Database Law
Perspectives from India
Buch in deiner Nähe kaufen
Beschreibung
This book focuses on database law (a branch of intellectual property law) and further explores the legal protection currently available for data and data-related products in India. It offers a comparative study of the position of copyright law in protecting databases in the US and EU, while also presenting responses from the Indian database industry and its aspirations regarding the role of copyright law in database protection.
India is undoubtedly leading the way as a knowledge economy. Its strengths are its information technology capability and its knowledge society, as well as its booming database industry – aspects that also necessitate the study of the role of law, as well as the protection of data and databases, in India.
This book examines the growing importance of copyright law for protecting databases as well as for ensuring access in information societies. The book concludes with a discussion of key principles to be kept in mind in the context of drafting legalregimes for databases in India that will both benefit the database industry and ensure accessibility.
This book focuses on database law (a branch of intellectual property law) and further explores the legal protection currently available for data and data-related products in India. It offers a comparative study of the position of copyright law in protecting databases in the US and EU, while also presenting responses from the Indian database industry and its aspirations regarding the role of copyright law in database protection.
India is undoubtedly leading the way as a knowledge economy. Its strengths are its information technology capability and its knowledge society, as well as its booming database industry – aspects that also necessitate the study of the role of law, as well as the protection of data and databases, in India.
This book examines the growing importance of copyright law for protecting databases as well as for ensuring access in information societies. The book concludes with a discussion of key principles to be kept in mind in the context of draftinglegal regimes for databases in India that will both benefit the database industry and ensure accessibility.
Discusses the growth of the database industry in India Stresses the need to take a fresh look at the possible forms of legal protection for databases in India Presents a comparative analysis of copyright law for protecting databases in the US and EU Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Anirban Mazumder
Themen in »Database Law«
Database Law Copyright Law Intellectual Property Law Property Right Indian Database Industry