TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues (July12/02)
16 July 2012
Third World Network

Dear All,

The European Court of Justice has ruled that customers have a right to resell software they purchase regardless of whether the software was originally distributed on a physical medium or downloaded over the Internet. The ruling is a defeat for Oracle, which had argued that the court should uphold provisions in its license agreement prohibiting such transfers.

For the full story, pls see http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/top-eu-court-upholds-right-to-resell-downloaded-software/

Regards
Sangeeta Shashikant
Third World Network