Behind the pilot practice of data intellectual property registration lies an implied theoretical controversy between the trade secret model and the database model.Trade secret protection of data has the negative effect of affecting data access and hindering data circulation and utilization,which does not justify strengthening institutional incentives.Instead of pursuing the connection between data and intellectual property through the trade secret model,the database model is preferable.The requirement for"data structure"is common in the practice of data intellectual property registration in China,which is similar to the concept of database in the EU."Data structure"can reflect the attributes of intellectual output of the data collection.In the era of big data,data intellectual property protection has a connotation beyond traditional database protection.Compared to the EU's sui generis right paradigm of"limited scope of protection-broad and vague rights"for databases,China can choose a paradigm of"expanded scope of protection-limited content of rights",thereby meeting the new demands of data property protection in the digital era,and establishing an enhanced Chinese version of database protection.
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