Technology
Sound advice when you need it most
“IBB consistently performs to a high standard and offers good value. Mark Lewis and his team have represented Sony for a number of years and they have always been creative, commercial, completely on top of the detail, insightful and a pleasure to work with.”
Phil Crowhurst, Sony Europe Limited
Challenges facing the technology sector
There are many challenges facing the technology sector today, including carbon-reduction, cloud-computing, data storage, network performance, open-source, outsourcing, privacy and security. Undoubtedly the most important challenge is cash and the impact of the recession on consumer and business spending. Particularly, for a sector which has thrived on major government projects, the impact of public sector cuts. We have already seen job losses and an increasing number of acquisitions in this technology sector and further consolidation is likely. Disputes concerning the mis-selling of IT products and the ownership of copyright in software providing the same or similar functionality to other software have been prominent.
How we can help
IBB has a dedicated technology team who have more than 20 years' experience working with both suppliers and users. The insight this brings enables us to ensure that your commercial objectives are met. We represent both national and multinational companies and can help you with:
- bespoke software development agreements
- outsourcing agreements
- web design, hosting and development contracts
- software licensing agreements
- IT support and maintenance agreements
- software escrow agreements
- e-commerce agreements/terms of business
- e-commerce and distance selling regulations
- email usage/policies
- data protection issues
- commercial contracts for IT businesses
- systems integration disputes
- copyright disputes
- licensing disputes
- protection of trade secrets
- e-commerce consumer law/disputes
Experience of the team
- Acting for the licensee on the grant of an exclusive software licence for £6.5m for a pharmacy management system
- Advising a national car dealership on the terms of a dealer management system
- Defending a claim for £800,000 for work done on an EPOS system prior to the parties concluding a contract. Claim settled on satisfactory terms at mediation
Technology interest
Lead partner, Mark Lewis, has an interest in technology outside IBB and is a non-executive director of a data transfer and communications company.
