Escrow Questions


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Is it typical to place code in an escrow account when purchasing a company?

One company wants to buy 10% of another company (ours), and one of the conditions of purchase requires the placement of code in escrow. With any change in the company, which sells 10%, including...

asked Jul 19 '13 at 00:31
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Dementiev
21 points

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3 Answers
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Fee to charge for escrowing software

I have a large client whose customer has raised the issue of placing my company's software in escrow. I'm going to incur expenses upfront in making the software buildable outside of my environment,...

asked Sep 16 '12 at 11:04
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Julie In Austin
223 points

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3 Answers
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Intellectual Property (Source Code) Held in Escrow

I work for a start-up company who has a client requesting that we place the source code for our SaaS (software-as-a-service) application in escrow. They're concerned that, as a start-up, the...

asked Mar 10 '12 at 04:54
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Yuck
257 points