This book focuses on database law (a branch of intellectual property law) and further explores
the legal protection currently available for data and data-related products in India. It offers
a comparative study of the position of copyright law in protecting databases in the US and EU
while also presenting responses from the Indian database industry and its aspirations regarding
the role of copyright law in database protection.India is undoubtedly leading the way as a
knowledge economy. Its strengths are its information technology capability and its knowledge
society as well as its booming database industry - aspects that also necessitate the study of
the role of law as well as the protection of data and databases in India.This book examines
the growing importance of copyright law for protecting databases as well as for ensuring access
in information societies. The book concludes with a discussion of key principles to be kept in
mind in the context of drafting legal regimes for databases in India that will both benefit the
database industry and ensure accessibility.
