The 1996 Directive on the legal protection of databases (Database Directive) aims at supporting the development of the European database industry. It created a sui generis right protecting investments of database makers, regardless of the originality of databases, and harmonised copyright law ap...
On 21st November 2017, a workshop was conducted in the context of the study on the legal protection of databases. The ultimate objectives of the workshop were two-fold. It aimed, firstly, to collect further evidence on the impacts that the Directive 96/9/EC has been having on the database users ...
Next to desk research and an online survey, a series of in-depth interviews were conducted by the project in order to inform the economic and legal analyses of the outputs, outcomes and impacts of the Database Directive, in the context of the broader data economy and the Data Economy Package....
This study was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the JURI committee. It reviews Art 11 and Arts 14-16 of the proposed Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. It outlines criticisms that have ...
This annex provides tabular information on the implementation of the Directive 96/9/EC (DBD) in the EU-Member States, for eight countries in more in-depth form (particularly with respective case law), for 20 in a rather overview manner. For additional three countries outside of the EU, informati...
This study assesses the feasibility of a European IP prediagnosis (IPD) scheme offered to SMEs. IPD schemes have been developed in various countries as one remedy against findings that SMEs do not use the IP system properly due to resource constraints and lack of skills in strategic IP managemen...
This report combines inputs from three experts on monitoring the impact of the European Framework Programme for research and innovation. This work is largely based on literature review and lessons learned from relevant practices worldwide as regards the tracking of scientific, societal and econo...
