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Innovation and intellectual property rights ("IP") are
sometimes referred to as the motor of modern economy. IP licences
are the indispensable lubricants for that motor. Considering the
major economic and practical importance of IP licences, it is
striking that the answer to the question what the position of a
licensee is when the licensor goes bankrupt, can, up to now, only
be found in the exegesis of two judgments by the Supreme Court
which have nothing to do with this question at all.
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