The legal protection of databases : a comparative analysis / Estelle Derclaye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Derclaye, Estelle, 1974-

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Databases--Law and legislation--United States.

Databases.

Copyright--Databases--United States.

Copyright.

Databases--Law and legislation--European Union countries.

Copyright--Databases--European Union countries.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines and compares types of methods available for the protection of investment in database creation in order to find an adequate type and level of protection.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Table of cases; Table of legislation; Introduction and methodology; 1. Identification of the criterion determining adequate database protection; PART I The protection of databases in the European Union; 2. The protection of databases by the sui generis right; 3. The protection of databases by unfair competition in Europe; 4. The protection of databases by contract in Europe; 5. The protection of databases by technological measures and anti-circumvention provisions in Europe; PART II The United States

6. The protection of databases by unfair competition in the United States7. The protection of databases by contract in the United States; 8. The protection of databases by technological measures and anti-circumvention provisions in the United States; PART III Proposal for an adequate database protection; 9. Intellectual property, unfair competition or restitution?; 10. Remedies for over- and under-protection and proposed database protection model; Conclusion and outlook; Bibliography; Annex; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-329) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-77972-5

9786611779726

1-84720-998-X

OCLC:

476125354