§ 59.1-503.7. Interpretation and requirements for grant.
(a) A license grants:
(1) the contractual rights that are expressly described; and
(2) a contractual right to use any informational rights within the licensor'scontrol at the time of contracting which are necessary in the ordinary courseto exercise the expressly described rights.
(b) If a license expressly limits use of the information or informationalrights, use in any other manner is a breach of contract. In all other cases,a license contains an implied limitation that the licensee will not use theinformation or informational rights otherwise than as described in subsection(a). However, use inconsistent with this implied limitation is not a breachif it is permitted under applicable law in the absence of the impliedlimitation.
(c) A party is not entitled to any rights in new versions of, or improvementsor modifications to, information made by the other party. A licensor'sagreement to provide new versions, improvements, or modifications requiresthat the licensor provide them as developed and made generally commerciallyavailable from time to time by the licensor.
(d) Neither party is entitled to receive copies of source code, schematics,master copy, design material, or other information used by the other party increating, developing, or implementing the information.
(e) Terms concerning scope must be construed under ordinary principles ofcontract interpretation in light of the informational rights and thecommercial context. In addition, the following rules apply:
(1) A grant of "all possible rights and for all media" or "all rights andfor all media now known or later developed," or a grant in similar terms,includes all rights then existing or later created by law and all uses,media, and methods of distribution or exhibition, whether then existing ordeveloped in the future and whether or not anticipated at the time of thegrant.
(2) A grant of an "exclusive license," or a grant in similar terms, meansthat:
(A) for the duration of the license, the licensor will not exercise, and willnot grant to any other person, rights in the same information orinformational rights within the scope of the exclusive grant; and
(B) the licensor affirms that it has not previously granted those rights in acontract in effect when the licensee's rights may be exercised.
(f) The rules in this section may be varied only by a record that issufficient to indicate that a contract has been made and that is:
(1) authenticated by the party against whom enforcement is sought; or
(2) prepared and delivered by one party and adopted by the other under §59.1-502.8 or § 59.1-502.9.
§ 59.1-503.7. Interpretation and requirements for grant.
(a) A license grants:
(1) the contractual rights that are expressly described; and
(2) a contractual right to use any informational rights within the licensor'scontrol at the time of contracting which are necessary in the ordinary courseto exercise the expressly described rights.
(b) If a license expressly limits use of the information or informationalrights, use in any other manner is a breach of contract. In all other cases,a license contains an implied limitation that the licensee will not use theinformation or informational rights otherwise than as described in subsection(a). However, use inconsistent with this implied limitation is not a breachif it is permitted under applicable law in the absence of the impliedlimitation.
(c) A party is not entitled to any rights in new versions of, or improvementsor modifications to, information made by the other party. A licensor'sagreement to provide new versions, improvements, or modifications requiresthat the licensor provide them as developed and made generally commerciallyavailable from time to time by the licensor.
(d) Neither party is entitled to receive copies of source code, schematics,master copy, design material, or other information used by the other party increating, developing, or implementing the information.
(e) Terms concerning scope must be construed under ordinary principles ofcontract interpretation in light of the informational rights and thecommercial context. In addition, the following rules apply:
(1) A grant of "all possible rights and for all media" or "all rights andfor all media now known or later developed," or a grant in similar terms,includes all rights then existing or later created by law and all uses,media, and methods of distribution or exhibition, whether then existing ordeveloped in the future and whether or not anticipated at the time of thegrant.
(2) A grant of an "exclusive license," or a grant in similar terms, meansthat:
(A) for the duration of the license, the licensor will not exercise, and willnot grant to any other person, rights in the same information orinformational rights within the scope of the exclusive grant; and
(B) the licensor affirms that it has not previously granted those rights in acontract in effect when the licensee's rights may be exercised.
(f) The rules in this section may be varied only by a record that issufficient to indicate that a contract has been made and that is:
(1) authenticated by the party against whom enforcement is sought; or
(2) prepared and delivered by one party and adopted by the other under §59.1-502.8 or § 59.1-502.9.
§ 59.1-503.7. Interpretation and requirements for grant.
(a) A license grants:
(1) the contractual rights that are expressly described; and
(2) a contractual right to use any informational rights within the licensor'scontrol at the time of contracting which are necessary in the ordinary courseto exercise the expressly described rights.
(b) If a license expressly limits use of the information or informationalrights, use in any other manner is a breach of contract. In all other cases,a license contains an implied limitation that the licensee will not use theinformation or informational rights otherwise than as described in subsection(a). However, use inconsistent with this implied limitation is not a breachif it is permitted under applicable law in the absence of the impliedlimitation.
(c) A party is not entitled to any rights in new versions of, or improvementsor modifications to, information made by the other party. A licensor'sagreement to provide new versions, improvements, or modifications requiresthat the licensor provide them as developed and made generally commerciallyavailable from time to time by the licensor.
(d) Neither party is entitled to receive copies of source code, schematics,master copy, design material, or other information used by the other party increating, developing, or implementing the information.
(e) Terms concerning scope must be construed under ordinary principles ofcontract interpretation in light of the informational rights and thecommercial context. In addition, the following rules apply:
(1) A grant of "all possible rights and for all media" or "all rights andfor all media now known or later developed," or a grant in similar terms,includes all rights then existing or later created by law and all uses,media, and methods of distribution or exhibition, whether then existing ordeveloped in the future and whether or not anticipated at the time of thegrant.
(2) A grant of an "exclusive license," or a grant in similar terms, meansthat:
(A) for the duration of the license, the licensor will not exercise, and willnot grant to any other person, rights in the same information orinformational rights within the scope of the exclusive grant; and
(B) the licensor affirms that it has not previously granted those rights in acontract in effect when the licensee's rights may be exercised.
(f) The rules in this section may be varied only by a record that issufficient to indicate that a contract has been made and that is:
(1) authenticated by the party against whom enforcement is sought; or
(2) prepared and delivered by one party and adopted by the other under §59.1-502.8 or § 59.1-502.9.
