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Six Common Contract Traps: A Field Guide
March 25, 2022 | Advisory | By Alex Civetta
Read our guide to common contract traps emerging technology companies can face when negotiating contracts with large customers that have a master services agreement, including disadvantageous terms and the omission of clauses that protect vendors.
Enforcing Click-Through and URL Terms
March 30, 2021 | Advisory | By Alex Civetta, Kati P. Strzelczyk
Read about how companies can increase the enforceability of digital contracts, online terms incorporated by reference into non-electronic agreements, and updates of online terms.
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The Beauty and the Terror of Agile Software Development
March 24, 2021 | Advisory | By Alex Civetta, Garrett Galvin
This Mintz advisory reviews the challenges associated with agile software development contracts and provides best practices to avoid rising costs and legal disputes.
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Patent Buyers Beware: Supreme Court Ruling in Hologic May Merit Additional Contractual Protections
March 10, 2021 | Advisory
Although the US Supreme Court’s ruling in Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic Inc. may eliminate or severely restrict the assignor estoppel doctrine, an assignee can limit exposure to challenges through provisions in an asset purchase agreement
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Newly Expanded CFIUS Jurisdiction
February 12, 2020 | Alert | By Cory S. Flashner, Steve Ganis, Robert Kidwell, Alyssa C. Scruggs
This alert covers new regulations taking effect on February 13, 2020 that significantly broaden CFIUS’s jurisdiction by granting it significant new review power over foreign investments in US businesses and real estate.
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Software Audits: Strategies for Licensees
August 29, 2016 | Advisory | By Julie Korostoff
Read Mintz partner Julie Korostoff’s article on the increase in software license audits. Her article also explores the sizeable true-up payments that often follow licensing reviews and how companies can respond to audit requests, ensure compliance, and limit the scope of audits.
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No One Told John Oliver About the America Invents Act: Last Week Tonight Stuck in 2012
May 4, 2015 | Advisory | By Michael Renaud, Jack Schecter, Robert Moore
The heady days of 2012 saw “Gangnam Style” dominate the U.S. music charts, Patricia Krentcil rocket to fame as the “New Jersey Tanning Mom,” and the New York Giants win the Super Bowl.
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IEEE Clarifies RAND Commitment for Standard-Essential Patents
February 13, 2015 | Advisory | By Michael Renaud, Robert Moore
On February 8, 2015, the Board of Governors of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (“IEEE”) approved changes to the IEEE Patent Policy that provide additional specificity as to the nature of the obligation attaching to member-owned patents that are essential to an IEEE standard.
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