Calculating BSA software licensing damages by "unbundling" office

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HOW MUCH DOES A SOFTWARE AUDIT WIND UP COSTING A COMPANY? SOMETIMES, WE LOOK AT THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT 3X MULTIPLIER

Copyright infringement damages for software piracy and failure to comply with licensing requirements can be costly especially when you are dealing with Microsoft Audits (often performed through the industry trade group called "the Software Alliance". Attorney Steve the IP lawyer explains the damages you may face. Here is also a link to a helpful blog that can provide you with a real-life example of how this could play out if your business is audited.

http://vondranlegal.com/software-audit-damages-can-microsoft-really-unbundle-office-products/

We can help if your business received a demand letter and we know that software audits by the BSA, SIIA, Adobe, Hexagon, Solidworks, Ansys, Siemens, or Autodesk are never fun for companies but we can help.

Negotiating a settlement with their IP lawyers can be challenging and calculating the damages for shortages of CAL exchange or windows server or "Office" licenses can present many difficulties to companies that are not familiar with the process.

As to the Microsoft Office product (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, etc.), the intellectual property lawyers for the software company or BSA may insist on your company paying for each Microsoft product separately (often called "unbundling"). Is this legal?

In this video, Attorney Steve Vondran explains how unbundling fees negotiation works. If you have received a voluntary self-audit letter, cease and desist, or subpoena from one of these large software companies or an ISP, call us at (877) 276-5084.

Keep in mind one of the biggest mistakes most companies make when they receive the audit letter is to start talking to their counsel and telling them about all the shortages you have at the company, or why it's not intentional due to a recent merger for example.

While this may seem like an "honest" and "simple" approach to the problem, we have seen big problems result from this unrepresented approach. Thus, we highly recommend you engage the services of copyright counsel to assist you in handling your matter.

Keep in mind often times the target of the audit is threatened with federal copyright lawsuits, software piracy raids, director and officer liability, etc. So this is a serious matter that needs to be elevated in most cases. We offer a free consultation at (877) 276-5084.

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