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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0101\">101<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0996\">996<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":262231,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55179,"identifier":"59.1-506.2","token":"59.1\/43\/6\/59.1-506.2","url":"\/59.1-506.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-506.2\/","token":"59.1\/43\/6\/59.1-506.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Licensor&#8217;s obligations to enable use","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-506.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"a\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">a.<\/span> In this section, &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">enable use<\/span>&#8221; means to grant a contractual right or permission with respect to information or informational rights and to complete the acts, if any, required under the agreement to make the information available to the licensee. <a id=\"paragraph-202279\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-506.2\/#a\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"b\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">b.<\/span> A licensor shall <span class=\"dictionary\">enable use<\/span> by the licensee pursuant to the <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span>. The following rules apply to enabling use: <a id=\"paragraph-202280\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-506.2\/#b\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"b1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> If nothing other than the grant of a contractual right or permission is required to <span class=\"dictionary\">enable use<\/span>, the licensor enables use when the <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> becomes enforceable. <a id=\"paragraph-202281\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-506.2\/#b1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"b2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> If the agreement requires delivery of a copy, enabling use occurs when the copy is tendered to the licensee. <a id=\"paragraph-202282\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-506.2\/#b2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"b3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> If the agreement requires delivery of a copy and steps authorizing the licensee&#8217;s use, enabling use occurs when the last of those acts occurs. <a id=\"paragraph-202283\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-506.2\/#b3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"b4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> In an access <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span>, enabling use requires tendering all access <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> necessary to enable the agreed access. <a id=\"paragraph-202284\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-506.2\/#b4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"b5\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> If the agreement requires a transfer of ownership of informational rights and a filing or recording is allowed by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> to establish priority of the transferred ownership, on request by the licensee, the licensor shall execute and tender a record appropriate for that purpose. <a id=\"paragraph-202285\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-506.2\/#b5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSOR&#8217;S OBLIGATIONS TO ENABLE USE (\u00a7 59.1-506.2)\n\na. In this section, &#8220;enable use&#8221; means to grant a contractual right\nor permission with respect to information or informational rights and to\ncomplete the acts, if any, required under the agreement to make the information\navailable to the licensee.\n\nb. A licensor shall enable use by the licensee pursuant to the contract. The\nfollowing rules apply to enabling use:\n\n   1. If nothing other than the grant of a contractual right or permission is\n   required to enable use, the licensor enables use when the contract becomes\n   enforceable.\n\n   2. If the agreement requires delivery of a copy, enabling use occurs when the\n   copy is tendered to the licensee.\n\n   3. If the agreement requires delivery of a copy and steps authorizing the\n   licensee&#8217;s use, enabling use occurs when the last of those acts occurs.\n\n   4. In an access contract, enabling use requires tendering all access material\n   necessary to enable the agreed access.\n\n   5. 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