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Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-505.1

Ownership of informational rights

Known as the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act

The act spans §§ 59.1-501.1 to 59.1-509.2 (121 sections).

2000, cc. 101, 996.

(a) If an agreement provides for conveyance of ownership of informational rights in a computer program, ownership passes at the time and place specified by the agreement but does not pass until the program is in existence and identified to the contract. If the agreement does not specify a different time, ownership passes when the program and the informational rights are in existence and identified to the contract.

(b) Transfer of a copy does not transfer ownership of informational rights.

Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.