Volume: 17 Issue: 2
(April 2017)
Keywords:
noel
starbuck
patsystems
(uk
ltd
recent
high
court
judgment
providing
useful
illustration
application
development
recent
case
law
contractual
interpretation
acts
Jurisdictions:
London
UK High Court, [2017] EWHC 397 (IPEC), 8 March 2017
A recent High Court judgment, while providing a useful illustration of the application and development of recent case law on contractual interpretation, also acts as a cautionary tale to software developers, licensors and their customers to ensure that the scope of the definition of the ‘software’ which is being licensed or assigned is consistent with the intentions and expectations of the parties.