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- From: artk@Congruent.COM (Arthur Kreitman)
- Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
- Subject: Re: What to do about indemnification clause?
- Message-ID: <ARTK.92Nov22164603@cc-color1.Congruent.COM>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 21:46:03 GMT
- References: <721623613snx@crynwr.com>
- Sender: news@Congruent.COM
- Organization: Congruent Corporation; New York, NY
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- In-reply-to: nelson@crynwr.com's message of 13 Nov 92 03:00:13 GMT
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- In article <721623613snx@crynwr.com> nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson) writes:
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- > I don't like the following indemnification clause in a contract I'm
- > looking at:
- >
- > Seller agrees to defend, indemnify and hold Buyer harmless
- > from and against any and all liabilities, claims, penalties,
- > forfeitures, suits, and the associated costs and expenses ...
- > caused, in whole or in part, by ... any negligent or willful
- > acts, errors or omissions by Seller ...
- >
- > This means (IANAL) that if I use a technique in my software that
- > later turns out to be patented, *I* get stuck paying the patent
- > license. This sucks. I'm thinking that I should bill them for a
- > patent search plus some kind of insurance against patent violations.
- > Any ideas on this?
-
- This is a standard clause. It's in all our software licenses. As far
- as I'm concerned, it fair. You're selling software that you've developed.
- If it infringes on a patent, your're the infringer and should pay.
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