Success on the Open Source BI Forum

Our senior consultant Dr. Eszter Telek made a presentation on 19th October titled „Open source software and copyright law” on the Open Source BI Forum. As we were informed by the organizer of the conference Eszter’s presentation – based on the evaluation by the participants – was one of the three best presentations with equal scores. [...]

Can magic words impede the second hand software market?

A recently issued U.S. court decision has confused the parties who are interested in second hand software business, because, according to the decision, the appropriate wording of certain provisions of the software licenses can prevent users to sell the legally obtained software copies. An article from our senior consultant Dr. Eszter Telek in the PressRoom. [...]

Secondhand buyers in Europe can feel safe

Ever bought a book or a DVD secondhand? A court verdict in the United States on the resale of software may mean that across the pond, you’d be breaking the law. Fortunatley, Europe has a different approach. The Budapest Business Journal asked our senior consultant Dr. Eszter Telek. Read the article in the PressRoom. [...]

Why is it important to read the software license?

Reading the software licenses is very important, but your company’s compliance is not the only reason. Detailed knowlegde about the licenses might result in greater freedom or lower costs.

The article from our senior consultant Dr. Eszter Telek can be read on the Bitport [...]

Second-Hand Software up to a Third Cheaper

Enterprises acquiring second-hand software, e.g. operating systems or more expensive enterprise system licenses can achieve as much as 20-30 percent in savings. Software on unused or scrapped computers, or acquired under volume agreements a while ago can be worth hundreds of thousands of Euros.

Eszter Telek, IPR-Insights’ lead consultant is [...]