Legal Question in Business Law in California
Non Payment for licensed software
Our company developed a software package that another company licensed to sell with their own software. The other company has not been paying for the units that they have sold. The clients that buy the combined system contact our company for training and support on our product. Are we within our rights to contact the clients and inform them that they are using software not paid for and ask for payment?
3 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Non Payment for licensed software
Depends upon your rights in the contract. Don't violate it. Feel free to contact me for the legal help you'll need in determining that, and pursuing your collectibles, if the case is in Southern California.
Re: Non Payment for licensed software
In all likelihood, the customers believe that they have paid for the software in that they paid the other company. Your contract is with the other company and that's where you need to take up the dispute.
Re: Non Payment for licensed software
It depends on a lot of factors. This is not a simple yes or no situation. There are a lot of details and specific things your attorney will have to consider. As an analogy, if paramedics bring an unconscious patient into the emergency room, they dont just ask, "should we do a heart transplant, yes or no?", there are a lot of things that need to be learned and understood before the best way to help can be determined. Sorry if you were hoping for a quick free answer, but you need to have an attorney review your business relationships and agreements.
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