Legal Question in Technology Law in California

Hi I have recently been told a software product I use is being dropped from future development. After over 10 years investment this news came out of no where with no warning. The company is very successful and the decision was a "change" in direction with many debating the very little reasoning.

I'm not against changes but in this case they asked us to invest and with this news it feels like they took our money and ran. It has had very detrimental effects in the software world. Our software requires their software.

I remember reading about a law that states that a company cannot just drop support for cases like these.


Asked on 6/30/12, 7:28 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Bryan Whipple Bryan R. R. Whipple, Attorney at Law

Discontinuing "future development" is different from withdrawing the product from the market or shutting off all current and future use. If the product works satisfactorily at its present (2012) state of development, why wouldn't it continue to work in 2013? or 2033? Also, if there is any market for the product, or any reason to develop it further in the future, someone will do that.... no marketplace void will exist for long in the software world.

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Answered on 7/01/12, 10:53 am


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