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  • Copyright
    • Copyright—legislation
    • Copyright—cases
    • Copyright—closed consultations
  • Designs
    • Designs—legislation
    • Designs—cases
    • Designs—closed consultations
  • Trade marks
    • Trade marks—legislation
    • Trade marks—cases
    • Trade marks—closed consultations
  • Patents
    • Patents—legislation
    • Patents—cases
    • Patents—closed consultations

Copyright—legislation

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Review of Directive 96/9/EC (the Database Directive) on the legal protection of databases

  • Q3 2021: review of the Database Directive—legislative, including impact assessment, Article 114 TFEU
  • 25 April 2018: Commission published a second evaluation of the Database Directive
  • 24 May–30 August 2017: public consultation period

The evaluation sought to determine whether the Directive still achieves its policy aims by protecting databases, including those outside copyright, while recognising users’ legitimate...

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