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a.<\/span> On breach of contract<\/span> by a licensee, the licensor may: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> identify to the contract<\/span> any conforming copy not already identified if, at the time the licensor learned of the breach, the copy was in its possession<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> in the exercise of reasonable commercial judgment<\/span> for purposes of avoiding loss and effective realization on effort or investment, complete the information and identify it to the contract<\/span>, cease work on it, relicense or dispose of it, or proceed in any other commercially reasonable manner; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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