I mostly agree. If it was a hot-desk user, that would almost certainly be construed as a license by a court. When I was at WeWork, the vast majority were glass

I mostly agree. If it was a hot-desk user, that would almost certainly be construed as a license by a court. When I was at WeWork, the vast majority were glass-walled permanent offices. Other locations could differ I suppose. But, as I showed above, even commercial licensors have protections too...with notice needed and treble damages applying. Punitive damages could apply as well. In the end though, kicking some people with laptops (probably) out of their offices would, I would guess, result in a 5-figure award if it went to court...which would make it a somewhat marginal case (even if they were awarded legal costs as well). Small claims court would probably be a guaranteed $5,000 though. Does WeWork care about a few thousand dollars vs. stanching the flow of someone spreading bad PR about them? Probably not. OTOH, now people know WeWork management have no compunction in telling you to GTFO ASAP (legal or not), and for the more risk averse larger tenants, that might be quite a concern...particularly given how much more WeWork charges per square foot (2x++), compared to just an ordinary 1 year sublet in the same area. So in the end, I would still not do what they did. I would have a) Sent them a legal nastygram b) booted them off the internal network c) given them 10 days notice but I'm the law abiding type :-)