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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55179</law_id><section_number>59.1-506.2</section_number><catch_line>Licensor&amp;#8217;s obligations to enable use</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="43">Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Performance</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="a"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> In this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">enable use</span>&#x201D; 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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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&#x2019;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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 101, 996.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
