Tag Archives: software
SaaS Providers – What Exactly Is Your Business?
Is a SaaS provider’s business making software, or performing the service the software automates? If you are a SaaS provider (or a lawyer who represents SaaS providers and licensees) you will likely answer: both. It’s Software as a Service, dummy. Not so fast, at least not in the trademark world. Recent events involving the SaaS […]
The Case for Software Versions, Registrations and Record-Keeping
A recent case from the First Circuit underlines the utility, from a copyright perspective, of delineating versions of software, registering each version, and keeping copies. That is not always so easily done, because unlike other copyrightable works, such as a novel, software is never done. There is always another bug to fix, feature to add […]
