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Litigation & Arbitration
Outcome
$2.6M
Software licence restructured
A SaaS founder recovered unpaid royalties and rewrote an unfair licence through arbitration.
Practice
Litigation & Arbitration
Year
2024
Court
ICC Arbitration, New York
Duration
10 months
Lead attorney
Daniel Mercer
01 · The challenge
Royalties that stopped arriving
Our client licensed his software to a larger platform in exchange for royalties. After an acquisition, the platform stopped paying and claimed the licence had ended.
The contract required ICC arbitration, and the platform expected a small founder to give up.
Unpaid royalties
$2.1M
Forum
ICC arbitration
Licence term
7 years remaining
02 · Our approach
Make the contract do the work
We focused the tribunal on the licence wording and the platform’s own usage data.
01
Months 1–2
Audit the usage
Server logs showed the platform was still running our client’s code.
02
Months 3–7
Arbitration
We presented the logs and the drafting history to a three-member tribunal.
03
Months 8–10
Restructure
The award opened talks on a new licence on fairer terms.
03 · The outcome
Paid, and a better licence
The tribunal awarded unpaid royalties with interest, and the platform agreed a new licence with a higher rate and audit rights.
$2.6M
Royalties and interest recovered
10
Months to award
+40%
Increase in royalty rate
In their words
“Daniel treated my case like it mattered as much as theirs. It did.”
Founder
SaaS company, London
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