Escrow practice and perspectives
Organiser:
Organisation pro Software Escrow e.V., Munich (OSE)
Place, Date:
Friday, 26 January 2007 in the Kammersaal of the IHK Munich, Max-Joseph-Straße 2, Munich
Summary:
Building on the first OSE Symposium on 19.05.2006 in Munich, the Organisation pro Software Escrow e.V. (OSE) organised the 2nd OSE Symposium in cooperation with DAV-IT, which dealt with current problems and procedures in the escrow of software. One focus was the further development of the topic, particularly with regard to legal developments and quality assurance.
Presentations and discussions:
- The BGH judgement of 17 November 2005, requirements for software contracts and their assessment under insolvency law
Speaker: Deputy President of the BGH Dr Hans-Gerhard Ganter
Moderator: RA Axel Rinkler (Karlsruhe)
- Granting of rights in rem and exhaustion, problems of escrow in online distribution
Speaker: RA Andreas Witte (Munich)Moderator: Dr Malte Grützmacher (Hamburg)
- Escrow contract construction and models, in particular ‘drawing right’
Speaker: Dr Wolfgang Freiherr Raitz von Frentz (Munich)
Moderator: Dr Helmut Redeker (Bonn)
- The insolvency resistance of the software escrow from an international perspective
Speaker: Dr Stefan Schuppert (Munich)
Moderator: Christian Kast (Munich)
- Special features of sensitive business processes, escrow in outsourcing, considerations in the context of due diligence
Speaker: Attorney Thomas Heymann (Frankfurt/Main)
Moderator: Dr Peter Bräutigam (Munich)
- Security, quality and certification ? Characteristics of a quality seal
Speaker: Mr Werner Achtelt, TÜV-IT (Essen)
Moderator: Mr Rudolf Roas, lawyer (Munich)