Commerce & Technology
“Fox Williams has long had a sharp focus on e-commerce thanks to partner and group head Nigel Miller.” Chambers & Partners Guide to the Legal Profession
IT & e-commerce
We advise businesses investing in new software and technologies to use in their businesses and ensure that their interests are protected.
We are familiar with the issues that arise in relation to software licences, development agreements and similar arrangements and provide practical and commercially aware advice to ensure that our clients’ objectives are achieved and that risk is managed.
We have advised on ground-breaking Internet projects and are well known for providing advice on all aspects of doing business on-line. Examples of what we do:
- legal protection for your business model, brand and other intellectual property
- website development contracts
- website legal compliance audit
- terms of trading, including on-line terms
- drafting and negotiating contracts relating to your business, including content, advertising, sponsorship, development and support agreements
- addressing legal issues on-line (domain name disputes, website infringements etc)
- compliance with the rapidly evolving and complex UK and EU law applying to doing business on-line and off-line
