Intellectual Property, Information Technology & Software
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Our expertise in IP contracts includes:
Advising on commercial transactions where the major assets are intellectual property
Drafting, negotiating and advising on a wide range of agreements including:
licence agreements/EULA's
reseller and distribution agreements
maintenance, support and service level agreements
subscription and SaaS agreements
hosting agreements
cloud agreements
website and app T&C's
confidentiality agreements
consulting agreements
cloud agreements
research and development agreements
commercialisation agreements
plant breeder’s rights agreements
assignment agreements
Advising on IP ownership structures and assignments of IP
Advising on buy-sell agreements and M&A transactions
Advising on termination of licence provisions
Advising in relation licence compliance and software licence audits
Advising on warranties (including exclusions and liability limitations)
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Our notable experience includes:
Advising on the intellectual property aspects of licensing arrangements of a major Australian wine producer
Acting in a wide range of matters for clients involved in consumer products, agribusiness, wine and processing relating to the commercialisation of intellectual property
Prepared suite of software licencing, maintenance and support agreements for spatial software developer (Australia and USA)
Prepared suite of software licencing, maintenance and support (including service level) contracts for Tier 1 mining and energy software vendor
Reviewing standard form procurement contracts offered by BHP, Rio Tinto and FMG
Advised large private industrial company in relation to Oracle software licence audit, including compliance with licensing terms and challenging licence fees demanded for virtual machines and multiple software instances
Advising ASX listed property company in relation to terms of Microsoft Dynamics enterprise software licence
Advising large agribusiness in relation to Telstra cloud contracts and licence terms
Acting for numerous software and IT related start-ups, advising on all legal aspects of their businesses
Prepared and reviewed software maintenance and support agreements and SaaS agreement for many clients
Prepared numerous website and app T&C's
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