Our software solicitors have extensive experience of advising on software and technology related matters. We conduct a “deep dive” to understand the technical aspects of your software or technology, particularly in the context of your overall instruction. Where practical to do so, we may also request access to the technology, so that we can see its operation first hand.
We also take time to understand your business, what you require, and provide commercially focused legal advice. Our aim is to ensure that you receive first class advice, thereby adding value to your business, and placing you in the best position to evaluate the options available to you, and to choose the most appropriate strategy.
Chris is excellent at getting to grips quickly with our members’ legal issues, and giving practical, succinct and jargon-free advice.
If you are looking to collaborate on a joint development project, then our technology lawyers can assist with advising on the most appropriate contractual structure; this may include a commercial collaboration in the form of a research and collaboration agreement, or a corporate joint venture. We will also advise on key clauses such as intellectual property ownership and cross licensing arrangements.
Our software lawyers’ draft development agreements, whereby a third party is commissioned to develop the technology. We have extensive experience of advising on the key terms to include in such contracts, including ownership and protection of the resulting intellectual property rights, development and delivery milestones and acceptance testing.
Our technology solicitors can advise on enforcement of your rights against third party infringers. This generally includes asserting intellectual property infringement and possibly breach of confidentiality obligations, including trade secrets. We will determine the most appropriate tactic to try and settle your claim at an early stage and prior to court action, which may include sending a cease and desist letter before claim.
Have you created, or are you in the process of developing any software, hardware or other technology? If so, you urgently need to consider how to protect your developments. We can provide guidance on the most effective solutions for protecting your intellectual property rights.
Are you the subject of an intellectual property infringement claim? If so, we can help. We will evaluate the evidence and advise you on the strength of your position and any risks which you should be aware of. We will robustly defend your position and we have extensive experience of utilising alternative dispute resolution, including mediation, to settle disputes at an early stage.
If you have created a software product, then you will want to exploit it, to gain maximum return on your product development expenditure. We can advise on different structures to enable you to exploit your software including licensing, SaaS contracts, VAR agreements. We can then implement this by drafting the terms of the contract, thereby enabling you to exploit your software, while at the same time being protected from risk and liability.
We can assist with drafting and negotiating the sale and purchase of software, hardware and other technology and associated intellectual property rights. We can also undertake due diligence and advise on transaction structures. We can also assist in advising on warranties and general liability issues.
Our technology lawyers draft, review and negotiate terms and conditions of sale relating to hardware products. We will also identify potential areas of risk in your business model and ensure that your terms and conditions are drafted to minimise such risks to your business.
Working with Chris Browne has been an outstanding experience. I had some pretty niche software needs, and he took the time to iterate on my goals and expectations to get just the right wording in key documentation and agreements I needed to move forward (including more than once reaching out to me on the weekend to keep things moving forward!) Big thanks, Chris and team!
