Main Legal Texts relating to IPR in Databases
Basic proposal for the substantive provisions of the treaty on intellectual property in respect of databases to be considered by the diplomatic conference. Prepared by WIPO, Geneva, December 1996.
The recommendation adopted by the Diplomatic Conference on 20 December 1996, on the proposed Treaty on Databases.
Information meeting on intellectual property in databases. Held in Geneva, September 17-19, 1997.
The records include reports on existing national and regional legislation concerning intellectual property in databases. The final report of this meeting set the agenda for the next steps towards the adoption of a treaty on databases.
First Session, Geneva, November 2 to 10, 1998
Database protection is on the agenda of this Session.Records of the information received from member states of WIPO, the European Community and other organisations.
European Union
Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases
United Kingdom
Regulations implementing the Database Directive. The Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997, SI 3032 (18 December 1997).
United States
- US Bills on Database Protection
- H.R. 354: Collections of Information Antipiracy Act
Introduced in the House of Represantatives on 19 January 1999. Referred to the Committee on Judiciary for further legislative actions. Essentialy, this is the current version of the following Bill which has been considered in the previous Congress Session.
- H.R. 2632: Collections of Information Antipiracy Act.
Passed by the House of Representatives on 19 May 1998 (C.R. H3404). Received in the Senate on 20 May 1998: read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. This Bill is no longer under consideration, as it was replaced by the above Bill (H.R.354).
- H.R. 1858: Consumer and Investor Access to Information Act
Introduced on 19 May 1999. Referred to the House Committee on Commerce for further legislative actions.