prinz will be co-presenting a webinar on “Negotiating SaaS Agreements: Drafting Key Contract Provisions, Protecting Customer and Vendor Interests” with Kelley Miller of Reed Smith on August 8, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. PST/1:00 p.m. EDT. To register for this webinar, please sign up at: https://www.straffordpub.com/products/negotiating-saas-agreements-drafting-key-contract-provisions-protecting-customer-and-vendor-interests-2017-08-08.
Read MoreBipartisan Bill Introduced in Senate that Seeks to Prevent Attacks on American Cyber-Networks
Democratic Senator Brain Schatz of Hawaii and Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin have introduced the “Protecting Our Ability to Counter Hacking Act of 2017,” also known as the “PATCH Act of 2017” in the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, following the recent “WannaCry” ransomware attack, with the intention of requiring government…
Read MoreInvestigation Reportedly Launched by Department of Justice into Uber’s Use of “Greyball” Software
The Department of Justice has launched an investigation into Uber’s use of the “Greyball” software program, following recent reports about the company’s use of this software to evade local law enforcement officials and regulators in new markets where the service was not yet permitted, according to Reuters. Reuters reports that Uber has received a subpoena…
Read MoreCommon Software Agreement Fee Drafting Problems and How to Fix Them
Updated 6.21.24 When a client sends me a software license agreement or SaaS agreement to review or update, I always make a priority of reviewing any terms in the contract involving fees and then carefully reviewing the website and any marketing materials or fee schedules to confirm that the fee terms in the contract clearly…
Read MoreApple Implements App Store Affiliate Commission and Pricing Changes
If your software business makes available an app in the Apple App Store, then you will want to make note of several business changes that Apple has just recently announced. The first change is that Apple has reduced the App Store affiliate commission from 7% to 2.5%, as was reported by Tech Crunch. An affiliate…
Read MoreRecent Software Class Actions Provide Valuable Lesson on Why SaaS Contracts Should Be Drafted to Fit Company’s Business Model
When SaaS companies and start-ups first contact me, they are often doing so with the idea that there are a few really well SaaS template contracts circulating in the SaaS industry and they seeking the” right” attorney to provide that industry-standard template to them. Alternatively, they contact me telling me that they’ve already put together…
Read MoreSaaS Contracts: Is Your SaaS Contract Extending Your Sales Cycle?
The average sales contract being signed by a SaaS company has nothing to do with the technology being sold and fails to include all of the key contract terms that need to be in a SaaS contract. Thus, not only does the poor nature of the contract complicate the process of signing up new customers…
Read MoreTakeaways for Software Industry from New Study on Costs of Data Breach
If you are a cloud service provider or a software provider who offers maintenance services to enterprise-level companies, then your company has likely had occasion to negotiate indemnification clauses relating to data breaches. Moreover, your company has probably had to provide warranties around data security or employee bad acts that would provide some protections to…
Read MoreSilicon Valley Software Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz to Speak at Upcoming Webinar on “Negotiating Software as a Service Contracts”
The Prinz Law Office is pleased to announce that Silicon Valley Software Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz will be speaking at an upcoming webinar “Negotiating Software as a Service Contracts” on December 19, 2016 from 1 to 2:15 p.m. EST. For more information, please see the firm’s attached press release. Press Release on Clear Law Institute…
Read MoreDigital Rights Management Software and the Printer Hardware Business
HP reopened a new front in the controversy between the printer hardware business and digital rights management software when it reportedly downloaded digital rights management software to customer printers as a recent security update. Fortune reported that HP’s actions were first recognized by a Dutch printer cartridge vendor after some 1000 customers contacted the company…
Read MoreSilicon Valley Software Blog Author Kristie Prinz to Speak on Best Practices for Negotiating and Drafting Effective SaaS Customer Agreements
Are your SaaS customers really signing an agreement that is effective for your business? How do you even know if your SaaS company is working with a customer agreement that is sufficiently protecting your business? The Silicon Valley Software Law Blog’s author Kristie Prinz is presenting a webinar on June 13, 2016 at 10 a.m.…
Read MoreThird Party Hacks San Bernardino Terrorist iPhone, Ending Standoff Between Apple and FBI
The U.S. Justice Department announced yesterday that the third party who came forward and convinced the FBI that it could unlock the San Bernardino terrorist’s encrypted iPhone successfully unlocked the encrypted iPhone, ending the standoff between Apple and the FBI. The government informed the court in its filing yesterday that it had successfully retrieved the…
Read MoreLawyer Kristie Prinz Invited to Present Upcoming Webinar on “Negotiating Software as a Service Contracts”
Silicon Valley Software Law Blog author Kristie Prinz has been invited to present a webinar on “Negotiating Software as a Service Contracts” for Clear Law Institute on May 6, 2016 at 10 a.m. PST/1 p.m. EST. For more information on the event or to register, please visit the Clear Law Institute website at http://clearlawinstitute.com/.
