Software Licensing (2015) - Softcover

About the Author

Michael L. Rustad, Ph.D., J.D., L.L.M. is the Thomas F. Lambert Jr. Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Intellectual Property Law Concentration at Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2009-10, he is the Hugh C. Culverhouse distinguished visiting chair at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida. He teaches International Contract Law, e-Business Law, and Complex Corporate Litigation in Suffolk's L.L.M. program in the International Business L.L.M. in Budapest, Hungary. He has also taught international business law subjects in Hungary, Mexico, and Sweden. He has received the Cornelius Moynihan Award for teaching selected by graduated seniors three times in the past fifteen years. He has also received the Thomas McMahon award for dedication to students and in 2009 was the co-recipient of the Charles P. Kindregan Award for Extraordinary Contributions to Advanced Legal Studies and Continuing Legal Education. The U.S. Supreme Court and many state supreme courts, federal district and appellate courts have cited his empirical studies in opinions. He clerked for the late Judge William E. Doyle of the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Denver, Colorado. Prior to becoming a law professor, he was an associate of the Boston law firm of Foley, Hoag. N.B.C. Dateline, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, A.B.A. Magazine, and many other national publications have interviewed Professor Rustad on diverse legal topics. He has authored or co-authored three amicus curiae briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court on the constitutionality of punitive damages. Professor Rustad's most recent books include: (1) E-Business Legal Handbook (Aspen Law & Business, 2003); (2) Understanding Sales, Leases and Licenses in a Global Perspective (Carolina Academic Press 2008); (3) Tort Law: Cases, Problems, Perspectives (L.E.X.I.S., 2008) (with Galligan et. al.); (4) Everyday Consumer Law (Paradigm Publishers, 2008); and (5) Internet Law in a Nutshell (Westlaw 2009). He is an elected member of the American Law Institute and is a member of the Member Consultative Groups of the Restatement of the Law Third Torts and The Principles of the Law of Software Contracts. He was elected to the Executive Committee of the American Association of Law Schools A.A.L.S. Section on Torts and Compensation Systems. He is the chair-elect of the A.A.L.S. Torts and Compensation Section and will serve in 201