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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 101<\/a> and 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":[{"id":87480,"section_number":"59.1-501.15","catch_line":"Variation by agreement; commercial practice","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-501.15\/"},{"id":85215,"section_number":"59.1-505.10","catch_line":"Financing arrangements; remedies or enforcement","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-505.10\/"},{"id":69891,"section_number":"59.1-508.16","catch_line":"Limitations on electronic self-help","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-508.16\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":57350,"section_number":"59.1-508.14","catch_line":"Discontinuing access","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-508.14\/"}],"permalink":{"id":262335,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66526,"identifier":"59.1-508.15","token":"59.1\/43\/8\/59.1-508.15","url":"\/59.1-508.15\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-508.15\/","token":"59.1\/43\/8\/59.1-508.15","dublin_core":{"Title":"Right to possession and to prevent use","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-508.15","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> On cancellation of a license, the licensor has the right: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> to possession<\/span> of all copies of the licensed information in the possession<\/span> or control of the licensee and any other materials<\/span> pertaining to that information which by contract<\/span> are to be returned or delivered by the licensee to the licensor; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> to prevent the continued exercise of contractual and informational rights in the licensed information under the license. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in \u00a7 59.1-508.14<\/a>, a licensor may exercise his rights under subsection (a) without judicial process only if this can be done: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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3.<\/span> in accordance with § 59.1-508.16<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> In a judicial proceeding, the court<\/span> may enjoin a licensee in breach of contract<\/span> from continued use of the information and informational rights and may order<\/span> the licensor or a judicial officer to take the steps described in § 59.1-506.18<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

d.<\/span> A party<\/span> has a right to an expedited judicial hearing<\/span> on a request for prejudgment relief to enforce or protect its rights under this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

e.<\/span> The right to possession<\/span> under this section is not available to the extent that the information, before breach of the license and in the ordinary course of performance under the license, was so altered or commingled that the information is no longer identifiable or separable. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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