The future of the insolvency-proof software licence agreement

Organiser:
Organisation pro Software Escrow e.V., Munich (OSE)

Place, Date:
Friday 25 January 2008, Haus der Bayrischer Wirtschaft (Max-Joseph-Straße 5), Munich

Summary:
The 3rd OSE Symposium followed on almost seamlessly from the results of the two previous events. The initiative § 108a InsO was uniformly seen as a step in the right direction.
Overall, one of the results of the symposium was that the construct of software escrow has become increasingly popular within the group of ‘IT professionals’ over the last few years. ? with and without a legal background – has become much better known and more important. The recent ‘accolade’ of the escrow ? the inclusion of the terminology in the EVB-IT ? is expected to strongly support this trend.

Presentations and discussions:

  • Economic aspects of insolvency

Speaker: RA, InsV Stephan Mitlehner (Berlin)
Moderator: RA Dr Helmut Redeker (Bonn)

  • ‘Initiative §108a InsO – ‘ – Insolvency resistance of software licence agreements

Speaker: Dr Mathias Lejeune, lawyer (Munich)
Moderator: Dr Helmut Redeker (Bonn)

  • International and national copyright law

Speaker: Prof Dr Michael Lehmann (Munich)
Moderator: Dr Philipp Süß (Munich)

  • Open source and licence

Speaker: Attorney Dr Astrid Auer-Reinsdorff (Berlin)
Moderator: RA Dr Philipp Süß (Munich)

  • Project and system contracts (including EVB-IT System)

Speaker: RA Martin Schweinoch (Munich)
Moderator: Dr Stefan Schuppert (Munich)

  • Software in the distribution and licence chain

Speaker: RA Dr Malte Grützmacher (Hamburg)
Moderator: Dr Stefan Schuppert (Munich)