# kaal:claim:5886342-019

**Claim.** A good faith acquirer of a digital object from an unauthorized transferor obtains protected digital ownership, but is obliged for five years after the transfer to retransfer that ownership to the initial owner against compensation of the purchase price or value.

**Type.** design  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- transferor was not authorized or was not the digital owner
- transferee received the object in good faith
- obligation lasts five years after the transfer

**Source quote.**

> transfer, be obliged to retransfer Digital Ownership

**From.** Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Stephan D. Meyer, *Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC)* (2025), Part B, Book II, Section 3, Chapter 2, Article 33 Acquisition of Digital Ownership by transfer, page 10

**Cite as.** Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Stephan D. Meyer, Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5886342

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**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** good-faith-acquisition, digital-ownership, restitution, transfer, digital-property

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