Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 18, 2021

For public sector bodies — producers and holders of vast quantities of data — as well as for the companies that act as suppliers, the sui generis database right has been slowly eroded since 2003. A major issue on the Commission’s agenda is Business to Business (B2B) sharing of data. Stage I: to the Open data directive.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 4, 2022

But for anyone who had expected the Data Act to include a revision of the Database Directive — an ambition that the Commission had signalled in both the 2020 Data Strategy and the 2020 Intellectual Property Action Plan — the final proposal will be a major disappointment. A right that shall not be exercised.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 30, 2022

The author gave food for thought on the reproduction of works of art on book covers, on possible moral rights in the discussion, and on Walter Benjamin's notion of the "aura" of a work.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 19, 2022

A lot of electronic databases’ creators are willing to accept the risk and obligation of gathering a lot of raw data and then having to use it, despite the fact that the need for databases like phone directories is expanding in the business world as a whole.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 14, 2023

Minimize database rights to favour access to and use of digital works. National policymakers should review existing sui generis database rights or similar rights, when they exist, in order to avoid limiting access and use of public domain works. Proposal 4.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This is because training of GenAI models requires processing of large amounts of data that potentially contain copyrighted works, as well as materials displaying trademarks and data compilations which may be protected by sui generis database rights in the EU, or other information the use of which may be restricted by contract or terms of use.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Here’s what Hans writes: Thankfully Kitty found a place where to park her car Content and service aggregation is big business in 2022. The business idea is apparently that the aggregator gets paid a small sum per parking payment facilitated through the aggregator app.

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