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Priyan Meewella

is a senior associate in the Dispute Resolution Group of Bird & Bird. His practice covers a wide range of technology disputes for global corporations in the IT, telecoms and energy sectors. He has acted in high profile and complex software disputes for both suppliers and customers. Priyan comfortably engages with a range of software, hardware and infrastructure technologies. He is particularly interested in the development and commercialisation of new technologies, advising on the disputes which can arise in their adoption.

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Recent Articles by Priyan Meewella

Software Licensing Disputes Are On the Rise

Software licensing disputes are on the increase, a trend that is being driven to a large degree by customers implementing new technologies without examining how this affects pre-existing agreements. The main problem areas for customers stem from developments in technology which have changed the way in which the licensed software is used, and which have not been reflected in updates to its contractual terms with the software vendor.