Intellectual Property Law and Geospatial Information: Some Challenges
Author(s): Teresa Scassa, D.R. Fraser Taylor
The WIPO Journal, Volume 6, Issue 1 (2014): 79-88
This
article examines the role of intellectual property (IP) law in shaping
SDIs—those digital repositories of data that define and
structure our understanding of physical space. We argue that IP law has
played a role in determining how digital geospatial data are shared and
used, and that it has become, of necessity, an element to be managed
within SDIs. This is more than just a matter
of the drafting of licensing agreements. IP law in this context is
linked to notions of authority and authenticity. It plays an important
role in defining the ever-shifting relationships between producers and
users of geospatial data.
Keywords: Data processing; Databases; Geography; Intellectual property; Licensing; Traditional knowledge
Source: http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_journal_wpj6n1.pdf--
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