No. 7

Copyright and Neighbouring Rights

1999 53

any exclusive right conferred on him.
(5)

Failure to mention the scope

or ways and means of carrying out the
acts for which a licence is granted shall
be deemed to limit the licensee to such
ways and means that are necessary for
the purpose that may be reasonable
presumed to be envisaged by the
contracting parties when concluding the
licensing contract.
(6)

Only the economic right

explicitly mentioned in the contract
shall be considered part of the license.
(7)

Unless the licensing contract

provides for a shorter period, the
validity of the license expires fifteen
years after conclusion of the contract or,
if this period is shorter, on the expiring
of the contract an assignment on the
basis of which the assignee has granted
the license.

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