Types of ICT contracts

The technique of agreeing

There are many types of ICT contracts because many business and social processes are captured under them. Below is a selection of the types of ICT contracts and technical issues that come up in ICT law practice:

• software licences (drafting, reviewing, amending, negotiating)
• implementation contracts
• service level agreements
• cloud computing law
• purchase conditions; general terms and conditions
• ICT asset management
• source code escrow deposit
• software maintenance; outsourcing
• distribution, agency agreements
• e-learning, access providers, web builders

Other technical topics:

• failed automation, liability
• unlawful publications, defamation
• privacy, opt-in, opt-out, portrait rights
• electronic publishing of books, music or film (licensing)
• domain name piracy (hijacking, meta tags)
• e-marketing, hosting, servers
• website framing, deeplinking
• Adwords on search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo
• transfers and splitting of ICT contracts
• online buying, e-commerce
• electronic signature
• software patent