Software licenses and other IP licenses are subject to general
Danish contract law. Software itself is protected by the regulation
on intellectual property rights. Thus, the intellectual property
rights to software are protected by the Danish Copyright Act (in
Danish "Ophavsretsloven"). Under Danish law, software in
itself is not patentable, but it is possible to get a patent on an
invention, where software is a part of the invention, provided that
software is not the main part of the invention.
Databases are protected by the Danish copyright act, but the
special rules regarding software do not apply to databases.
A distinction is made between the transfer of a license - i.e. a
limited right to use the particular programme where the licensee
only receives limited rights and the software may only be used in
accordance with the license terms supplemented by the Danish
Copyright Act - and the transfer of the copyright itself to the
software.
