Strengthening the United States' database protection laws: Balancing public access and private control

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 301-318

  Resnik, David B ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copyrights; Databases; European Union; Feist v. Rural Telephone; Intellectual property; sui generis protection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CONTROL SYSTEM; DATA BASE; HUMAN; LAW; PATENT; PROTECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141576559     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-003-0027-8     Document Type: Article

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