Corporate COunsel Forum

Developments in Data Law

Wednesday 25 October 2006

The ECJ judgment in the William Hill case has been followed up, at EU level, with a formal review of the Database Directive (a case of ‘legislate in haste: repent at leisure’?) and the important case of Attheraces where the emphasis has shifted to competition law and excessive pricing as abuse of dominance. This session will address the developments in this area of law in the two years since William Hill in the ECJ and suggest practical steps to protect and exploit data as an asset.

Materials from the event are listed below:

Corporate Counsel Forum - Presentation - Developments in Data Law
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(Richard Kemp, Kemp Little LLP)

Corporate Counsel Forum - Case Study (pdf)

Commission's Database Right Evaluation of December 2005 (pdf)

Database Right after BHB v William Hill: Enact and Repent at Leisure (pdf)

Electronic Database: Protecting Your Investment: An Analysis of the Legal Rights in Electronic Databases under UK Law (pdf)

Database Right and the ECJ Judgments in BHB v William Hill and the Fixtures Marketing Cases (pdf)