LEGALITY OF PRE-OWNED SOFTWARE LICENSES.
IN EUROPE
The legality of the sale and purchase of software licenses is based on the Exhaustion Principle and the EU Software Directive 2009/24 ratified in the European Court Judgment in 2012 (Judgment of the Court of the CJEU (Case C-128/11 -3 July 2012).
This judgment clarifies that a user who has purchased a software licence can re-sell it, as he is the owner of the licence, under the following conditions that must be fulfilled in order to apply the exhaustion of the distribution right:
Licenses must be perpetual
(not subscriptions)
First time on the market
must be in Europe/EEA
There must be a financial payment
For licences
Previous owners
must have uninstalled it
The new owner
must accept the terms
Licenses must be perpetual
(not subscriptions)
First time on the market
must be in Europe/EEA
There must be a financial payment
For licences
Previous owners
must have uninstalled it
The new owner
must accept the terms
Documentation of licences verifying their legality and originality.
FIRST OWNER INFORMATION
UNINSTALL CERTIFICATES
VLSC / Microsoft Admin Center Screenshots
LICENSING INFORMATION
INVOICES/CONTRACTS FOR PROPERTY TRANSFERS
ACCESS TO
LICENZIO CENTER
OUR PARTNERS
We only work with verified and certified partners
Resellers authorised by the manufacturer itself to supply licensing.
Certificates in security and quality of licensing resale processes.
