Introduction of Drafting Internet and Software Agreements by Gupta

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Contents of Volume 4
Software Agreement :
Internet Agreements : Forms 1 to 88 File Name : V4-Ch45.pdf
File Name : V4-Ch45A.pdf
File Name : V4-Ch45B.pdf
File Name : V4-Ch45C.pdf
File Name : V4-Ch45D.pdf
File Name : V4-Ch45E.pdf
Software Agreements : Forms 1 to 70 File Name : V4-Ch45F.pdf
File Name : V4-Ch45G.pdfContents
CONVEYANCING, DRAFTING AND DEEDS
Chapters
41. Introduction of Drafting Internet and Software
Agreements
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I. Drafting:
1. Drafting, meaning
2. Skill in Drafting
II. Internet?Some Legal Issue:
1. Regulation of Internet through International
Treaties
2. Internet?Liabilities under the Copyright,
Trademark and Patent Law
3. Copyright issues in the Software/Cyberspace
Context
4. Work for Hire
5. ?First Sale? Doctrine and Copyright law
6. ?Shrink Wrap? and ?Click Wrap? Licenses
7. Patent Law Liability
8. Trade Secrets
8(1). Confidential Information
8(2). Relationship of Confidence
9. Trademarks
9(1). Use of Trademark
9(2). Trademarks and Domain Names
42. Internet Law?Legal Scenario
1. The Law of Electronic Commerce?An Overview
2. Adapting Commercial Law to E-Commerce
3. E-Commerce Business
4. Consumer Protection
5. Electronic Commerce?A perspective view
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Commentary portions of the above Volume containing
Chapters 41 to 45 ? See the book.CONVEYANCING, DRAFTING & DEEDS
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42. Internet Law?Legal Scenario?Contd.
6. Difference between E-Commerce and traditional
business
(1) Excludability
(2) Rivalry
(3) Transparency
(4) On-line Market
(5) Consumer Information
(6) Bargain Finder
(7) Competitive Market
(8) Negative result
7. Electronic Commerce: Framework, Opportunities
and Risks
(1) Growth
(2) Factors
(3) On-line Contracts
(4) Effects
(5) Developments
(6) E-Commerce Revolution
(7) Network Infrastructure
(8) Security and Encryption
(9) On-line payment
(10) Business service infrastructure
(11) Business to business transactions
(12) E-Commerce transactions?effects
(13) E-Commerce?Remedies
8. Internet & Electronic Commerce: On-line Contract
issues
(1) Internet Services?Overview
(2) Electronic Commerce & Internet
(3) Business-to-Business Contracts
(4) E-Commerce?Global network
(5) E-Commerce?Digital Signature
9. On-line Contract Law
(1) Overview
(2) Applicable law
(3) Writing requirementCONVEYANCING, DRAFTING & DEEDS
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42. Internet Law?Legal Scenario?Contd.
9. On-line Contract Law?Contd.
(4) Offer and Acceptance
(5) Payment
(6) UCC Warranties and Disclaimer
(7) Consumer Transactions
(i) Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
(ii) Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act
(iii) Adhenson; Unconscionability
10. Guidelines for On-line Contract Formation
11. Important Contractual Provision
(1) Entire Agreement
(2) Software Licensing
(3) On-line Service and Information Provider
(4) Governing Law
(5) Warranty and Liability Disclaimers
(6) Tax Liability
(7) Conclusion
12. Internet law?Overview?Some additional issues
(1) Copyright Law
(2) Copyright Basic
(3) Copyright Owner?s right
(4) Avoiding Infringement
(5) When you don?t need a license
(6) Fair Use
(7) Ideas or Facts
(8) Public Domain
(9) Copyright Ownership
(10) Assignments
(11) Owning a copy
(12) Copyright licenses
(13) Getting a license
(14) Finding the Owner
13. Law on Information Technology?Indian back-
ground
(1) Creating Electronic Records
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42. Internet Law?Legal Scenario?Contd.
13. Law on Information Technology?Indian back-
ground?Contd.
(2) Creating Binding Obligations
(3) Punishment and Enforcement Regime
(4) Conclusion
14. Regulating E-commerce lessons from India
(1) Background
(2) What is your opinion of the Indian Information
Technology Act
(3) Should any government try to control a
medium like the Internet? Would this not stifle
E-commerce
(4) Is it enough to have legislation for E-com-
merce without related laws on privacy
(5) One peculiar thing India has done in terms of
electronic signatures is to spell out the choice
of technology. Have other countries followed
the same procedure
(6) How do governments tackle the issue of
cyber jurisdiction beyond their borders
(7) Having left the Internet to be self-regulated or
unregulated, are countries coming around to
the view that some kind of legislation is
necessary
15. E-Commerce & electronic disclosure of confiden-
tial information
(1) Regulations generally
(2) Compliance Tips
(3) Proximity and Placement
(4) Prominence
(5) Conclusion
43. Internet Agreement
I. Internet Agreement?Introduction
II. Internet Agreement?Principles of Drafting
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43. Internet Agreement?Contd.
