The Tech Contracts Handbook

Name: The Tech Contracts Handbook
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Cloud Computing Agreements, Software Licenses, and Other IT Contracts for Lawyers and Businesspeople, Third Edition

By David W. Tollen

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The Tech Contracts Handbook by David W. Tollen is an educational guide focused on the drafting and negotiation of technology contracts. It serves as a practical resource for lawyers, businesspeople, and anyone involved with tech agreements, offering clear advice and strategies to navigate the complexities of contracts in the tech industry effectively.
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You might enjoy this practical guide if you're navigating the world of technology contracts, whether you're in law, IT, or management, as it offers accessible insights into key legal concepts, helping professionals draft and understand detailed agreements effectively.

This practical reference guide is ideal for both lawyers and businesspeople, including contract managers, procurement officers, IT staff, and anyone else responsible for contracts. Perhaps most important, The Tech Contracts Handbook is accessible, clear, and precise--like a good contract.

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Written in a clear, plain-English style and updated and expanded for an ever-changing world, The Tech Contracts Handbook is a complete resource for lawyers, contract managers, and anyone responsible for getting IT deals done.

Author David W. Tollen, one of the industry's leading authorities on technology contracts, took on the challenge to create a reference manual and training guide that covers cloud computing agreements, software licenses, and various other IT contracts.

Complete with negotiation tips, guidance on the business issues behind the terms, and sample contract language, The Tech Contracts Handbook covers all topics in technology contracts, including data privacy and security terms, warranties, indemnities, open source software, deconversion and transition, limitations of liability, SaaS escrows, copyright licensing, and service level agreements (SLAs).

This third edition provides a greater focus on some of the key concerns in IT contracts today, including clauses addressing rights in data, privacy, control of data, and data security. Updated to reflect current best practices in technology contracts, the book offers increased discussion on a variety of other terms, payment clauses, including indemnities, and other liability-related terms.

This handbook describes each clause typically found in a technology agreement, outlines the issues at stake, and offers negotiation tips and sample contract language. It addresses:

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) and other cloud services contracts
On-premise software license agreements
Software distribution contracts
Software ownership transfers
IT professional services agreements
And more

The Tech Contracts Handbook is a useful, accessible, and essential resource for those in the IT contracts field.

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David Tollen's The Tech Contracts Handbook is praised for its thorough and clear examination of drafting, reviewing, and negotiating technology agreements, particularly highlighting indemnities, data management, privacy, and security. Reviewers commend its relevance for both lawyers and non-lawyers, offering up-to-date insights into navigating the IT contracts landscape effectively.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781641058537

Publisher: American Bar Association

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 May 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: American Bar Association

Edition: 3rd New edition

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 398

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Business & Entrepreneurship Business Leadership & Management Computing & Technology David W. Tollen Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

David Tollen.

In his practice, Mr. Tollen represents buyers and sellers in technology transactions, particularly IT outsourcing contracts and other large-scale agreements. He also provides advice and assistance related to e-commerce, social media, industrial design, and intellectual property. He practices in San Francisco with a law firm he founded,Sycamore Legal, P.C.

Mr. Tollen graduated with honors from Harvard Law School and has degrees from Cambridge University in England and U.C. Berkeley. In addition to his legal work, he's the author of an award-winning novel that uses fantasy to teach history, calledThe Jericho River. David currently lives in Los Angeles, California.