License agreement - is a means of disposal of the exclusive right.This civil-legal document under which one party grants the other the right to use certain results of intellectual activity, and which provides for the use of such limits.The same applies to the identification means.
onerous author's license agreement involves the payment of compensation, which is a one-time or recurring payments in advance of a certain size.Also can serve as a reward interest deductions from income.To determine the minimum amount of remuneration to the author intended for certain uses, and the government can.
software - a collection of data and commands, which is presented in an objective form and is designed for computer devices.It is also considered as part of the preparatory work that had been obtained during the development of the program and it generated audio-visual images.It includes also the operating systems and program complexes.
license agreement for the software appeared in the civil law is relatively recent.Essential terms - definition of the subject and methods of its use, that is, it should be mentioned the name of the program that uses the licensor, and the right to use, passing to the licensee.If such information is not present, the license agreement is not valid, and the right of it are not available.
Features of computer programs in the legal aspect
license contract associated with the software has its own characteristics.Since this is a specific object, for it has separate rules:
1. At the request of the copyright owner can state registration of computer programs, which is carried out by Rospatent.It means entering into the public registry, any person may freely access this information.Therefore, it does not pass the program, which contain state secrets.
2. Contracts involving the alienation of the exclusive rights related to the software, too, have their own characteristics.If it was made in the public register of Rospatent, such contract subject to state registration.If the program is not entered in the register, the register does not need to.
accession treaty
for computer programs provides the procedure for concluding a subscription contract: it is considered that the user has agreed to its conclusion at the time when he began to use the program or database.The terms of this agreement are contained in her copy, and can be set out on the packaging.
software is protected as well as other objects and objects of intellectual property.License agreements associated with it, are in accordance with the law.
