We invite you to watch this short video excerpt from The Tech Contracts Master Class: https://courses.techcontracts.com/courses/master-class. In it, David Tollen explains concerns with this clause.

This complimentary lesson is from the first of our four Tech Contracts Master Classes. This lesson (“Prime Clauses in the Cloud“) covers the vendor’s prime clause in SaaS and other cloud services contracts. It explains that these are not licenses, and debunks other widespread misunderstandings surrounding subscriptions for cloud services.

Here’s the full course curriculum:

The Tech Contracts Master Classes™ (appx. 2 hours each) are available on-demand now, and live in the Fall of 2025. For more information and to enroll, please visit our website: Tech Contracts Master Class

CLE: Tech Contracts Academy is an approved Continuing Legal Education (CLE) multiple activity provider (MAP) in California, through June 30, 2025. (For courses taken or completed after June 30, 2025, CA CLE credit is pending/awaiting approval by the California State Bar.) We provide a CA CLE certificate (participatory for attending live webinar, self-study for watching recording/on-demand course; general credit, unless a sub-field is identified on a course’s sales page). Jurisdictions elsewhere (and professions) differ on whether students may apply individually, and if so what’s required. See here for general information about CLE, and each course’s sales page for its specific offering. 

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