Hi Brock,

I'm able to reproduce this issue, seems the LicenseContext was not set
correctly in copy & paste operation, I'll forward this issue to the product
group to let them know.

In the mean time, I think you may try way to workaround this issue:
1. If you put the license validation code in the constructor of the user
control, remove the License Validation code from the constructor
2. Define a customized LicenseContext class derive from
DesigntimeLicenseContext class like below:
<code>
class MyDesignTimeLicenseContext :
System.ComponentModel.Design.DesigntimeLicenseContext
{
    IDesignerHost provider = null;
    public MyDesignTimeLicenseContext ( IDesignerHost host)
    {
        provider = host;
    }
    public override object GetService(Type type)
    {
        return provider.GetService(type);
    }
}
</code>
2. override OnLoad event for you user control , insert the code snippet
like below:
<code>
if ( DesignMode )
{
    IDesignerHost host = (IDesignerHost) this.GetService(
typeof(IDesignerHost) );
    LicenseManager.CurrentContext = new MyDesignTimeLicenseContext( host );
    license = LicenseManager.Validate(typeof(UserControl1), this);
    LicenseManager.CurrentContext = null;
}
else  license = LicenseManager.Validate(typeof(UserControl1), this);
</code>

Then you should be able to copy & paste licensed user controls.
Does it resolve your problem?
Feel free to reply this thread if you still have problems on it.

Have a nice day!

Best regards,

Ying-Shen Yu [MSFT]
Microsoft Community Support
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