Softwareaudits

our intellectual property law firm is a national leader in the area of software licensing compliance audits. we have helped companies both large and small across the united states who have received an audit demand letter from major software vendors such as microsoft, siemens plm, vero software, solidworks, autodesk and others. in some cases, such as microsoft spla audits, (commercial hosting services providers), we have worked with their "partner" companies like kpmg). software non-compliance cases can present significant financial exposure to companies, and their officers and directors. usually, the software publisher that sends a demand letter for a "voluntary audit" will be seeking strict proof requirements (such as dated proofs of purchase) and will try to go back as long as they can to find as much infringement as possible. this will, of course, raise their legal demands and amount they are looking for to settle. unfortunately, the burden is on your company to prove its comp