III. Internet Agreement?Classification of Forms
1. Development and Protecting Content
2. Website Development
(a) Domain Name Registration
(b) Software Development Agreement
(c) Website Development Agreement
(d) Website Hosting Agreement
(e) Website Linking Agreement
3. Financial Considerations
(a) Subscription Agreements
(b) Financing and Development Agreement
(c) Loan Agreement
(d) Credit Agreement
(e) Asset Purchase Agreement
4. Internet Access
(a) Internet Provider Service Agreement
(b) Interactive Service Agreement
(c) Master Service Agreement
5. Advertising and Promotion
(a) Advertising Agreement
(b) Co-branded Marketing Agreement
(c) Affinity Marketing Agreement
(d) Sponsorship Agreement
(e) Celebrity Endorsement Agreement
6. Joint Venture, Partnership and Licensing
(a) Partnership Agreement
(b) Featured Service Provider Agreement
(c) Joint Product Development Agreement
(d) Joint Venture Agreement
(e) Exclusive Sponsorship Agreement
(f) Technology Licence Agreement
(g) Software Licence Agreement
7. E-Commerce
(a) On-line Commerce Web-Mail Agreement
(b) Marketing Agreement
(c) E-Commerce Website Development and
Service Agreement
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43. Internet Agreement?Contd.
III. Internet Agreement?Classification of Forms?Contd.
7. E-Commerce?Contd.
(d) Content Provider Agreement
(e) Anchor Tenant Agreement
8. Hyperlink Agreements?salient features
9. Website Development Agreement?Introduction
A. Clecklist of Issues
B. Negotiating Tips: Client
C. Negotiating Tips: Developer
10. Website Services?Some considerations
A. Website Services
B. Other Web hosting issues in Web Hosting
Agreements
44. Documenting the Software Requirements
1. Introduction
2. Documenting software requirement can be done in
three ways
3. Format specifications
4. Document template
5. Software Requirements Specification
5.1. Software Requirements Specification
5.2. Uses of Software Requirement Specifications
(SRS)
5.3. Scope of SRS uses
5.4. Limitation of SRS uses
5.5. Characteristics of SRS documents
6. Labelling Requirements
6.1. Sequence Number
6.2. Hierarchical numbering
6.3. Hierarchical textual tags
7. Dealing with Incompleteness
8. User Interfaces and the SRS
9. Software Requirements Specification Template
9.1. Introduction
9.1.1. Purpose
9.1.2. Document Conventions
9.1.3. Intended Audience and Reading Sugges-
tions
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44. Documenting the Software Requirements?Contd.
9. Software Requirements Specification Template?Contd.
9.1. Introduction?contd.
9.1.4. Product Scope
9.1.5. References
9.2. Overall Descriptions
9.2.1. Product Perspective
9.2.2. Product Functions
9.2.3. User classes and characteristics
9.2.4. Operating Environment
9.2.5. Design and Implementation Constraints
9.2.6. Assumptions and Dependencies
9.3. External Interface Requirements
9.3.1. User Interfaces
9.3.2. Hardware Interfaces
9.3.3. Software Interfaces
9.3.4. Communications Interfaces
9.4. System Features
9.4.1. System Feature X
9.4.2. Description and Priority
9.4.3. Stimulus/Response Sequences
9.4.4. Functional Requirements
9.5. Other Non-functional Requirements
9.5.1. Performance Requirements
9.5.2. Safety Requirements
9.5.3. Security Requirements
9.5.4. Software Quality Attributes
9.5.5. Business Rules
9.5.6. User Documentation
10. Other Requirements
45. Software Agreement
1. Software Overview
2. Software Acquisition
3. Decision for Acquisition of Software
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Chapters
45. Software Agreement?Contd.
4. Software developed by employee entitles protec-
tion of Trade Secrets of employer, if
5. Copyrightable Software and Hired Programmer
6. Assignment of Copyright in Software
7. Ownership of Software retained by Software
Developer
8. Hiring Company as licensee, effect
9. Protection of Trade Secrets and Non-disclosure
Agreements
10. Software Development Agreement?Other Im-
portant Provisions
10.1. Indemnification clause
10.2. Limitation of Liability clauses
10.3. Contract Price clause
10.4. Arbitration clause and Jurisdiction
11. Software Development Agreement?An Overview
12. Business-to-Business Licence Agreements
12.1. Form of Software Licence
10.2. Licence Fee structure vis-a-vis uses
12.3. Copyright Issues
13. Some Legal Issues
13.1. Contract for Software whether one of Sale
or Service
13.2. Factors for determination whether a ?sale?
or ?service?
14. Negotiating the Electronic Publishing Agreement
1. Conflict of Interest
2. Grant of Rights
3. Reserved Rights
4. Compensation
5. Bundling Deals
6. Audits and Accounting
7. Interest and Security
8. Warranties & Indemnification
9. Delivery Requirements
10. Technical Support of End UsersCONVEYANCING, DRAFTING & DEEDS
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45. Software Agreement?Contd.
14. Negotiating the Electronic Publishing Agree-
ment?Contd.
11. Upgrades
12. Trademarks
13. Confidentiality
14. Termination
15. Arbitration
16. Software Publishing Agreement Checklist
PART 1 : Internet Agreements
FORMS :
1. Master Services Agreement
2. Master Services Agreement (Another Form)
3. Master Services Agreement [Alternative
Form]
4. Network Services Agreement
5. Internet System Access Agreement
6. Agreement for Building and Maintenance of
a Website
7. Internet Access Service Agreement
8. Internet Access Service Agreement [Alter-
native Form]
9. Website Design Contract
10. Website Design and Maintenance Agree-
ment
11. Website Design and Maintenance Agree-
ment [Another Form]
12. Website Service Agreement
13. Master Outsourcing Agreement (Mainte-
nance Services)
14. Website Hosting Terms and Conditions
15. Website Promotion Agreement
16. Website Usage Agreement (Terms and Con-
ditions)
17. Website Terms and Conditions of Use
18. Web Space Rental Contract
19. Website Travel Reservation Service Agree-
ment
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PART 1 : Internet Agreements?Contd.
FORMS?Contd.
20. Web Advertising Sales Representation
Agreement
21. Web Advertising Services Agreement
22. AdAgent Licence Agreement
23. Memorandum of Understanding for Web
Publications
24. Memorandum of Understanding between
Netservice Provider and Web Publisher
25. Web Services Promotion and Distribution
alliance Agreement
26. Web Publishing Copyright Development and
Transfer Agreement
27. Non-exclusive Copyright Licence
28. Terms and Conditions of Site Licence Agree-
ment
29. Terms and Conditions of Internet Use Agree-
ment (including Licence)
30. Terms of Service Agreement?Site Policies
and Terms of Use
31. Terms and Conditions?Standard Service
Agreement for Direct Internet Searching
32. Terms and Conditions for the Registration of
Domain Names
33. Terms and Conditions for Massmedia
Licence
34. Website Promotional Sponsorship Agree-
ment
35. Internet Services Agreement [Terms and
Conditions]
36. Internet Based Service Agreement
37. Internet Service Agreement
38. Internet Service Agreement [Another Form]
39. Master Services Agreement
40. Software Support Services Agreement
41. Internet Network Service Agreement
42. Internet Gateway Service Agreement
43. Internet Health Services and Community
Partner Programme Agreement
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44. Internet Programme Launching Agreement
45. Internet Privacy Policy by Service Provider
46. Internet Audio and Video Content Service
Agreement
47. Service Agreement for delivering Audio and
Video content on internet
48. Internet Merchant Agreement
49. Gold Card Acceptance Agreement
50. Engineering Service Contract
[System Design and Construction Inspection]
51. E-Consultancy Agreement
52. Administrative Service and Technology Shar-
ing Agreement
53. Agreement for manufacturing and supply of
Magnetic Tape and Database samples
54. Agreement for Advertisement displaying
Banners and similar Devices and Sponsor-
ship for display on Pages, Screens and other
Segments or Spaces on Websites
55. Safe Surfing Agreement about Using the
Internet
56. Network Travel Services Agreement
57. Network Access Agreement
58. Internet Administrative and Customer Sup-
port Services Agreement
59. Agreement on Interterritorial Data Protec-
tion
60. Agreement for Transaction Processing Net-
work Services
61. Software Licence Agreement
62. Network Services Agreement
63. On-line Navigational Services Agreement
64. Disclaimer for Interactive Services
65. Students Labs Service Level Agreement
66. Use of Computers, Internet and Electronic
Mail
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67. Internet User Agreement for Students and
Teachers
68. User Agreement and Parental Consent for
University Internet Services
69. Permission to Link
70. Multimedia Website terms and conditions of
use
71. Data Centre Services Agreement
72. Terms and conditions for Internet Business
Club
73. Agreement with………….University Libraries
for WWW-Based Access to On-line
Databases
74. Agreement for building and maintenance of
a Website
75. Co-location and Facilities Management
Services Agreement
76. Terms and conditions of Business Internet
Associates
77. Gambling Game on the Internet
78. Internet Services?Terms and Conditions
79. Standard Service Agreement for Direct
Internet Searching
80. User Agreement for Net Services
81. Skylark System Access Agreement
82. Netjet Master Agreement for Outsourcing
Call Centre Support
83. Web Advertising Sales Representation
Agreement
84. Website Travel Reservation Service
Agreement
85. Licence Agreement for Personal Use of Digital
Image Gallery and DC Power Web Tools and
Animations
86. Website Agreements
87. Agreement for the Provision of Webnet
Service
88. Internet Access and Web Hosting Agreement
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FORMS?Contd.
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1. Non-exclusive Software Licence Agreement
2. Non-exclusive, Non-transferable Software
Licence Agreement
3. Software Licence Agreement of Hitech Com-
puters
4. End-User Software Licence Agreement
5. Software Licence Agreement with Restric-
tive Covenants
6. Software Licence Agreement for developing,
manufacturing and marketing computing
products
7. Software Licence Agreement for a Limited
term
8. Software Licence Agreement [Short Form]
9. Software Licence Agreement for restricted
use on designated computers
10. Zenith Software Licence Agreement
11. Unitech Technologies Software Licence
Agreement
12. Commercial use of OSIMIS-4.0 software
13. Software General Licence Agreement
14. Licence for use of Software and documenta-
tion on Individual Computer
15. End-User Licence Agreement for SAP Soft-
ware [Short Form]
16. Software Licence Agreement with Restricted
uses
17. Software Licence Agreement and Limited
Warranty
18. Software Licence Agreement for use by In-
dividual
19. Software Licence Agreement for use on
Computer on Pre-paid basis
20. Agreement for Transaction Processing Net-
work Services
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21. Software Licence Agreement for payment
authorization and transaction through autho-
rized gateway
22. Software Licence and Technical Support
Agreement
23. Software Licence Agreement for developing
New Technology
24. Software Licence Agreement (Amendment
No.1)
25. Software Licence Agreement (Amendment
No.2)
26. Custom Software Licence Agreement
27. Licence Agreement for use of Software Pack-
age on a given computer
28. End-user Software Licence Agreement
29. End-user Licence Agreement for one com-
puter
30. Custom Software Seller Agreement
31. Proposal for Licence of Trial Software Devel-
opment [Letter Form]
32. Electronic Licence Agreement for use of
Software Products
33. Electronic Publication Agreement
34. Font User Licence Agreement
35. General Terms and Conditions to accom-
pany a Quotation for Supply of Software,
Hardware and Consultancy Services
36. Licensing Agreement for 42 Sales compaigns
37. Multimedia Development and Distribution
Agreement
38. Wild Life Clip Art Licence Agreement
39. Site Owner Agreement and Software Licence
Terms
40. Standard Terms for the Development of Soft-
ware
41. Agreement for Support Services for operat-
ing System Software and Hardware
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42. Software Development Agreement
43. Software Development and Service Agree-
ment
44. Software Distribution Agreement
45. Software Distribution Agreement [Real Es-
tate Software]
46. Software Maintenance Agreement
47. Agreement for Support Services for operat-
ing System Software and Hardware [Alterna-
tive Form]
48. Software Parlour
49. Software Technical Support Service Agree-
ment
50. Standard Software Licence Agreement [Short
Form]
51. Computer Manufacturing and Supply Agree-
ment
52. Agreement for Purchase of Data Processing
Machines
53. Agreement for Trial of DP Technician
54. Agreement for Trial of PDS Monitor
55. Application Software Maintenance Agree-
ment
56. Copyright Development and Transfer Agree-
ment
57. Mutual Confidentiality Agreement
58. Mutual Non-disclosure Agreement
59. Non-disclosure Agreement
60. On-line Worldship Software Licence Agree-
ment
61. Software Development Application Support
& Services Agreement
62. Application, Development and Support Agree-
ment
63. Technical Deals Resale Agreement
64. Technology Assignment Agreement
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65. Non-transferable Licence Agreement for
using Software on Personal Computer
66. Video Editing Software Development Kit
Licence Agreement
67. CD-ROM Licensing Agreement
68. Letter of Agreement in relation to the Disclo-
sure of Confidential Information
69. Non-exclusive Copyright Licence to Display
70. Master Software Licence
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FORMS?Contd. File Name : V4-Ch45G.pdf