The technique of agreeing
There are many types of ICT contracts because they cover many business and social processes. Below is a selection of the types of ICT contracts and technical topics that arise in ICT legal practice:
- software licences (drafting, reviewing, amending, negotiating)
- implementation contracts
- service level agreements
- cloud computing law
- purchasing conditions; general terms and conditions
- management of ICT resources
- source code escrow deposit
- software maintenance; outsourcing
- distribution, agency agreements
- e-learning, access providers, web developers
Other technical topics:
- failed automation, liability
- unlawful publications, defamation
- privacy, opt-in, opt-out, portrait rights
- electronic publishing of books, music or films (licences)
- domain name piracy (hijacking, meta tags)
- e-marketing, hosting, servers
- website framing, deep linking
- Adwords on search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo
- transfers and splitting of ICT contracts
- online purchasing, e-commerce
- electronic signatures
- software patents