Legal information

Legal information about our products

TheKeyStore Switzerland is a web platform for used and new software licenses. The license keys for Windows as well as other software available in the store are cheap, legal and secure. Without risk and with activation guarantee. Here you can find some general information about used software, an overview of the most important legal information as well as answers to frequently asked questions from our customers ("FAQ").

1. Used software

According to current case law, used software is freely available for sale in the European Union and in Switzerland, provided that the necessary requirements are met. The necessary requirements are as follows:

• The software must have been originally placed on the market in the territory of the EU or another contracting state of the EEA or Switzerland by way of sale with the consent of the rights holder.
• The license for the software must have been granted in return for the payment of a consideration that is intended to enable the rights holder to obtain remuneration corresponding to the economic value of the copy of the software.
• The rights holder has granted the first acquirer the right to use the software permanently (for an unlimited period).
• Improvements and updates that the computer program downloaded by the subsequent purchaser has compared to the computer program downloaded by the first purchaser must be covered by a maintenance agreement concluded between the author/rights holder and the first purchaser.
• The original licensee must have rendered its copies unusable.
• Furthermore, the seller must additionally inform the customer that the purchase of a product key by transmitting a combination of numbers/letters in digital form does not yet constitute a license to lawfully use the program. Corresponding information can be found on this page under point 2 as well as in various other places on our website.

TheKeyStore Switzerland takes care that the previous requirements are met and a legal use of the software is ensured. The requirements from the European legislation are also met in Switzerland.

2. Overview of the most important legal information about our protucts

There is a lot of legal information around the topic of used software. We will be happy to clarify certain questions for you. For this, you can contact us at any time via info@thekeystore.ch. In the meantime, here is a brief overview of the most important legal information about used software.

• We only offer product keys for the activation of the respective computer programs. This is not yet a license.
• The license is formed only from the respective installation and the acceptance of the terms of use as a result. These terms of use regulate the right of use of the software between you and the respective manufacturer.
• As a rule, the principle of exhaustion applies and the license is "used up" as soon as it has been lawfully marketed for the first time. The present offer concerns software that has been placed on the market for unlimited use in the form of an activatable product key with the possibility of downloading the program. Microsoft or the other software provider has received appropriate remuneration for this.
• As a rule, the principle of exhaustion applies and the license is "used up" as soon as it has been lawfully marketed for the first time. The present offer concerns software that has been placed on the market for unlimited use in the form of an activatable product key with the possibility of downloading the program. Microsoft or the other software provider has received appropriate remuneration for this.
• All brand names and brand logos are registered trademarks, the use of which is used here only for product description - the property right lies with the respective trademark owner.