IT product licensing and contract development

Licensing models and contracts are critical factors in the IT products and services sector as they allow developers and companies to distribute their work efficiently while ensuring fair use of the transferred product. In essence, these models establish the conditions for the usage and purposes of products and services.  

Our legal team will help you choose the most appropriate licensing models, such as a commercial licence, an open source licence or an end-user licence. We can also suggest the right model for your company, such as SaaS (Software as a Service), IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) or hybrid models.  

By choosing the right model and drawing up a solid licensing agreement, companies can ensure the protection of their intellectual property. 

Drafting IT contracts is a crucial process that ensures legal clarity, protection of intellectual property and alignment of legal and business interests of both parties. 

The IT sector is rich in contract types ranging from software SLAs to cloud services such as software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS).These contracts need to be drafted in light of specific challenges related to the sector, including rapid technological advances, data security and privacy issues, and ongoing legal regulation. The distribution of rights and obligations needs to be clearly defined, as well as how possible failures and disputes will be handled. 

Prevence lawyers will draft IT contracts that suit your business model and take into account the flexibility of the content. 

One of the most common problems in the IT sector is the proper qualification of contracts. IT contracts can be classified either as contractual, fee-for-service, design, disputes arise due to improper qualification of contracts. 

The causes of these disputes are usually due to a lack of clarity of the contract terms or different interpretations of them. Ambiguities in the definition of the scope and deliverables of a project can lead to major disagreements, especially in the IT sector, where the final product is often intangible and subject to different quality standards. 

With a deep understanding of the challenges in this sector, we advise businesses on clear dispute resolution mechanisms in contracts and their proper qualification.