Monitor Prawa Handlowego

no. 1/2019

A computer software licence in case of licensor’s bankruptcy or restructuring

DOI: 10.32027/MPH.19.1.1
Rafał Adamus
Abstract

The article discusses impact of the declaration of bankruptcy or the opening of the restructuring proceedings concerning the licensor on licenses granted earlier. Thanks to such instrument as a license the number of users of a copyrighted work can be multiplied. Therefore, a license is a very popular legal instrument. The article discusses consequences of the declaration of the licensor’s bankruptcy for the continuation of a license agreement. It also analyses the issue of admissibility of termination of a license agreement by the receiver as well as the issue of impact of the sale of property rights to the work under the bankruptcy procedure on licenses granted.