Is a database considered intellectual property?

What type of intellectual property is a database?

Database Right Databases are treated as a class of literary works and may receive copyright protection under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. For copyright protection to arise the selection and/or arrangement of the contents of the database must be original.

Is database copyrighted?

Databases and the United States Legal Code In the United States, facts by themselves are not protected by copyright. Therefore, data, as a collection of facts, is not protected by U.S. copyright law.

Can a database be protected by copyright?

Databases are generally protected by copyright law as compilations. Under the Copyright Act, a compilation is defined as a "collection and assembling of preexisting materials or of data that are selected in such a way that the resulting work as a whole constitutes an original work of authorship." 17. U.S.C. § 101.

What is considered to be intellectual property?

Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce.