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The Tech Contracts Handbook: Cloud Computing Agreements, Software Licenses, and Other IT Contracts for Lawyers and Businesspeople
The Tech Contracts Handbook is a practical and accessible reference and training manual on IT contracts. It’s a clause-by-clause “how to” guide on cloud computing agreements, software licenses, technology services agreements, and other IT contracts — covering the issues at stake and offering negotiation tips and sample contract language. The first edition was the #1 bestseller for the IP Section of the ABA.
The Tech Contracts Handbook is for both lawyers and businesspeople, including contract managers, procurement officers, corporate counsel, startup CFO’s, and anyone else responsible for contracts. Perhaps most important, the book uses simple English, like a good contract.
Topics covered include:
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscriptions
Data security
Indemnities
Open source software
Service level agreements (SLA’s)
Nondisclosure agreements (NDA’s)
Limitations of liability
Source code escrows
Copyright licensing
Rights in feedback
Arbitration
Clickwraps, browsewraps, and shrinkwraps
Non-compete and non-solicitation clauses
And much more
The Tech Contracts Handbook is for both lawyers and businesspeople, including contract managers, procurement officers, corporate counsel, startup CFO’s, and anyone else responsible for contracts. Perhaps most important, the book uses simple English, like a good contract.
Topics covered include:
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscriptions
Data security
Indemnities
Open source software
Service level agreements (SLA’s)
Nondisclosure agreements (NDA’s)
Limitations of liability
Source code escrows
Copyright licensing
Rights in feedback
Arbitration
Clickwraps, browsewraps, and shrinkwraps
Non-compete and non-solicitation clauses
And much more
281 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2010
69 people are currently reading
138 people want to read
About the author
David W. Tollen
12 books34 followersDavid Tollen writes young adult fantasy novels that teach history and science -- as well as nonfiction about technology law.
David's first novel, THE JERICHO RIVER, won the London Book Festival for best YA work and the Next Generation Indie Book Awards for sci-fi/fantasy. It also won a bronze medal in the Readers' Favorite Book Reviews and Awards Contest, among other honors. THE JERICHO RIVER is an adventure novel that uses fantasy to teach the history of Western Civilization. It's published by Winifred Press. (The book's first edition was released under the pen-name "David Carthage." The current/second edition uses the author's actual name.) In the not-too-distant future, Winifred Press will publish David's next book: SECRETS OF HOMINEA, a YA novel that uses fantasy to teach both history and science.
David is also the author of THE TECH CONTRACTS HANDBOOK: CLOUD COMPUTING AGREEMENTS, SOFTWARE LICENSES, AND OTHER IT CONTRACTS. It's published by the American Bar Association, and it's the number-one bestseller for the Intellectual Property Law Section of the ABA. THE TECH CONTRACTS HANDBOOK is a how-to guide for drafting and negotiating IT agreements, written in simple English.
David earned law degrees from Harvard Laws School and Cambridge University in England, as well as a B.A. in history from U.C. Berkeley. He's the founder of Sycamore Legal P.C., a San Francisco technology and intellectual property law firm.
For more information, please visit www.DavidTollen.com or www.TechContracts.com.
David's first novel, THE JERICHO RIVER, won the London Book Festival for best YA work and the Next Generation Indie Book Awards for sci-fi/fantasy. It also won a bronze medal in the Readers' Favorite Book Reviews and Awards Contest, among other honors. THE JERICHO RIVER is an adventure novel that uses fantasy to teach the history of Western Civilization. It's published by Winifred Press. (The book's first edition was released under the pen-name "David Carthage." The current/second edition uses the author's actual name.) In the not-too-distant future, Winifred Press will publish David's next book: SECRETS OF HOMINEA, a YA novel that uses fantasy to teach both history and science.
David is also the author of THE TECH CONTRACTS HANDBOOK: CLOUD COMPUTING AGREEMENTS, SOFTWARE LICENSES, AND OTHER IT CONTRACTS. It's published by the American Bar Association, and it's the number-one bestseller for the Intellectual Property Law Section of the ABA. THE TECH CONTRACTS HANDBOOK is a how-to guide for drafting and negotiating IT agreements, written in simple English.
David earned law degrees from Harvard Laws School and Cambridge University in England, as well as a B.A. in history from U.C. Berkeley. He's the founder of Sycamore Legal P.C., a San Francisco technology and intellectual property law firm.
For more information, please visit www.DavidTollen.com or www.TechContracts.com.
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January 2, 2018
Provides general information towards the back--stuff that anybody who does this for a living knows already. The first half covers the pertinent material. Provides some template language. Good general overview for us tech novices.
December 28, 2017
The book offered good examples and helpful pointers in creating and reading contracts. To get the most out of the book requires doing work creating contracts that use the embodied principles.
May 31, 2016
The Tech Contracts Handbook is a excellent resource to understand the legal contracts and agreements that a technology entrepreneur must have in place.
The authors explains the important clauses and types of clauses in an easy language. He also advises and instructs his readers on how to make sense of legal language that seems ambiguous. The book also has some important observations about what an entrepreneur should expect form a business contract and what its true purposes are, which will be helpful to young Startups.
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The authors explains the important clauses and types of clauses in an easy language. He also advises and instructs his readers on how to make sense of legal language that seems ambiguous. The book also has some important observations about what an entrepreneur should expect form a business contract and what its true purposes are, which will be helpful to young Startups.
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May 22, 2025
Useful for non-US company executives operating overseas. Does not go into detail on software as a service (SaaS), which feels like a bit of an oversight. However, there is enough here (from crafting SLAs to technical specifications) that the book can still be adapted to this use case with a bit of effort.
IT services (software for hire), software licenses (i.e. software sold on a one-off basis) and hybrid agreements (some combination of these two) are covered well.
IT services (software for hire), software licenses (i.e. software sold on a one-off basis) and hybrid agreements (some combination of these two) are covered well.
February 11, 2015
Straightforward & helpful drafting suggestions.
August 22, 2017
This is a great survey. I'd like more depth on many of the topics, but this is very useful for what it is.
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