Legal Question in Business Law in California

Can one company force another to enforce its license agreement? For example, If Company A has a license agreement, which it is choosing to enforce against Company B, must Company A also enforce the agreement against Company C?


Asked on 7/27/09, 5:49 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Cathy Cowin Law Offices of Cathy Cowin

Your question is too generalized to provide a useful answer. In general, probably not. As with most legal scenarios, however, there may be exceptions. I can envision certain situations where you might be able to require enforcement against Company C, but those would involve either (a) a contract where you could claim to be a "third party beneficiary" of the contract so that a non-party would have an enforcement right or (b) unfair competition. An answer regarding your specific situation would require a review of the contract involved and/or more specific information about the fact scenario.

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Answered on 7/27/09, 5:59 pm


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