Leasing Software

I am a small business owner who leased a Signtronix sign about 16 months ago. Come to find out it is a scam that continues to charge your account after your pymts should be up and charges you taxes that were never mentioned. The sign itself works fine and I have no problems with them, its the leasing company that has forged my signature on a bogus contract that I cant get out of. What should I do without bringing in expensive legal counsel or Causing abusive phone calls from this bogus leasing company.

My brother sold his business including the equipment while he was still paying on the lease for the equipment. He continued paying on the lease when he hit hard times. Now he cannot make the payments and the equipment lease company is trying collect by calling him and his wife day and night and being really nasty. He doesn’t have the money right now. What are the consequences here? There is no equipment for the compnay to repossess. They probably could not recover cost of repossessing it and selling it to cover that cost and what is owed. Will they pursue that? Can my bro be criminally charged?

we are selling our business, one person is purchasing the space from us and another is purchasing the building and equipment. The company taking over the space agrees on the price and has taken several steps to have things done and make sure they can legally move into the spot. This was first agreed on back in late May of this year. All is agreed but they are still hagling over their lease with the owner.

question #1
should we have a letter of intent from them saying that as long as they get things worked out that they are going to purchase it
question #2
should we have something from owner releasing us from our contract upon then signing their lease with new company?
question #3
should we not let them do anything else to the property until we have that letter if we should get one? They have done some minor things that did require city approval but its still under our name

I’m hoping we have screwed ourselves please any info would be appreciated.

A question for those that know CA law. I recently purchased assets of a company a few months back including assuming the lease of the work space. The former owner abandoned a large piece of equipment that the company was leasing through a finance company. I have made numerous calls to the finance company requesting they pick up their equipment but no one seems to bother following-up with me. How many months do I have to wait before I can legally dispose of their abandoned property?
P.S. Don’t worry, I plan to call my lawyer just wondering how long I should wait this out.

A few months ago I bought a copy of FrontPage 2002 at a Garage Sale. It is a retail version, and came with the original cd and case(with product key) as well as the box, manual, a end-user agreement paper, and some inserts.

Anyway, I installed it fine, and it activated fine. But I haven’t really used it yet. I need to know whether it is legal/morally right.

Is there some thing against using used frontpage software?
It says in the help file:
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Can I transfer the End-User License Agreement (EULA) for my software to someone else?

Yes, as long as you have a legitimate license to use the software, your product is not a subscription-based software product, and you follow the terms of transfer outlined in your EULA. You may not rent or lease Microsoft software, but you may transfer all of your rights under the EULA on a permanent basis.

If your Microsoft product was acquired with a computer system, you may transfer all of your rights under the EULA as part of a sale or transfer of that computer system, provided that you also transfer all copies of the software and all written materials, including the EULA itself and, where applicable, the Certificate of Authenticity.

If your Microsoft product was acquired separate from a computer system, you may transfer all of your rights under the Microsoft EULA, provided that you also transfer all copies of the software and all written materials, including the EULA itself and, when applicable, the Certificate of Authenticity. Prior to transferring your rights, you must remove all copies of the software product from your computer.

You may not transfer any subscription-based software products.

For any valid transfer, the software recipient must agree to the terms of the EULA.

Note Any transfer must also include your most recent product update, as well as any prior versions of the Microsoft product, because the original full product and the upgrade product together are considered a single software unit.

If you want to sell or transfer software that was bought and licensed under a Microsoft License Pak, you must sell or transfer all the product copies to a single new owner. Microsoft License Paks cannot be broken up, even on resale.
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It also says in the end-user agreement on the cd.
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Software Transfer. Except as specified in this Section, the initial licensee of the Software Product may make a one-time permanent transfer of this EULA and Software Product only directly to an end user. This transfer must include all of the Software Product (including all component parts, the media and printed materials, any upgrades, this EULA, and, if applicable, the Certificate of Authenticity). Such transfer may not be by way of consignment or any other indirect transfer. The transferee of such one-time transfer must agree to comply with the terms of this EULA, including the obligation not to further transfer this EULA and Software Product. Subscription Products are non-transferable.
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So, is it alright to use it? Or is it setup so you can’t really re-sell the software? Because since I got it at a Garage Sale, I can’t be sure if I’m the first its been resold too, and if the person took it off his/her computer.

I’m pretty sure I have a standard 12 month lease agreement in Texas. The landlords/apartment owners have not kept up one of the amenities on the property that I’ve lived for over two years. The fitness room is full of broken equipment and that is more than likely caused by underaged children using the facility incorrectly. I wrote a letter to the manager at one point about it and was told that the equipment was being replaced with new equipment but it’s been over six months and that hasn’t happened. They’ve recently changed owners (or possibly just management companies) and now the fitness room has been completely locked up (after hours, I assume, as I’m never here when the office is open). Is there any action that I could take against the management company and/or owners? I’ve looked over the lease and parts of it are very vague referring to the property and not specifically amenities. Any push in the right direction will be appreciated.

Lease was terminated 90 days after last day of production. Lease states that the equipment is to be removed but was abandoned on my land. Can I seize the equipment or does the company still lay claim on the equipment.