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On July 3, the Court of Justice of the European Union in UsedSoft GmbH v. Oracle International Corp. held that a licensor of software made available for download over the Internet may not prevent the resale of perpetual licenses by its licensees. The Court based its holding on a conclusion that a licensor’s exclusive right of distribution of a copy of a software program is exhausted when the licensor first makes that copy available on a perpetual basis in exchange for a fee.
For a more in-depth analysis of this case, click here.
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