COMMUNIA Salon 1/2022: The Sui Generis Database Right in the Data Act
On Wednesday 2nd of March, 2022, at 15.00 COMMUNIA will host the first COMMUNIA Salon of 2022. This edition will focus on the treatment of the Sui Generis Database Right (SGDR) in the European Commission’s proposal for a Data Act that was published on the 23rd of February. You’re cordially invited!
The proposal for a Data Act contains a provision that the Sui Generis Database Right “does not apply to databases containing data obtained from or generated by the use of a connected device”. In this salon the future of the Sui Generis Database Right and how this right should evolve in the context of the proposed Data Act will be explored.
Speakers will be:
– Krzysztof Nichczynski (DG Connect, European Commission) who will present the European Commission’s rationale for the Data Act,
– Martin Husovec (Assistant Professor of Law at LSE) who will elaborate on the legal context and
– Felix Reda (former MEP & Project Lead control © at GFF) who will discuss an ongoing German lawsuit in which Open Data activists are facing government prosecution for allegedly infringing the Sui Generis Database Right.
COMMUNIA Salon is open for everyone to attend. To attend the Salon you can register here.
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