Read MoreGovernment Backtracks in Dispute Against Apple Over Unlocking Terrorist iPhone
The government has asked to postpone its scheduled hearing against Apple tomorrow, according to breaking news reports by Fox News and the Associated Press as well as The New York Times. It is reported that “an outside party” has identified to the FBI a possible method to unlock the iPhone used by one of the…
Read MoreWho will Ultimately Win in the FBI’s Standoff with the Software Industry?
The Justice Department set off a huge public debate earlier this year when it sought court intervention to force Apple to assist law enforcement in unlocking an iPhone that belonged to one of the San Bernardino terrorists, and the issue is of particular interest to members of the software industry here in Silicon Valley, where…
Read MoreLumos Labs Case Signals to Health Software Industry an Intention by the FTC to Police Industry’s Advertising Claims
The Federal Trade Commission’s pursuit of Lumos Labs over advertising claims made about its Luminosity brain training software programs has sent a clear cautionary signal to the health software industry that the FTC intends to exercise regulatory authority over advertising in the space to monitor companies’ health-related advertising claims for deceptive advertising issues. The FTC…
Read MoreRecorded Webinar of “Negotiating Software as a Services Contracts”
In the event you missed the program featuring co-presenters Silicon Valley Software Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz and Reed Smith’s Kelley Miller and produced by Stafford Publications in September, 2015, the webinar is available now for viewing by our blog readers at the following link: View Webinar. CLE credit is available for the program only when viewed at the Strafford Publications…
Read MoreSilicon Valley Software Law Blog Author to be Featured at Upcoming SaaS Webinar
Silicon Valley Software Law Blog Author Kristie Prinz will be featured as a speaker for the webinar “Negotiating Software as a Service Contracts” for the Arlington, Virginia-based Clear Law Institute on Monday, November 2nd at 10 a.m. PST/1 p.m. EDT. For more information, contact the Clear Law Institute.
Read MoreSilicon Valley Software Law Blogger to be Featured at Upcoming CLE Program
The Silicon Valley Software Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz will be a featured speaker at the upcoming CLE program “Negotiating Software as a Service Contracts” on Tuesday, September 8th from 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. EDT. For more information on the upcoming program, please click here.
Read MoreReport Reveals that the Majority of Apps on Market Ignore Privacy Concerns
The Wall Street Journal reported this week that apps on the market overall are not providing users with even basic privacy protections. The report focused on research conducted by the Global Privacy Enforcement Network, which is a coalition of privacy officials from 19 countries, including the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, and determined that 60% of…
Read MoreCalifornia Notifies App-Based Ride Service Uber and Competitors that Service is Illegal
The big story on the Internet today is about the new app-based ride service Uber: California regulators have just notified Uber and its competitors, Lyft and Sidecar, that the services are illegal under California law. An article by Forbes Contributor Mark Rogowsky offers a fairly comprehensive explanation of California’s problem with these services. Apparently the…
Read MoreFTC Settlement with Google to Require Refund of Unauthorized In-App Charges
The Federal Trade Commission has announced that Google has agreed to refund customers’ unauthorized in-app purchases made by their children in the Google Play Store pursuant to a settlement over a complaint filed by the Commission alleging violations of Section 5(a) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 45(a) prohibiting unfair or defective acts or…
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