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Client-licensed Microsoft software in hosted environments

Scott & Scott LLP
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USA
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May 15 2013

Hosting services customers often want to use licenses that they have acquired to deploy Microsoft software on a service provider's servers. Those

SPLA basics: who needs a SPLA?

Scott & Scott LLP
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USA
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April 8 2013

We write extensively at this site about some of the finer points pertaining to licensing software under Microsoft's Services Provider License

SPLA road map outcomes

Scott & Scott LLP
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USA
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April 9 2013

In a past entry, I mentioned the SPLA Qualification Road Map as a helpful document for companies to use when trying to determine the appropriate

Beware the convenient “intent” of software publishers

Scott & Scott LLP
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USA
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September 10 2012

Most software license agreements used by major publishers like Microsoft and IBM are in many ways vague with respect to license restrictions and metrics

Proper Microsoft licensing in hosted environments is a two-part question

Scott & Scott LLP
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USA
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September 24 2012

Businesses wanting to license Microsoft products for use in connection with solutions delivered to customers over the Internet need to remember proper licensing involves answering two questions

A global definition for software “hosting”

Scott & Scott LLP
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USA
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June 29 2012

I previously have discussed what "commercial hosting" means when it comes to Microsoft software, but the universe of problems created by the "hosting" ambiguity obviously is bigger than just Microsoft

Why your company needs help from a law firm when the BSA comes calling

Scott & Scott LLP
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USA
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October 18 2011

The Business Software Alliance is aggressively going after small and mid-size businesses, accusing them of software piracy

ISVs must attend to customer agreements

Scott & Scott LLP
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USA
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March 8 2013

Independent software vendors and other companies that distribute third-party software products as part of their proprietary solutions often are

Non-SPLA licensing for hosted Microsoft software

Scott & Scott LLP
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USA
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November 16 2011

Most businesses seeking to license Microsoft software for the purpose of delivering hosted software solutions over the Internet turn first to the company’s Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA

Ninth Circuit rejects Psystar’s appeal from verdict that it infringed Apple’s OS

Scott & Scott LLP
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USA
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October 21 2011

On September 28, 2011, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal from Psystar, which had sought to overturn a November 2009 verdict finding the small computer maker liable for infringing Apple’s copyright in the Mac OS X operating system