{"id":3288,"date":"2016-04-01T12:21:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T12:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sib.it\/?p=3288"},"modified":"2016-04-01T12:52:51","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T12:52:51","slug":"lacquirente-del-pc-ha-diritto-al-rimborso-del-software-preinstallato-di-cui-non-accetta-la-licenza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/en\/flash-news\/software-rights-licensing-italian-supreme-court-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Supreme Court rules on consumers\u2019 right of refund for unwanted preinstalled software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SOFTWARE LICENSING<\/p>\n<p><em>The Italian Supreme Court has confirmed that the buyer of a PC who does not accept the terms of the license for preinstalled software has the right to be refunded of the software\u2019s price.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Davide Preziosi had purchased a notebook computer manufactured by Hewlett Packard (HP) which had been sold with preinstalled software.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Preziosi was not interested in using the software, had not accepted the terms of the its license and asked HP for a refund of the software\u2019s purchase price according to the terms of the EULA (End User License Agreement).<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3290 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Laptop-Large.jpg\" alt=\"Laptop computer\" width=\"405\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Laptop-Large.jpg 405w, https:\/\/www.sib.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Laptop-Large-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>HP had refused the refund maintaining that hardware and software products cannot be separated.<\/p>\n<p>The ensuing dispute reached the Italian Supreme Court, which issued its decision No. 4390 in the case on 7 March 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The court confirmed that hardware and software products can be separated, and that if hardware is sold with software preinstalled, the purchaser has the right to refuse the terms of the software license, to return the software alone and to be refunded of its price.<\/p>\n<p>The decision points out that<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the act of purchasing hardware does not imply the acceptance by the purchaser of the terms of any preinstalled software;<\/li>\n<li>the purchaser\u2019s refusal to accept the software license terms has effects only on the purchase of the software, not on the purchase of the computer on which the software is preinstalled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Supreme Court thus confirmed Mr Preziosi\u2019s right to be reimbursed of the price paid for the preinstalled software.<\/p>\n<p>The judgement does not establish new principles, but rather confirms the Italian Supreme Court\u2019s earlier decision No. 19161 of 11 September 2014 in a similar case.<\/p>\n<p>1 April 2016<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOFTWARE LICENSING The Italian Supreme Court has confirmed that the buyer of a PC who does not accept the terms of the license for preinstalled software has the right to be refunded of the software\u2019s price. 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