We’re pleased to announce two new recorded focused topic programs are available on-demand now from Tech Contracts Academy.

• IP Terms in Contracts about AI, the Cloud, and On-Premise Software
• Data Terms in AI and Cloud Services Contracts | Tech Contracts Academy

See below for details and a sample chapter of each program.

Recorded earlier this year, both programs are up-to-date with the latest information to help you draft and negotiate technology contracts better, faster, and with more confidence. 

Both programs are presented by David Tollen, feature one-year of access, attendance certificates, copies of the slideshow, and CA CLE.

This program will help you understand and negotiate contract terms on intellectual property (IP) – in contracts about artificial intelligence, SaaS, and other information technology. These IP terms play a central role in licenses to on-premise software – and a much-misunderstood role in contracts about SaaS and other forms of cloud computing, including AIaaS. We debunk the myths and explore both old and new issues, including new issues related to generative AI deals.

In this course, we address: 

• Typical software copyright license
• IP in prompts, training data, and outputs – and other troubles generated by artificial intelligence
• The role of patents
• Licensing (or the lack thereof) in SaaS, AIaaS, and other cloud
• IP indemnities
• IP warranties and other remedies
• Open source software

For a sample, please click here.

Few contract-drafters really understand data, particularly the fact that you can’t own meaningful IP rights in data. So contracts often address data rights poorly, particularly in agreements about software-as-a-service (SaaS) and other cloud services. Plus, new, complex issues arise when AI-related contracts grapple with data terms – particularly contracts for purchase or sale of generative AI. This course addresses all these issues and explains the terms you need to manage data.

Topics covered include:

• “Ownership” of data and the limited value of IP
• Rights in prompts, training data, and outputs from machine learning, particularly gen-AI
• Data indemnities and the problems they raise
• Promising privacy compliance, or not
• And more …

You can view a sample chapter right here.

Interested in other on-demand programs? Learn more about our on-demand offerings here.