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Practice question: Transfer, Assignment, and Licensing

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A written licence permits one specified reproduction use only. The licensee asserts that Section 180 gives it every unrelated adaptation and communication right. Which is correct?
  1. Rights and remedies arise within the licence's scope, not automatically beyond it.
  2. Every partial licence is legally impossible.
  3. The licensee always receives every right forever.
  4. The licensor cannot define scope.
  5. The licence automatically transfers all original manuscripts.

Legal references

  • RA8293, IP Code, Sections177,180–182,184–185 and216: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8293_1997.html
  • RA10372 amendments to IP Code Sections180 and216: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10372_2013.html

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