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Copyright Protection For Databases In India

IP and Legal Filings

The Indian Contract Act may be invoked by including a separate clause in the contract for database confidentiality. The Information Technology Act, 2000 protects sensitive and private data in India. The Information Technology Act’s Section 66E outlines the penalties for violating privacy laws, among other things.

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EU copyright law round up – second trimester of 2023

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the second trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, every three months we update you on what has happened in EU copyright law. You can read the previous round-ups here. For a blog post detailing the hearing before the court see here.

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Art. 17 DSM Directive: International Application in EU cross-border scenarios – Or: Why the EU needs a faithful implementation into national law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Although this decision only concerns the “re-utilization” of databases protected by the sui generis right (related right) of the EU Database Directive 96/9, there are strong arguments that the decision also applies to Art. 3 InfoSoc Directive as a conflict of law rule governing its international application.

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