Top stories published by Marcus S. Harris Enterprise Resource Software Attorney in 2008

One of the biggest mistakes we see clients make when they are negotiating a software license agreement with SAP is that they focus solely on pricing and discounts to the exclusion of other important issues contained in the SAP software license agreement.

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Jun 27, 2008

LimitNone LLC sues Google for Trade Secret Misappropriation

A tiny Palatine, IL-based software company has sued giant Google Inc., alleging that Google misappropriated the company’s trade secrets. LimitNone LLC, a software startup with fewer than five employees, developed a software…

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May 19, 2008

Strategies for Dealing with SAP’s Maintenance Increase — “Parking Users”

In February of this year SAP eliminated its low cost maintenance option leaving new customers with a maintenance option priced at 22% of software license fees.

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Jul 2, 2008

Ernst & Young Sued for $10M+ for Incorrect Software Valuation

On Thursday, June 27, Canadian software-holding company Pan-Afric Holdings Ltd. sued Ernst & Young LLP in U.S. District Court in Maryland for over $10 million in damages, claiming the accounting giant made mathematical…

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May 16, 2008

Nintendo Ordered To Pay $21 Million For Infringing Game Controller Patents

On May 14 Nintendo of America, Inc. was ordered to pay Anascape, Ltd. $21 million for infringement of Anascape’s patents in designing its Wii Classic, WaveBird and Gamecube controllers.

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Jul 30, 2008

Gucci and the Godfather: Counterfeit Purses May Fund Organized Crime

Federal agents are stepping up efforts to curb the proliferation of counterfeit purses. Designer knock-offs have become so ubiquitous that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (“ICE”) is concerned that…

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Feb 26, 2008

SAP Eliminates Low-cost Maintenance Option

SAP has eliminated its Basic Support maintenance option priced at 17% of license fees leaving new customers with only a maintenance offering priced at 22% of license fees. Original story located here.

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Mar 9, 2008

BusyBox and High-Gain Antennas Settle GPL Lawsuit

The Software Freedom Law Center announced on March 6 that BusyBox and High-Gain Antennas have agreed to dismiss the GPL enforcement lawsuit filed by the Software Freedom Law Center on behalf of the BusyBox developers late last year.

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Jun 21, 2008

SAP To Buy Visiprise

SearchSAP.com is reporting that SAP has announced its intention to purchase Visiprise, a software company that specializes in manufacturing execution. The acquisition is intended to bolster integration capabilities with respect to NetWeaver as well as bolster SAP’s strength in the…

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Marcus Stephen Harris has developed one of the nation’s leading practices devoted to representing clients in recovering damages arising out of failed Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software implementations. Contact mharris@mshtechlaw.com or call 312.263.0570

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