New standard agreement for IT industry

Delphi has assisted The Swedish Association of Software Industry (SPI) in preparing new standard agreements for the IT industry. Recently published are standard agreements for cloud services and software-as-a-service as well as a partner agreement.  The aim of these is to make it simpler for Swedish companies to sell modern IT services and to be able to grow through partnerships.

During 2011, Delphi and SPI have produced standard terms and conditions for cloud sourcing and software-as-a-service. A partner agreement has also been published for the distribution of software and support. Delphi also previously cooperated on the preparation of agreements for consultancy services, support and maintenance.  

The work involved interviewing and gathering material from industry representatives. Agne Lindberg at Delphi has been responsible for the project:

“The business world and the software industry have developed and with them, customer needs. This has given rise to a demand for these agreements. Delphi and SPI have together created in this suite of agreements a complete tool kit for the Swedish software industry, enabling it to sell its services and products securely. In the near future we will be providing training in the use of the agreements.”

Peter Bergh at The Swedish Association of Software Industry, comments that: “Working with Delphi has been very positive and their industry know-how has been extremely valuable in this project.”

For more information contact:

Agne Lindberg
Delphi
Tel. +46 (0)709-252525
e-mail: agne.lindberg@delphi.se

Peter Bergh
Föreningen Svensk Programvaruindustri, SPI
Tel. +46 (0)708- 56 99 69
e-mail: peter.bergh@sinf.se

Delphi has expertise in all core areas of commercial law. An important part is corporate finance, with a large number of domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions and an extensive banking, finance and capital markets practice. The firm is also well established in high-tech related legal areas such as IT, telecommunications, intellectual property and life sciences. Additionally, Delphi’s public procurement, EU and competition practice is highly respected.   

Clients are mainly in Scandinavia, Europe and North America. Delphi co-operates with law firms all over the world and has business in China and Eastern Europe.

Delphi has approximately 190 employees of which about 140 are lawyers. Offices are in Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö, Linköping and Norrköping.

The Swedish Association of Software Industry (Föreningen Svensk Programvaruindustri, SPI) is a professional organization representing the Swedish software industry – i.e. companies developing and selling software. The association was founded in 1984 and currently has 85 members across Sweden. Members of SPI get access to the association’s standard agreements/licence agreements; advice on industry-specific questions; and the opportunity to take part in industry networks.

SPI is one of the professional organizations under the Swedish Industry Association through which our members also have access to a service package including advice on labour law and commercial law.