Monthly Archives: July 2012

By Ron Moscona Dorsey & Whitney Partner London Office In a surprising decision early in July, in the case of UsedSoft GmbH v. Oracle International, the highest court in Europe, at the stroke of the pen, has re-written the basic rules of the game relating to the distribution of software in the European Union. In a word, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) held that licensed copies of software can be bought and sold on the open market without the consent of the licensor – even where the licence is stated to be personal to the original purchaser and non-assignable … [ Continue reading → ]