Contractual obligation to third parties under Art. 393 § 2 k.c. terminates upon contract dissolution unless extended.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the appeal against a judgment ordering patent licensees to pay royalties to co-creators after the patent expired and the license contract was terminated. The court found that the contractual reservation of payment obligations to third parties under Article 393 § 2 of the Civil Code ceases to exist upon the effective dissolution of the main agreement, absent a specific extension clause. Since the licensees failed to prove an agreement extending these obligations beyond the contract's end, the court ruled that the statutory rule governs the termination of such reservations.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 393 § 2 k.c.; The contractual reservation of an obligation to perform in favor of a third party terminates upon the effective dissolution of the contract establishing it, unless the contract explicitly provides for a different duration of validity for such reservation.