Legal Protection of the EU Database: One Proposal for a Transposition
Legal Protection of the EU Database: One Proposal for a Transposition

Author(s): Albena Dobreva
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy
Published by: Udruženje ekonomista i menadžera Balkana
Summary/Abstract: The European Commission’s 2021 Intellectual Property Action Plan provides for a revision of Directive 96/9 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases. The process of its amending is started with Directive 2019/790, which complemented it with new exceptions already mandatory for the Member States, on the mining of text and data for the purposes of scientifc research, digital cross-border learning activities, and use by cultural heritage institutions. The transposition of these new texts by the deadline of 06.07.2021 did not take place in many Member States. The article relates to the proposal to transpose these exceptions into the legislation of Bulgaria and analyzes to what extent to which it would contribute to the objectives of harmonization.

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